They said it wasn't possible to make it from where he stood. How do the elite performers stay so calm on the biggest stage?

Whether expected or unexpected, chosen by you or for you, the ending of your career and subsequent transition is never easy. What exactly makes is so difficult?

A simple mental framework used with NBA players to help you find clarity and regain your footing when life takes unexpected turns.

Have you ever felt super frustrated? Like you wanted to kick a water cooler or crack a bat over your knee? Next time you feel the frustration boiling inside you, find a moment to ask yourself these five questions

If your problems follow you everywhere you go, it’s likely not because the universe is out to get you. There is a common denominator in your experiences.

A local fitness gym touted their “judgement free environment.” It sounded good reading it on a billboard but was a promise they couldn’t guarantee. No one can guarantee a judgement free environment because no one can control it.

We can’t stomach the reality that we aren’t as good as we thought we were. We have to protect ourselves by deflecting the blame onto external variables.

It’s a powerful but unhealthy motivator. It drives us to work past the point of exhaustion, feel unsatisfied with the progress we’ve made, or believe that we are incapable. It’s the word should.

Resilience is the ability to detach yourself from the results to make the next right play. Stubbornness is the need to force your will to prove that you are right.

The emphasis on mental skills training is infiltrating every endeavor. It is becoming the next performance hack and the new answer to all of our problems. But is it really?