Fear of Failure or Failure as Fuel

In this episode Brian discusses the fear of failure and using failure as fuel. Nervousness is an excited state grounded in worry, which, in turn, can create a feeling of anxiety strong enough to affect behavior.    A competitor who knows or believes he is able to cope with (i.e., control) threatening events diminishes his fear of them.   Fears tell lies. They suggest to the competitor that situations he will face are more difficult to deal with than they actually are.    People with internal control are able to cope with fears because they come to understand the fears are their response to-their interpretation of external events or situations.   What a competitor invents in his imagination creates more fear than any actual “threatening” situation may cause.    Taking responsibility is admitting to his fear what poet Joy Harmony expressed so well: “You have choked me, but I gave you the leash.”   During difficulty, coach yourself with positive, functional directives and appropriate arousal adjustment-up or down.   Reward himself for good behavior, despite the existence of bad feelings. Mental Performance Daily is brought to you by FitBod. Link: https://fitbod.me/MPD25/ Brian Cain, MPM, the World’s leader in Mental Performance Coaching brings you practical tips, techniques, stories, strategies, meditations and motivations every day that you can use to close the gap from where you are to where you want to be with The Mental Performance Daily Podcast.   You can follow along with Brian’s 2022 reading schedule by clicking here. Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qZ_3jqFJmt0bOP8ot08e-1SZIUJ-LJgGy-RJXmKkUT8/edit?usp=sharing Join Brian Cain and his friends at Optimize/Heroic by getting their great 20 minute audio book summaries so you can follow along with Brian’s reading list and be a proud member of The Book Battalion. FREE when you join here as a member of the Mental Performance Daily Community Link: http://optimize.me/cain Be sure to subscribe to our podcast and leave us a review for a chance to win a FREE 1-1 coaching session with Brian each month and engage with Brian on social media @BrianCainPeak  Be sure to join Brian’s email list at BrianCain.com/join so that you can stay updated and in the know when it comes to mental performance training and opportunities to work with Brian. If you are a coach looking to master mental performance coaching, the missing link in your clients and athletes performance, join Brian’s MPM Coaches Insiders List and receive his best strategies for coaching mental performance and save $200 off his MPM Certification Course when it opens in May and November. Link: https://briancain.com/certification Want to take your coaching to the next level? Join Brian and The Coaching Matters Foundation every other monday night for a FREE one hour group coaching session. Join today at BrianCain.com/coaching-matters Are you a coach? Join Brian’s FREE 3 Day Mini Course on Coaching Mental Performance Link: https://briancain.com/coach-offer Are you an athlete? Join Brian’s  FREE 3 Day Mini Course on Mental Performance for Athletes Link: https://briancain.com/athlete-offer Are you a golfer or golf coach? Join Brian’s  FREE Golf Masterclass Link: https://briancain.com/golf-masterclass-registration Are you a baseball player or coach join Brian’s FREE Baseball Masterclass Link: https://briancain.com/baseball-mpm-masterclass