Eric Potterat

It reverses that.

And to put very candidly, what it's going to do is it's going to vascularize a certain area of the brain.

It's going to get a lot more blood to the frontal lobes of the brain where you can execute better decision-making processes as well as all the physical aspects that we've talked about as well.

You bet.

So obviously pre pre performance routine.

So how do you get ready, how you catalyze or construct that mindset and then breathing?

I think next on that list would be and it sounds a little bit touchy feely, but just hear me out here is really self talk and thought management.

We know that when the non elite performers get into high pressure situations again, pick your discipline.

I'm agnostic to what that discipline is.

that sometimes their self-talk starts to take over i can't do this or i've made a mistake and therefore i start thinking about that mistake and and it just literally derails everything so when you look at the best performers in the world they are really much better at looking for evidence they may make a mistake they do make mistakes but their ability to put that into a box compartmentalize that and not let that lead to this

um you know domino effect of thinking that i'm more likely to make another or what are these people thinking of me are they are they thinking i can't give this presentation for example so i think you know my my long story short here is really look for evidence and think you know make sure that self-talk is evidence-based and more focused on the positive rather than the negative i think you know these performers are definitely controlling those negative thoughts and they're putting them by the wayside more times than not

Yeah, I'm glad you mentioned that.

I mean, there's great studies that really kind of talk about how future-oriented we all are.

I came across one that 60% of our thoughts are future-oriented, and that's why people are successful.

They're thinking about the things and the deadlines they have, and they're future-based.

I get that.

But I think a lot of the elite performers, they're really working much more in the present state, meaning...

If I use a sporting example, let's say a wide receiver drops a very easy touchdown pass or a business person makes a hiccup in a presentation and they misstate something that they'd gone over repeatedly.

It's really important to be present and to really make sure you're looking for evidence.

This doesn't mean I'm a failure.