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252: Expert Edition: Rory Darkins, Psychology Researcher, Mental Skills Coach, ‘Positive Psychology for the Endurance Athlete’

The Physical Performance Show

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The Power of Perception

We'd all prefer to feel excited rather than you know anxious Rory says. The events still requires Rory to take that first step and then that 35,000th step across the finish line. Why on earth would we want to put a handbrake on our performance by feeling threatened by that as opposed to excited by that? It seems so obvious but we've all had moments where we've been stuck in that perceiving it as a threat what is it you think drives that perception of the hard session or an event being a threat for so many athletes?"

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