35,000! That’s how many decisions you will make today as cited in a recent study by Harvard Business Review. Decisions about what you will eat, what you will wear, and many other micro-decisions about your day. Many of these decisions are subconscious and become almost automatic for us. Other decisions are conscious and have greater importance like how you will show up to work or a game, what job or career to pursue, and how you will give your best and live life on purpose. We are in a series entitled “3 P’s to Peak Performance.” In the first episode, I shared the first P word and talked about the power of presence, or how you show up each day. In the second episode, I shared another P word that can help you perform at your best in sports, business, and life. And that word was Process. In this episode, I am going to share the third word that can help you perform at your best in sports, business, and life. And that word is Pre-Decide. We have conducted a lot of research on this word and have had a lot of experience in working with athletes as well as business leaders and entrepreneurs on the power of pre-deciding.  

Show Notes:

• 3 Ways you can react or respond to a challenging moment:
  • React emotionally to the moment
  • Choose to do nothing
  • Respond in the right way
• A+B=C; A is the activating event, B is your beliefs, values, and principles, and C is the choice or better response.
• Make a list of 2-3 moments that tend to take you down a downward spiral.
• Write out what your typical reaction has been in these moments that has hindered your performance or prevented you from being present in future moments.
• Choose your mental toughness response and write it down.
• Key questions for you:
  • What scenarios and negative moments are affecting you right now?
  • How have you reacted to those moments?
  • What is a better response that you can choose that will help you perform and lead at your best?

   

   

 

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