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The Science Behind High Performance Mindsets
Simon Clarkson
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Our Brain
• 1000,000,000,000
• How many connections?
262 times around the Earth!
10.5 MILLION KM’s OF ZEROS!
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Catching A Ball
• Each time someone catches ball, they form a connection • Wrapping that connection in Myelin • The more myelin the easier something becomes
• Repetition breeds the likelihood of further repetition • What happens when I fake the throw? • We travel the same pathways with thought as we do with actions!!
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Pathway Construction
• There are 2 elements to pathway construction
• Emotiveness x Frequency = Bandwidth
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Mozart - Practice Makes Perfect?
10,000
8 The best repetition is emotive repetition.
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Remember
1. Thoughts are physical things and change the actual structure of our brain.
2. Unchecked thoughts follow the path of least resistance.
3. We build the best neural networks through emotive repetition.
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Going beyond SMART objectives
• Present Tense - with a future date ü Your brain works in present tense ü Easy to sit still on ‘Someday Isle’
• Make it specific & emotive ü Details & Absolute Targets ü Put shivers down your spine ü Emotional Intensity builds Myelin ü Small Steps
• Positive Pictures ü “Don’t think of a pink elephant”
• Believable to YOU
ü No doubting voice ü Timescales ü Scenario Planning
• Visualise Often ü Frequency of thought builds Myelin