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The Dangerous Comfort of Hoping and Wishing
I have an important question to ask you. This is a question that’s best answered from your gut, not your head. Take a deep breath, put log...
Gratitude Can Be Practical
For years I’ve heard people talk about how gratitude has helped them in life. By perhaps starting the day thinking about the things they’re gra...
Finding Your Competitive Fingerprint
The number of ways you can be successful in trading and poker is staggering. Walk down the driving range at any PGA Tour stop, or your local...
Intensity Takes a Toll
Every day you put your money at risk. Your goals and aspirations are on the line. Preparation needs to be sharp. Adaptation and continual im...
Seeing the Forest for the Trees
Clients often describe struggling with Tilt, fear, overconfidence, second-guessing, overthinking, greed, self-criticism, or a lack of confidence li...
Golf is Not 90% Mental
The old adage that golf is 90% mental is wrong. Thinking this way is like still playing with hickory shafts or a balata ball. The game evolves. So ...
New Book: Everyday Golf Psychology
I’m excited to announce that my latest book, Everyday Golf Psychology, will be available April 21st! Three years in the making and I couldn’...
Risky Business
Risk is everywhere. From leisure activities, like renting a paddleboard, skydiving, or taking your kids to a trampoline park, to driving a car, ope...
Boom & Bust
Boom or bust. Feast or famine. If you deal with extreme ups and downs in your performance, you know exactly what this feels like. You’ll h...
Everything Gets Easier When Your Goals are Right
I talk a lot about goals, particularly around this time of year as we set our sights on the opportunities before us. I talk a lot about goals bec...
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Don’t Expect to Ride Momentum
We’ve reached the end of the year, and I know many of you can look back on your mental game work and claim solid progress. Congratulations!...
Training Your Mind for Distraction
Modern tech has produced an onslaught of information from such a constant and varied range of sources that it can directly impact your...
Bringing “The Zone” Down to Earth
Everyone wants to be in the zone – a state of heightened mental functioning, awareness, and concentration that allows you to deliver your...
Maintaining Your Progress
There are different cycles that you go through while working on your mental game. It’s very rare that mental game progress follows a straight...
The Malfunctioning Mind
I talk about a wide variety of topics in my blog each month, including “Why You Can’t Always Be At Your Best”, “Training Deep Focus”, “Being Your...