The Body Achieves What The Mind Believes - Ep. 42

The Michael Caz Podcast

Michael Cazayoux

Business, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2016

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we meet Justin Su'a (@justinsua), Mental Skills Coordinator for the Boston Red Sox. Justin studied Sport and Performance Psychology at the University of Utah and has been developing a new breed of athlete ever since. Every day, Justin helps athletes bridge the gap between physical strength and mental strength; teaching them how to overcome adversity, and smile in the face of failure. And now he's here to do the same for you.

Success always starts with failure – however for some, failure is a speed bump while for others it's a road block. Do you know the right way to react to failure?

As an athlete, we face a new set of challenges every day. The difference is how we react and adapt to these challenges that will separate us from the pack. If you've been struggling to take your game to the next level then maybe the answer isn't more physical training, but instead mental training. When you reach an elite level, 90% is mental and 10% is physical. You are competing against yourself, not against other athletes. With that being said, it's time to let the master do his work, enjoy.

Topics of Discussion:

[3:57] What is Sports Psychology?

[13:15] Growth mindset VS. Fixed mindset – which one are you?

[20:15] The power of purpose

[22:13] 3 Questions that will help you find your purpose

[25:38] Common mental barriers & How to overcome any obstacle

[30:07] Building confidence

[33:55] "You give power to what you focus on…"

[36:45] What are the best doing that others aren't?

[41:20] Claiming ownership

[47:17] 3 ways to change your mindset and take control of your thoughts

[51:05] Mindfulness, Breathing, Meditation

Books Discussed:

"Mindset" – Carol Dweck

"Resilience" – Eric Greitens

"Extreme Ownership" – Jocko Willink

"Succeed" – Heidi Grant Halvorson

"Mind Gym" – Gary Mack

"Parent Pep Talks" – Justin Su'a

Other links:

HeadSpace – Treat your head right

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Transcript

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0:00.0	What's up guys? This is Mike Cashew and you're listening to the Brute Strength podcast.
0:03.9	This week I interviewed the Boston Red Sox sports psychologist Justin Sewell.
0:10.1	This one is absolutely incredible. We talk about mental performance, reducing stress, increasing focus, a million different things related to mental toughness and
0:24.6	performance psychology. This will help you live a happier, more stress-free life, as well as perform
0:34.5	better as a leader, athlete, coach, et cetera. It's a must, must listen. Before we get
0:41.3	started, if you would, please go to brute strength training.com backslash podcast, backslash reviews,
0:48.8	and leave me a review. Thank you. Enjoy the show. All right, what's up, guys? I'm here with
0:54.0	Justin Sua, the sports
0:56.1	psychologist of the Red Sox. Justin, how are you, man? I'm doing great, Michael. Thanks for having
1:01.9	me. Thank you so much for carving out some time for this. I'm very excited to learn from you, dude.
1:07.7	Happy to be here. Happy to be here. Let's start out. Tell people a little bit about yourself. I called you
1:13.5	the sports psych for the Red Sox. I'm sure you have other titles as well. You know, what do you do? What's your daily
1:20.7	life look like? What all are you involved in? Yeah, that's such a good question because even my wife and my kids have a hard time describing, telling people what I do for a living.
1:30.4	My formal title with the Red Sox is mental skills coordinator.
1:34.2	And ultimately, my job is to help people perform on purpose with purpose.
1:40.2	And the question is, what do you mean by that?
1:42.5	And basically what that means is you'll have a whole
1:44.8	bunch of coaches, you'll have parents, you'll have instructors tell people, hey, you've got to be
1:50.7	confident, hey, you've got to relax, hey, you got to focus on what you can control, all this great
1:55.7	advice. And my job is to put meat on that and to teach people how to do those things.
2:02.6	How do you relax under pressure?
2:04.6	How do you not beat up on yourself when you're failing?
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