How to Manage Your Long Term Memories

2min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

e's, how do i go about managing my memories in the past side of things? Well, let's let's first take a long look back. What are your top ten moments as a ten player, as a medical student, as a sales manager, as a white collar athlete or any other sports? In a way, it's like writing a resume, but you're writing your accomplishments. Those are your original deposits into your mental bank account. That's taking ten checues down to the local savings and loan and say, i'm open an account. Here's my moneyhu."

Nate Zinsser reveals practices that athletes and military cadets use to overcome pressure and build the confidence to perform anytime and anywhere.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why confidence is a skill–not a quality

2) How to make affirmations work for you

3) What to do when you feel unmotivated

Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep744 for clickable versions of the links below.

— ABOUT NATE —

Dr. Nate Zinsser is the Director of the Performance Psychology Program at the United States Military Academy at West Point, the most comprehensive mental training program in the country, where, since 1992, he has helped prepare cadets for leadership in the U.S. Army. He also has been the sport-psychology mentor for numerous elite athletes, including two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning and the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers, as well as many Olympians and NCAA champions.

He has been a consultant for the FBI Academy, U.S. Army Recruiting Command, and the Fire Department of New York. He earned his Ph.D. in sport psychology from the University of Virginia and his senior black belt rank from Shotokan Karate of America.

• Book: The Confident Mind: A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance

• Website: DrNateZinsser.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: Talking Yourself Out of Exhaustion

• Study: “The Psychology of Change: Self-Affirmation and Social Psychological Intervention” by Geoffrey Cohen and David Sherman (PDF download)

• Book: Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance by Alex Hutchinson

• Past episode: 357: The Six Morning Habits of High Performers with Hal Elrod

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

• LinkedIn Jobs. Find quality hires fast with a free job posting at LinkedIn.com/beawesome.

• Athletic Greens. Support your health with my favorite greens supplement. Free 1-year supply of Vitamin D and 5 travel packs when you purchase from athleticgreens.com/awesome.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.