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Controlling The Controllable
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most people you meet and know are caught in linear time consciousness - the idea that we live along a line from birth to death and everything that hap...
Do This Before You Set Goals
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every Sunday evening UTC+1, you can join me live on Zoom for a 30-minute Mental Skills Workshop. I walk you through assessments and worksheets that I ...
Day 30: Final Day of Mental Skills
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past number of weeks, we have taken a deep dive into the nine mental skills of peak performance. But performance is not only about objective ...
Day 29: The Mental Skills Daily Practice
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
These final sessions serve as your roadmap for implementation of Mental Skills, providing a structured approach to developing these skills systematica...
Day 28: Present Moment Awareness
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever been so completely absorbed in something that time seemed to slow down, speed up, or even stand still? You were playing a musical instru...
Day 27: The Pros & Cons of Willpower
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The popular neoliberal narrative in modern capitalist societies shouts loud the idea that success hinges on willpower—that internal grit and self-di...
Day 26: Flow State & Autotelic Personality
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Exploring the drivers behind exceptional performance in business, sports, and art, we inevitably encounter the presence of what Csikszentmihalyi refer...
Day 25: Composure Under Pressure
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I’m discussing composure today, on Day 25 of the 30 Days of Mental Skills series. In the heat of performance—whether delivering a speech, competin...
Day 24: The Corruption of Emotional Agility
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Despite its honourable and legitimate origins, positive thinking has become somewhat of a toxic term. What was once a skill for psychological flexibil...
Day 23: Emotional Agility
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In her book, Emotional Agility, psychologist Susan David tells the story of a British battleship that was on manoeuvres in heavy weather. While naviga...
Day 22: Accepting Conditions
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Accepting conditions for what they are is probably our greatest challenge, because our surface-level mind is almost always active and almost always lo...
Day 21: Understanding Stress
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stress is a normal part of life. It represents the challenge that being alive presents, and without it, life would be very boring. What do you want, a...
Day 20: What Is Anxiety?
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve all felt anxiety at some point in our lives, the apprehension associated with possible adverse future outcomes. It’s usually associated with...
Day 19: Mental Imagery For Rehabilitation
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The paper "Mental Imagery and Its Potential for Physical Therapy" by Warner and McNeill (1988) reviewed the existing literature on mental imagery (MI)...
Day 18: The PETTLEP Model of Mental Imagery
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The PETTLEP model of mental rehearsal is a comprehensive framework that enhances the effectiveness of focused and purposeful imagination. The practice...
Day 17: The Affect of Imagination
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do you imagine about yourself and others? What images and pictures appear on the movie screen of your mind as you move through your day? Do you i...
Day 16: Challenging Negative Thoughts
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Challenging negative thoughts is a mental skill essential for managing the demands of not only high-stakes situations but also those of everyday life....
Day 15: Self-Talk For Anxiety and Instructional Cues
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that referring to yourself by your first name or as "you" (instead of "I" or “my“ or “me”) may help you step back from challengin...
Day 14: The Inner Conversation
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There is a conversation ongoing inside our heads at every moment. I say inside our heads, but this is a little misleading, because you won’t find th...
Day 13: Personality & It's Role In Success
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Personality is obviously not a skill, but understanding oneself and, by extension, others is important when pursuing goals and objectives. The ability...
Day 12: Emotional Intelligence
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Emotional Intelligence (EI) has gained considerable attention in both academic and popular literature since the 1990s, to the point where it has perha...
Day 11: People Skills: Leadership
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Leadership is not only about leading others, it’s about leading oneself. It is what you do when nobody is watching. It doesn’t require you to be e...
Day 10: The Inherent Risks of Goal Setting
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We have, over the last few days, examined the reasons why goal-setting the SMART way is a good idea. That said, while goal setting is widely regarded ...
Day 9: S.M.A.R.T. Goal Setting The Values-Based Formula
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SMART goal setting is the gold standard for achievement and success. Michel & Daniels (2002) said that goal-setting is “quite easily the single most...
