Believe in “Regardless of Result”
You will never rise to the level of your goals. You will always fall to the level of your systems in preparation. Now, when you can internalize that, then that means if you don't do well, you need to improve your system of preparation. At...
Responding to a Compliment
When you shoot well and you get a compliment you should always attach your gratitude to that person. First, you have to look them in the eye and say, “Thank you for noticing." And it needs to be sincere. We've always tried to help people...
Honest Assessment of Your Performance
Tiger Woods in his early career tied with several guys going into the last day and they just left him in a cloud of dust. And they asked him, “Well, Tiger what happened today?” He said, “While I did not score as well today as...
Excellence as a Way of Life
There's a direct correlation between the way you practice and the way you perform. Most shooters' evaluation of their ability is a little or (in some instances) a lot higher than reality, and their commitment to improve their ability is in the work they're continuing...
Mental Toughness and Habits
Mental toughness is not about how you think, it's about what you think. But more importantly, it's about how many times you thought it in the same way such that you are, when you're in the zone, you are operating on your habits. When something...
Affirmations About Running Your Process
Do you have any affirmations that you tell yourself and others that you're going to do at the next tournament you go to? For instance: “I've been working on my process, and I want you to know that when we get to the tournament, all I'm going...
Turning Rituals into Habits
Here’s another simple thing that shooters don’t do, and it’s a real game changer from the consistency standpoint. After breaking a target, they don’t stop to replay what they just saw happen so they can use that movie to preload the next shot. As we...
Trusting Your Sight Picture Inventory
In the beginning, it will be difficult for you to commit to the shot as predicted because of your desire to break the target instead of executing the prediction to see if the prediction was correct. When you begin to train this way - by...
Don’t Go Down the Negative Road
You can't be mediocre and then show up at the tournament on Sunday and be excellent. Excellence is a way of life. You gotta strive to be excellent at everything. This doesn't mean you're going to be perfect at it. You can give it all to...
Peak Performance, Repetition and Failure
Peak performance, regardless of level, is still peak performance. And in the beginning, performance in front of others with an unknown outcome brings about all sorts of fears of the unknown. This situation feeds your brain with phrases and feelings that make little sense away...