How To Think Like An Olympian

Episode Transcript

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You're waking up with fifth in the Morning, Kiss that
song one hundred percent in the running for the Tiff
in the Morning Song of Summer. We kick that campaign
off in a week or so, so you'll have to
start thinking about which songs or song rather you think
represents twenty twenty four the summer of So get that
in your brim In the meantime, how do you think

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like an Olympian and become a winner in your own life.
I'm so sucked in by these games that I am
just hunting down Olympic content these days. But I actually
found some of this valuable. So I'll ramble through maybe
three of them and see if any of these resonate
with you. View stress as a positive. According to this article,
researchers on a high level found that, let's say, swimmers

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in this who performed best, viewed stress as more facilitative
versus debilitative. Any elite athlete knows there's going to be pressure,
and top athletes have learned to view it as a challenge,
either by trial and error or by working through mental training.
Second tip, learn to bounce back. This is a great

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example of Simone Biles in this game's versus the last
anyone can get overwhelmed. Resilience is a piece of us
that allows us to get up every time we're knocked down.
Some of these are easier said than done, but I
think can be practiced small in your life, right, small
steps to get them. Next one, banish self doubt. Okay,

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that's a big one. Olympians do mindfulness training. If you
want to think like a winner. That's the article that
we're talking about right now, by the way, if you're
just walking into this, Olympians do mindfulness training where they
try not to judge or worry, but they just stay
present in the moment and then lastly, regulate your emotions.

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They use an example of women's soccer in this, where
sometimes you'll see people who wear like bands or hair
ties even on their wrist, and they snap it anytime
they feel like they need to ground themselves. And I've
heard some Olympians saying fire or ice. So fire if
you need more emotion, ice if you need to cool down.
Regulating your emotions is a skill, baby. But if you

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want to think like a champion, there you go. Try
those today, all right? Coming up two songs from now,
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