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#137 Justin Su'a: Peak Mental Performance

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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The Best Mental Models for Athletic Performance

An athlete has a certain arousal control reference point. In high leverage, stressful situations, players will recognize that their heart rate is up. What do they do? They have been taught diaphomatic breathing. A player can go for four with four strike outs and still pull some very good things in those at bats. The map is not the territory.

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