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Six Habits of the Athlete Mindset

By Nike Content Team — 2020

What’s the X factor that makes the world’s greatest athletes great? Find out —and learn how to discover it within yourself.

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The Benefits of Talking to Yourself

The fairly common habit of talking aloud to yourself is what psychologists call external self-talk. And although self-talk is sometimes looked at as just an eccentric quirk, research has found that it can influence behavior and cognition.

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Kristin Wong
2017
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6 High-Performance Habits Only the Most Extraordinary People Share, Backed by Science

Why do some people succeed more quickly than others, and maintain that success over the course of decades?

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Jeff Haden
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How to Slow Time

We are too often hurried, stressed, distracted, overwhelmed, and bombarded from every angle. We are fighting the good fight, yet with so much going on life can begin to feel... unfelt.

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Brendon Burchard
2015
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Why Is It So Hard to Pay Attention? Or Is It? Curiosity May Be Key to Concentrating

Here are two ways we can pay attention: force ourselves to concentrate, or be interested. The first way is what I did when I was first learning mindfulness.

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Judson Brewer
2014
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Just One Thing: Pay Attention!

Moment to moment, the flows of thoughts and feelings, sensations and desires, and conscious and unconscious processes sculpt your nervous system like water gradually carving furrows and eventually gullies on a hillside. Your brain is continually changing its structure.

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Rick Hanson
2015
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Make Space for Practice

If you want to develop the mental focus and flexibility to accomplish more in less time, to stay calm in stressful situations, and to solve problems creatively, take a break and meditate.

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Kelly McGonigal
2009
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The Science of Taming the Wandering Mind

Wherever attention goes the rest of the brain follows—in some sense, attention is your brain’s boss. But is it a good boss and can we train it?

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Amishi Jha
2017
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Why Leaders Need a Triple Focus

Leaders guide attention. But a single-minded focus on goals can run roughshod over human concerns, says Daniel Goleman.

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Daniel Goleman
2014
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Common Misconceptions About Focus

Daniel Goleman, author of Focus, debunks three common myths.

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Daniel Goleman
2014
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The Focused Leader

How effective executives direct their own—and their organizations’—attention.

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Daniel Goleman
2013
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Athlete Well-Being