In this podcast series, Jim Loehr teaches strategies for competitors, parents and coaches to leverage competition to build character. Jim is the co-founder of the Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute, and a New York Times bestselling author. During his 40-year career as a performance psycho…
Your general disposition to be optimistic or pessimistic has dramatic impact on your performance and wellbeing. Jim outlines fascinating research and presents strategies to strengthen your sense of optimism.
Athletes perform, coaches coach, and parents provide support. Learn why properly supporting your young competitor is essential. Jim explains how to best provide this support in ways that improve performance and build critical lifelong skills.
Aligning your inner and outer voice is an essential step towards maximizing competitive performance. It’s also an important component to achieving balanced, emotional health. Jim reveals strategies to help you get started.
Many athletes performing at the top of their game achieve a unique state of physical, emotional and mental balance. In this 2-part episode, Jim will review the science and psychology behind the Ideal Performance State, and he’ll define 10 key components essential to achieving it.
Many athletes performing at the top of their game achieve a unique state of physical, emotional and mental balance. In this 2-part episode, Jim will review the science and psychology behind the Ideal Performance State, and he’ll define 10 key components essential to achieving it.
The goal of competitive junior sports should not be “winning at all costs” but rather helping children build the skills that will make them more focused, more confident and more character-driven adults. In this episode, you will learn how parents and coaches can help foster a healthy, competitive mindset in children. This mindset can serve...
Athletic and academic competition can be a great way to train kids vital life skills and values such as integrity, perseverance and resilience. But parents, no matter how well-intentioned, often get the competitive balance wrong. In this 2-part episode you will learn how parents and coaches can instill a healthy mindset around competition, guiding young...
Athletic and academic competition can be a great way to train kids vital life skills and values such as integrity, perseverance and resilience. But parents, no matter how well-intentioned, often get the competitive balance wrong. In this 2-part episode you will learn how parents and coaches can instill a healthy mindset around competition, guiding young...
Human engagement is defined as a learned ability to intentionally invest your full and best energy into the task at hand. In this 2-part episode, Jim Loehr revisits topics from his New York Times bestselling book, The Power of Full Engagement. He’ll explain why managing your energy is the single most important thing you can...
Human engagement is defined as a learned ability to intentionally invest your full and best energy into the task at hand. In this 2-part episode, Jim Loehr revisits topics from his New York Times bestselling book, The Power of Full Engagement. He’ll explain why managing your energy is the single most important thing you can...