Day 8: How To Set Goals: Values Matter
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Establishing and recording personal values is a beneficial practice for several reasons, and psychological research provides valuable insights into th...
Day 7: How To Motivate Yourself
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to 30 Days of Mental Skills, where I’m breaking down the 9 core psychological skills of peak performers. Each day, I’m posting a new video...
Day 6: Money Doesn't Motivate: Here's Why
14 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Despite popular belief, money doesn’t motivate people. I ran a few ad hoc polls on this topic with readers in the past, and generally, most people “...
Day 5: What Motivates You
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Let's discuss motivation. Self-Determination Theory says that human beings are active organisms with evolved tendencies toward growth, mastery, and in...
Day 4: Two Thinking Systems
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Day 4 of 30 Days of Mental Skills. Today I’m discussing Two Thinking Systems, or Dual-process Thinking. Dual Process Thinking is a fundam...
Day 3: Locus of Control, Optimism & Pessimism
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Within field of psychology, Locus of Control is considered an important aspect of personality and behaviour. Julian Rotter was a behaviourist but he a...
Day 2: Growth & Fixed Mindset
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello friends, welcome to day two of 30 days of mental skills. I'm Larry Maguire, this is humanperformance.ie, and yesterday I introduced you to this ...
Day 1: Introduction To 30 Days of Mental Skills
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I teach my clients the psychological skills, not only of peak performance in work and sport, but of everyday living and wellbeing. These are skills fo...
EP017 On The Costs of Cognitive Offloading
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Discussing the TFOW article from this week on Cognitive Offloading. You can read that here; Join me for my next live video in the app Get full access ...
EP016 Understanding Anxiety: Its Role in Sport and Workplace Performance
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I’m Larry Maguire, a work psychologist and lecturer. Welcome to this edition of Peak Performer, where we discuss the mental skills of peak performan...
EP015 Five Mental Skills You Need To Succeed
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this week’s edition of the podcast. If you like what I’m doing here, share this episode with a friend, and post a comment. Many thanks ...
EP014 Is The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: Personality Pseudoscience?
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this week’s edition of the podcast. If you like what I’m doing here, share this episode with a friend, post a comment. Many thanks for ...
EP013 Understanding Personality
29 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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EP001 Introduction To Peak Performer
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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EP012 How To Build Self-Confidence
19 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, I'm reading Chapter 3 of Stewart Cotterill's The Psychology of Performance and discussing the difference between self-confide...
EP010 Creating A Positive Workplace Culture
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode of The Mental Game, I'm talking with Rob O'Donohue from Gartner Consulting on how to create positive workplace culture for smal...
EP009 The Ugly Face of Unethical Leadership
24 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why do airline manufacturers hide potentially catastrophic faults from their customers? Why does big tech use behavioural psychology to take advantage...
EP008 Self Determination Theory: How Motivates Really Works
17 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Self-determination is an important concept when considering the human motivation to work and perform. Self-determination theory (SDT)1 explains human ...
EP007 For The Prize or The Love of It
24 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the pursuit of success, we can lead ourselves astray. Caught up in how we might be perceived or in anticipation of the prize, we lose our focus. Th...
EP006 Creativity & The Autotelic Personality
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we will explore the autotelic personality and the aspects of the self essential for peak experience in work, sport and indeed, life. ...
EP005 Becoming The Performatist
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Performatist is a concept of the individualised yet universal self. It is that version of humanity that grows out of self-direction and autonomy. ...
EP004 Developing Psychological Skills
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Physiological skills are important, but it is the psychological and emotional that have the final say in performance. In today's episode, I'm explorin...
EP003 The PERMA Model of Wellbeing
27 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Read more about The PERMA Model; humanperformance.ie/what-is-resilienceIn the late 1960s, the father of positive psychology, Martin Seligman and his r...
EP002 An Introduction To Resilience
20 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this introduction to resilience. Resilience in all domains of performance, be it work, sport or otherwise, in simple terms, is said to be o...