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The Mark Divine Show

Talking about the psychology of sports and performance with Dr. John Sullivan

The Mark Divine Show

Mark Divine

Self-improvement, Alternative Health, Education, Health & Fitness

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2018

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Dr. John Sullivan is a well-known sports psychologist who currently works with NFL teams, has consulted with the NBA, Major League Soccer, and English Premier League as well as Olympians. He is also the author of the book "The Brain Always Wins: Improving Your Life Through Better Brain Management." He talks with Mark today about the importance of emotions in performance since, as he says, "emotions run the show in sport and life." Find out how: Exercise needs to be understood as medic...

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max. Christmas is great, but there's loads of ways to make it better.

0:08.0

Like sneaking some chili into the gravy for some extra oint or build in a playlist that will even get your

0:14.8

nann up on the table or just cracking open an ice cold Pepsi Max.

0:20.1

Christmas.

0:23.0

Better with Pepsi Max. What most people are burnt up to, you just gotta think positively.

0:45.6

That's absolutely not true. That's completely false because emotions come first

0:49.4

before it falls.

0:50.8

Of the U D.T.

0:56.0

Hi folks, this is Mark Devine with the Unbeatable Mind podcast.

1:00.0

Thanks so much for your attention today.

1:02.0

I really appreciate it.

1:03.2

And as you know, you don't take it for granted

1:05.1

around here because of all the things vying

1:07.4

for your attention and I'm gonna make sure

1:09.0

that you get a ton of value out of today's show we're to be talking to Dr. John Sullivan, who is a specialist and expert in

1:18.3

brain science and how to create a healthy brain.

1:25.2

Cool stuff, but before we get started,

1:28.8

update on my Burpies for Vets challenge. So it's, as I'm recording this,

1:31.0

it's the end of April, so I'm nearing four months of doing 300

1:35.3

burpees a day on my quest to do 100,000 burpees this year, which I'll definitely nail.

1:41.0

I'll knock that out of the park.

1:42.0

In fact, I'm targeting about 109,000.

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