I’m launching a Certified Peak Performance Coaching practice, which begs the question, what is Peak Performance Coaching?
Have you ever noticed what happens in a post-game interview when an athlete is asked to discuss what made the difference between winning and losing? Often, and particularly in tightly contested or come-from-behind victories, the answer is something like
- we knew we could do it
- we wanted it more
- we never gave up.
Athletes often credit self-confidence, the ability to overcome adversity, handling failure and never giving up as key components of their success. All of these factors influence an athlete’s way of thinking. The athlete’s state of mind is a positive, growth-oriented environment. The good news: it’s not just for athletes.
Whatever your goals are, the mindset you cultivate has the power to sabotage your success or propel you toward it. A peak performance coach helps clients learn to flex their mental muscles the way world-class athletes, titans of business, entrepreneurs, inventors and other highly successful and happy, personally fulfilled people do. Much like a personal trainer works with you to train you body toward improving your physical fitness, a peak performance coach works with you to train your brain toward improving your mindset.
The constructs of behavioral science and applied positive psychology are the foundation of my coaching process. Dr. Martin Seligman, who is widely regarded as the father of applied positive psychology, has spent decades researching human potential. His work has led to understanding the emotions we experience and the actions we take are determined by our mindset. Handling life’s ups and downs with a positive mindset improves relationships and increases confidence, motivation and clarity, which improves overall performance and productivity. Most importantly, a positive mindset renders decreased levels of stress and anxiety which boost immunity, health, well-being, happiness and increased life expectancy. In contrast, when we default to a negative or fixed mindset, we function from a place of pessimism and helplessness. We lack motivation, energy and the ability to cope with stress, anxiety and adversity. Our relationships suffer and we are unlikely to fulfill our human potential. A peak performance coach facilitates the client’s shift from a negative, fixed mindset to a positive, growth mindset.
Bottom line: You’ve got to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative.
As your mental performance coach I will guide you. Together we will unlock the resources you need to discover and maximize your intrinsic strengths, develop new ones, identify obstacles which inhibit you and create strategies to mitigate them. Like personal training, peak performance training is a collaborative process, but ultimately you are the person responsible for making change. Some of the skills you will acquire are
- developing mental strength;
- mastering strategies for choosing positive thoughts over negative ones;
- handling challenges with a positive, growth-oriented attitude;
- honing the ability to bounce back from failure;
- learning from your mistakes;
- exercising gratitude; and
- making an effort to see the best in others, yourself and the world at large.
Research in applied positive psychology teaches us that attaining personal fulfillment, happiness and maximizing one’s human potential is a function of pursuing excellence, not in achieving it. Achieving success is merely the byproduct of the of process of striving. Training your brain to focus on the process rather than achievement… on the journey rather than the destination… THAT is the key to unleashing your potential. The power is within you. Working with a Mental Performance Coach accelerates the process.
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