Belief Systems

What Holds Us Back

If you can understand and grasp how this can play out in your personal and/or professional life, I promise you’ll go to the next level of performance and get better
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Alex Trebek

And the Answer is…

Alex Trebek, the host of Jeopardy for 37 seasons, passed away this week from pancreatic cancer. He was 80 years old. Hearing the news brought back a lot of memories. I
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Scott Welle Motivational Speaker

Left Side or Right Side?

I hope this finds you well. Weird week, huh? Yesterday morning I had a 4-hour virtual training, titled "Peak Performance for Project Managers." The session started with talking about the psychology
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Dave Winfield

An Important Interpretation

My Mom was a huge Minnesota Twins baseball fan. I remember her proudly waving her "Homer Hanky" when they won the World Series in '87 and '91. Kirby Puckett was
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Belief Systems

Core Beliefs and the Roles We Play

In 2005, I was in my second year of graduate school studying sport psychology. The first large conference I attended was at the Minneapolis downtown Marriott and I'll never forget
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Peak Performance

The Psychology of Peak Performance

I did a virtual training this week, titled "Remote Peak Performance for Project Managers." Basically, how do you get the best out of you and your team during this virtual time? I'm
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Scott Welle Defensive Pessimism

Should You Be More…Pessimistic?

I've spent my life studying peak performance and the mindset of high achievers. There's a difference between how everyone thinks they think and how they actually think. Popular psychology is all about
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Scott Welle Motivational Speaker

Are We There Yet?

Last weekend my girlfriend and I took a vacation in the mountains of CO. It was the first time we've done that since the pandemic started and it was nice
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