Brian Johnson (Heroic +1 #1687) presents a short, motivational YouTube segment about mental toughness applied to performance. He frames mental toughness across three phases—before (preparation/training), during (focus/response to moves or mistakes), and after (learning from loss and building self-image after wins)—and illustrates with examples from chess (Magnus Carlsen, guided chess meditation) and sport (Lanny Basham, rifle shooting). He encourages daily practice of mental discipline and points listeners to related resources (app, podcast, books).
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Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another heroic plus one. In our last couple ones, we chatted about Magnus Carlsen and his mental toughness and extended it to a chat with Emerson and his mental toughness. Then, most importantly, we extended it to you and your mental toughness. I encouraged him and you to consider the importance of mental toughness in the three phases of performance before, during and after. Before you perform, it's your mental toughness that gets you to train so you're prepared to perform well on game day, as per Mommy's guided chess meditation that we listen to before matches and tournaments. She says chess tournaments are won in the days and weeks and months leading up to them. Now, during your performance, it's your mental toughness that keeps you grounded and focused on your next move rather than getting frustrated with a mistake you may have made or too excited about a good move you might have made. And of course, it's your mental toughness that will help you approach your post performance as well. Note this includes not just making sure you win or learn when you lose, but also that you positively build your self image when you win. That's like you. Lanny Basham and I chatted about this in our great heroic chat with Masters. You can watch that in our app I've got a link and on our podcast got a link for that as well. Now as you know, if you've been following along, Lanny won a gold medal in rifle shooting in 1976 and wrote one of my all time favorite mental toughness books with winning in mind. Check out that note and one on parenting champions and another one his son wrote called Attainment. And that's our plus one. It's time to forge antifragile confidence. Here's to having the wisdom and mental discipline to practice our philosophy all day, every day, especially before, during and after we do something that matters to us. Today. Day one all in. Let's go.
