High performers deal with mistakes differently than under performers, which is in part why they are high performers. High Performers are extremely critical of themselves, but they use their critical evaluation to change and improve, not to beat themselves up with negative thoughts.
This can confuse people because it appears that high performers are really hard on themselves with their thorough self-critiques. Again, the difference is that high performers mobilize their energy to improve themselves rather than beat themselves up thinking negative thoughts. Some high performers learn to get rid of negative thoughts so well that the thoughts are almost nonexistent. Here’s an amazing one-minute video of how Jeremy Bloom, a three-time world-champion freestyle skier turned successful entrepreneur, sharing how he gets rid of negative thoughts.
Leadership lessons Tim Tebow, John Fox and the Denver Broncos
Who’d a thunk it? After starting the season with one win and four losses, the Denver Broncos’ football team ended up making the playoffs and winning their first game in the playoffs. Head coach John Fox seems to be both a courageous and strategically mindful leader. Fox replaced Kyle Orton, a statistically accurate quarterback, with the unproven and inaccurate passing quarterback Tim Tebow—to the rapturous joy of some fans and the chagrin of others. Tebow brought energy and leadership that helped turn the season around.
There’s an old adage in sports: “Play your strengths and …
Tim Tebow, a true Fearless Leader™
Is emotional intelligence part of his success?
Tim Tebow’s six comeback wins in recent weeks for the Denver Broncos have been so incredibly improbable that some say it’s divine intervention (some seriously, others tongue in cheek). Not since the 1972 Pittsburgh Steelers Franco Harris “immaculate reception,” dubbed the greatest play in NFL history by NFL Films, have people so strongly suggested that divine intervention played a role in a football game’s outcome. (Click here to view a video of the famous play.)
Let’s set aside divine intervention for this article and examine the intangible Fearless Leader™ qualities that make Tebow a great leader. Cathy Greenberg, Ph.D., a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author, and I have defined a Fearless Leader™…
A 30-something entrepreneur says, “I don’t think my family [of origin] will accept me if I’m wealthy.”
A 15-year-old female swimmer was afraid to swim a senior national qualifying time, saying, “People’s expectations will just be so much higher. I don’t want the stress of higher expectations.”
A salesperson was afraid to have a really good year because …
Tunnel vision for athletic focus and entrepreneurial success
The athletic focus of Jeremy Bloom, a three-time world-champion freestyle skier, NFL football player and now a successful entrepreneur is tunnel vision. Bloom shares how used his athletic focus to block out distractions in becoming a world-champion athlete now successful entrepreneur with two successful companies.
Different situations require a different types of focus. Tunnel vision , used by Jeremy Bloom to become a world-champion freestyle skier is the perfect type of athletic focus for that type of event. Soft eyes with a broad view is the best focus when you need to take in a broader scope, or a lot of movement.
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What do you think of how Jeremy focuses? When is it a good focusing technique and when isn’t it? Look forward to your comments …
Jeremy Bloom, a three-time world-champion freestyle skier, two-time Olympian, and now successful entrepreneur shares the mindset that helped him develop wold-class mental toughness (resilience) and also, courage and confidence.
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