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#490: Dr. Jim Loehr on Mental Toughness, Energy Management, the Power of Journaling, and Olympic Gold Medals

Metadata

  • Author: The Tim Ferriss Show
  • Full Title: #490: Dr. Jim Loehr on Mental Toughness, Energy Management, the Power of Journaling, and Olympic Gold Medals
  • Category: #Type/Highlight/Podcast
  • URL: https://www.airr.io/episode/5fe9f0e6e53b5c24f5e69bdd

Highlights

  • Speaker 1: He just was not able to compete it all. And then we started working together, and I had him do lots of things. But as you said, one of the things Waas that I’m a stickler for training logs, I believe writing and really keeping track of all the critical variables from all the physical issues that are going on. Diet, nutrition, exercise, recovery, stress and then all the emotional issues that are going on and all the recovery and stress cycles in that and mentally and even spiritually, how he’s doing, how he is feeling about his life and about this sport of speed skating and where it fits in. And I have every single (TimeĀ 0:15:13)
  • Note: Keep detailed training log
  • Speaker 1: want the voice that’s coming to you to be projected onto the jumbotron of some great big arena? Because you’re proud of the messaging that that voice is giving you? It’s great advice. It may be stern. It may be, you know, encouraging. It may be challenging. It may be a lot of things, but you’re proud of it. It’s the best coaching advice you could get from anyone. And that’s why we want to be around great coaches because we begin to take on their wisdom and that wisdom is imparted to our voice. So I’m always encouraging athletes to develop their voice, develop that private voice and to make sure that whatever that voice is articulating to them the advice, the language ing and the tone is something that that’s how they would coach someone that they cared about, because it’s the best that that you have to give. And that sometimes takes years to develop. But it’s awareness, and it is a very tough thing. What are Speaker 0: some steps if (TimeĀ 0:29:11)
  • Note: Self awareness and the voice inside your head