A Look Inside the Mind of an Anxious Athlete
I stress out sometimes. Anxiety just comes out of nowhere and punches me in the face. It’s unfortunate. Occasionally, I just shut down for minutes at a time in the middle of a grocery store or my office. The worst is when it hits me on the baseball field. One minute I feel like Bryce Harper and the next I […]
Tatis Jr. Among the New Wave of Big Leaguers
If I asked you who Fernando Tatis Jr. was, five years ago, you might have said, “the son of a former big leaguer” or “a prospect in the Padres organization”. If you ask the same question today, they will tell you he is the newest face of baseball. Many players have dawned the crown before him. Aaron Judge, […]
Reframe Fear: 3 Steps to Mental Freedom
I don’t know about you, but I am afraid of a lot of things. Snakes, scorpions, heights, failure… the list goes on and on. But what about more important things in life, such as our goals, dreams, and aspirations? Science tells us that over 92% of people never achieve their goals because FEAR gets in […]
Realign Your Core Values With This 10 Minute Exercise
What are your core values? What are values anyway? And why is any of this important? Values are what we feel is the most important to us in how we live, act, work, and interact in the world. Our values are a way for us to do a self-check. Are we living the way we […]
Persistence in the Unknown: Aesop’s Wisdom
” In a spell of dry weather, when the Birds could find very little to drink, a thirsty Crow found a pitcher with a little water in it. But the pitcher was high and had a narrow neck, and no matter how he tried, the Crow could not reach the water. The poor thing felt as if […]
P.E.T.T.L.E.P: Your New Visualization Trainer
“Winning isn’t something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream.” Emmitt Smith Emmitt Smith was ahead of his time when it came to visualization practices. He knew that, in order to […]
Out with a Bang: Control Your Response with Dr. Chadwick
I have been really fortunate to do and see some incredible things as a coach. I have seen some of the best coaches in the world speak to thousands of people at the ABCA convention. I was with a team that was a hit away from winning the College World Series. Every once in a while, I experience […]
Investment Strategies for Stocks and Life
I know nothing about the stock market. This year has been my first year investing in stocks, and to say it has been a “learning-curve” is an understatement. Some days I am up, and some days I am down. It isn’t my day job, but I’m improving. I have learned a lot about mindset while watching the arrow ping-pong […]
Ten Things I Wish I Knew in High School
Happiness is a Choice. People are going to upset us. Things are not going to go right. The world is going to feel like it is completely against us sometimes. These things can only get to us if we allow them. Once we have a true understanding of how to control our emotions, we can command them in any […]
A Championship Nobody Heard About, in a Place Nobody’s Been
Insignificant Facts Sequim is a quaint town, nestled on the banks of the Salish Sea, in North-Eastern Washington. The town has a population of a little more than 7,000 people, nearly identical to my hometown of Winters, CA. Although Sequim is in the rainy state of Washington, it happens to sit in a geographic-honey-hole. The rain shadow of […]
Pieces of Me Exercise: Learn Where Your Energy Goes
The Power of Words: A Quick Shift in Thinking
“If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.” —Henry Ford, American Industrialist Words are a powerful thing. Just a few sentences can build a person up to be a superhero or break them down to rubble. The words we think, and say, to ourselves can be just as […]
