The Post Game Podcast Ep. 33 - Geoff Miller: Founder of Dots Miller LLC, MLB Mental Skills Coach, Author of "Intangibles"
Geoff Miller is a highly regarded expert in baseball psychology. He provides mental skills coaching to professional and amateur athletes, coaching to executives and business teams, and coaching for retiring athletes transitioning into life after sports.
He was the founding partner at Winning Mind LLC and a mental skills coach with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Nationals, Atlanta Braves, LA Angels, and Philadelphia Phillies.
His book Intangibles: Big League Stories and Strategies for Winning the Mental Game – in Baseball and in Life, gives an inside look at the mental game of baseball through real life stories.
Most recently, he is the founder of Dots Miller, LLC, where he continues to work with elite performers to help them accomplish their goals.
He is also part of the team at Optimize Mind Performance, an app at the forefront of science and technology in the mental performance space providing mental performance coaching for athletes and organizations.
What You’ll Learn About:
- Knowing that you want something and having no idea how you’ll get it
- Dealing with rejection going after what you want
- High achievers wanting to do well and getting out of their own way
- Finding the key that unlocks something for a player
- Athletes transitioning out of their playing days
- App Optimize Mind Performance
- Chipper Jones’ mental approach
- Philosophies of Baseball IQ and Character Development Inventory
Timestamps:
(0:00) – Intro to Geoff Miller
(2:25) – John Kirwan
(4:45) – Writing letters to MLB organizations
(5:40) – Goal without a plan is a wish?
(7:10) – Phone call from Allard Baird
(8:20) – Do you have to be confident all the time?
(10:40) – Bobby Kingsbury
(12:40) – I know I can do better
(15:20) – The people that work on it the most always have questions
(16:40) – How do you measure success when you’re not getting results?
(17:00) – Jackson Holliday / Andrew McCutchen
(18:30) – Experiencing failure yourself
(19:50) – Movie scenes to relate to players
(20:45) – “Intangibles” is timeless
(21:20) – Relating to next generation of players
(22:10) – Understanding what motivates and drives players
(23:30) – Looking for perfect way to relate
(24:40) – Athlete transitions
(27:30) – Don’t compare it to baseball
(29:00) – Baseball lessons to corporate world and vice versa
(30:30) – One real job in his life
(32:25) – So you’ve never actually worked a day in your life?
(33:15) – Optimize Mind Performance
(36:20) – Universities using the app for athletic departments
(37:45) – Relevance to travel ball orgs and colleges
(40:00) – Geoff’s podcast
(42:00) – What do YOU need to do to be successful?
(44:00) – Chipper Jones
(46:00) – Insinuating that it’s possible to be mentally weak
(47:00) – Check out Intangibles
(48:00) – Where to learn more about Geoff
Order his book "Intangibles" on Amazon
Email me: joe.poduslenko@gmail.com