
#137 Justin Su'a: Peak Mental Performance
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
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Base confidence in ability to learn and bounce back rather than result
confidence is often misunderstood in terms of people over index its importance. I have learned through talking to professional athletes how many of them lack confidence. They will tell it to my face, sayii don't have confidence. Then you ask em, caso, how do you do it? So how are you successful? And they say, i don't focus on how i feel. I focus on my actions. A russian proverb explains this very well. It says a bird can rest peacefully on a branch, not because of its trust in the branch, but because of itsTrust in its ability to fly.
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