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Honest Assessment of Your Performance
Tiger Woods in his early career tied with several guys going into the last day and they just left him in a cloud of dust. And they asked him, “Well, Tiger what happened today?” He said, “While I did not score as well today as I had hoped, I feel that my performance forced my opponents to up their game to levels they have never seen before.”I'll never forget that line, because what he was saying is even though he didn't... Read more…
Excellence as a Way of Life
There's a direct correlation between the way you practice and the way you perform. Most shooters' evaluation of their ability is a little or (in some instances) a lot higher than reality, and their commitment to improve their ability is in the work they're continuing to avoid. You must begin to accept nothing less than excellence. Notice we didn't say right or wrong - excellence. Strive for excellence. Never strive for... Read more…
Mental Toughness and Habits
Mental toughness is not about how you think, it's about what you think. But more importantly, it's about how many times you thought it in the same way such that you are, when you're in the zone, you are operating on your habits. When something is a habit, it happens at a high level without thinking. And, in and of itself, that's the reason that so many people are looking for something external about mental toughness. B... Read more…
Affirmations About Running Your Process
Do you have any affirmations that you tell yourself and others that you're going to do at the next tournament you go to? For instance: “I've been working on my process, and I want you to know that when we get to the tournament, all I'm going to do is read the targets, get in the cage, I’m gonna run my process. Regardless of result. I'm going to stick with running my process. I don't care about the results.”You have to ... Read more…
Turning Rituals into Habits
Here’s another simple thing that shooters don’t do, and it’s a real game changer from the consistency standpoint. After breaking a target, they don’t stop to replay what they just saw happen so they can use that movie to preload the next shot. As we mentioned earlier, this is called the post-shot routine and it is the most neglected part of improving score and consistency. But shooters just will not implement it. The m... Read more…
