Dr. Jim Loehr ON: Mental Toughness, Ideal Performance State & Working w/Tennis Greats

Welcome back to The Victory Degree Podcast! There are plenty of podcasts out there and so I thank you for choosing The Victory Degree today - the podcast where my mission is to interview the most influential people in sports both on and off the field. 

Today’s guest is Dr. Jim Loehr - a World-renowned performance psychologist, New York Times bestselling author, Co-founder, & Coach. Dr. Loehr has worked with hundreds of world-class performers from the arenas of sport, business, medicine and law enforcement, including Fortune 100 executives, FBI Hostage Rescue Teams, and military Special Forces. Dr. Loehr’s sports clients include 17 number ones in the world in their respective sports, multiple clients from professional tennis, golf, basketball, football, hockey, boxing, race car driving and the Olympics. He has applied his methodology to both individuals and entire teams. From his more than 30 years of experience and applied research, Dr. Loehr believes the single most important factor in successful achievement, personal fulfillment and life satisfaction is the strength of one’s character. Dr. Jim Loehr is a world-renowned performance psychologist, whose ground-breaking, science-based energy management training system has achieved worldwide recognition. Dr. Loehr has been chronicled in leading national publications, including: Fortune, Harvard Business Review, US News Report and has been featured on NBC’s Today Show and The Oprah Winfrey Show. 

In this interview, Dr. Loehr reveals his journey to sports psychology, what mental toughness is and how to increase it, how the best tennis players in the world stay mentally tough during a match, the power of your inner voice and how to harness it to achieve greatness, how to build up your resiliency, the idea of an ideal performance state, and much more…

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TIMESTAMPS

(00:00) The Gift of Sport

(04:16) Sports Psychology in the 80's

(13:10) The Psychological Struggles of Tennis Players

(21:07) Learning From Athletes

(25:15) Inner Voice

(42:31) The Perils of Competition

(45:54) Dan Jansen

(54:50) Modern Day Struggles of Athletes

(59:09) How To Become More Resilient 

(01:01:25) Ideal Performance State

(01:06:06) Novak Djokovic: GOAT?

(01:13:17) Athletes Dr. Loehr Wishes He Worked With

(01:17:51) Proudest Moments

(01:22:23) Life Advice

Connect with Dr. Jim Loehr:

Website: www.jim-loehr.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jim-loehr/

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