How Do You Help People See Their Blind Spots?

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"It's really hard for me to understand what i can't see, even if i have the tools to see it. And so pointing that out helps me perform," he says. "I've had a number of different, multiple iterations doing this with different populations who are all high performers." 'A common theme that i've seen is that my role, or anyone, even a coach's role, is to steal from tim elmore,' she adds. "'My job is to build a relationship so strong it could bear the weight of truth' I think they understand, whoever truly knows me, they know that i'm in a position to provide a space for them,. To help them realize

Justin Su'a calls on more than a decade of working with the world’s top athletes to discuss how to improve your mental performance. Su’a explores the strategies you need to be your best mentally with lessons that resonate well beyond the world of sports — including how to connect and build trust, the relationship between consistency and intensity, the fragility of confidence, the difference between success and talent, how to raise the bar of your own performance, and so much more.

Su'a has spent the past three years as the Head of Mental Performance for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball, where he works with players to optimize their mental performance and perform under enormous pressure. He has also worked for the Boston Red Sox as well as the NFL’s Cleveland Browns, and as the Head of Mental Conditioning Department for the IMG Academy, which develops star athletes of the future. He’s also written two books on the subject of developing mental toughness in adolescents.

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