Quick Win: Crafting Your Power Phrase with Libby Trickett
Mar 20, 2024
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Olympian Libby Trickett shares how a power phrase propelled her to victory in competitions and continues to guide her in life beyond sports. Harnessing the power of a positive mantra, she emphasizes the importance of maintaining a positive mindset for success.
Crafting a power phrase can significantly impact performance by boosting confidence and focus in challenging situations.
Integrating a power phrase into daily life promotes intentional energy and helps navigate life's challenges with focus and lightness.
Deep dives
Creating a Power Phrase for Confidence and Focus
Libby Tricket, Olympic gold medalist, shares how her coach's advice of creating a power phrase significantly impacted her performance as a young athlete. Dealing with asthma and facing doubts before her first world championships, Tricket and her coach developed a power phrase ('I'm strong, I'm fit, I'm healthy, therefore I'm fast') to boost her confidence and focus. By repeating this phrase, Tricket was able to block out negative thoughts, improve her mood, and concentrate on her performance.
Applying Power Phrases Beyond Sports
Tricket explains how she transitioned from using a power phrase in sports to integrating it into her daily life. She emphasizes the importance of intentional energy and lightness in navigating life's challenges and distractions. Tricket's experience showcases the effectiveness of simple affirmations in managing doubts, staying focused, and intentionally creating the life one desires, extending the benefits of power phrases beyond athletic performance.
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Harnessing the Power of a Positive Phrase for Success
How much power can just a few words hold? Turns out: a lot.
In this Quick Win episode, Olympian Libby Trickett reveals the invaluable advice that changed her life: the power phrase. Facing the challenges of asthma and bronchitis while competing in the world championships, Libby adopted a mantra that propelled her to victory and later helped her navigate life beyond sports.
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