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Self improvement · Full roadmap · ~88 min read · 25 steps

🎯Improve your mental game

Train the mind skills that decide how you compete and perform

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What the mental game actually is

Nerves are fuel, not the enemy

The inverted-U and why too calm is also bad

Your own optimal zone

Bringing yourself into the zone

Channel the adrenaline instead of fighting it

Pressure versus choking

Why choking happens

Routines that protect performance

Controlling the controllables

Focus on now, and recover it when it drifts

Cut the negative self-talk

Two kinds of useful self-talk

Build confidence from evidence

Set goals that actually work

Visualisation done properly

Growth mindset and reframing failure

Resilience and bouncing back

Flow, and how to set it up

Handling a mistake mid-performance

Motivation that lasts

Common mistakes that wreck the mental game

Build your mental training routine

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