Dr. Jason Selk, a top performance coach and sports psychologist for the St. Louis Cardinals during their World Series triumphs, shares his expertise on developing mental toughness. He discusses the importance of mental training for overcoming uncertainty, especially in today's world. Listeners learn about structured mental workouts like '10-minute toughness' and the power of visualization in achieving goals. Selk emphasizes shifting from a victim mentality to a proactive mindset for continual personal growth and resilience.
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Jason Selk's Career Journey
Jason Selk started his career in sports psychology with the St. Louis Cardinals, winning two World Series titles.
He transitioned from sports to business coaching after 2011 to train mental toughness in leaders and professionals.
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Train Your Brain as Muscle
The brain is a muscle that must be trained deliberately to improve mental performance.
Mental training should be consistent and scientific, not just optimistic thinking or pep talks.
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Short Mental Workouts Work
Engage in short, structured mental workouts regularly to develop mental toughness efficiently.
Executive Toughness is a 1 minute 40 seconds mental workout designed for business professionals.
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Today’s episode is a bit of a shorter one from our usual format. We talk to Dr. Jason Selk. Jason one of the world’s top performance coaches. He has worked with professional and Olympic athletes as well as leaders of many of the world’s leading organisations. He was the sports psychologist for the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team when they won the World Series in 2006 and again in 2011.
Jason trains people and teams to develop mental toughness. He has written a number of books on the topic, including Executive Toughness and 10 Minute Toughness. If you have been a follower of our show, you will know that to manage, let alone embrace uncertainty, how we think is just as important as what we think. As you will hear, the ‘how’ of thinking is a skill. Just like any other skill, it can be trained. The more we do this, the better we get at it.
So, this episode can be perhaps thought of as a bit of a training session. Jason gives us his background and a bit of theory, and some wider thoughts on responding to the coronavirus pandemic, but the crux of the episode is the short mental workout Jason developed around mental performance that he uses with his clients. It’s incredibly useful, particularly now.
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