Travis ThomasHead Coach, Limitless Minds · Keynote speaker, performance coach, founder of Live Yes, And

A Moment of YES: April 8th

8 Apr 2022 · 3 min

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In this short motivational video, the speaker delivers the daily "Moment of Yes" for Friday, April 8. He opens with a light‑hearted anecdote about an accidental FaceTime call with friends Frank and Jesse, then shifts to the recurring theme from recent coaching sessions: confidence. He argues that confidence does not arise from a sudden surge in high‑pressure moments but from the steady, daily habits and routines that build consistency. Citing scientific research, he debunks the myth of a "clutch gene," explaining that players who appear clutch are simply those who maintain their usual level of performance under pressure, while others falter. He reinforces the point with the Navy SEAL mantra, "we don’t rise to the level of the challenge, we fall to the level of our training," emphasizing that daily practices—nutrition, sleep, mental care, physical health, and relationships—are the foundation for reliable performance. He invites listeners to reflect on which area of their life could use a habit tweak over the weekend. Finally, he promotes a live show in Jupiter on Saturday night with Jessie, encouraging local viewers to attend. The overall tone is conversational, upbeat, and encouraging, aiming to inspire listeners to focus on consistent daily improvement rather than seeking quick confidence boosts.

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Good morning, everyone. Here is your Moment of Yes for Friday, April 8th. And already Friday starting off great. Had an accidental butt dial FaceTime with Frank and Jesse. Oh, how else would you want to start your Friday morning than a butt dial with Frank and Jesse? Yeah, there we go. So here we go rolling into the weekend. So I've had a few coaching calls this week with different players and different people. And the idea of confidence keeps coming up. How can I be more confident in my performances or my work or things like that? And every time that we've talked about this, it all kind of comes back to this same idea, which is our confidence comes from our daily consistent routines, right? That's where our confidence comes from. And so this whole idea of, oh, it's a big game, I need to go out and play better in a big game. That's been proven scientifically to not really be true. You know, when the, the clutch gene, if you will, there's really not such a thing. Uh, the idea of clutch has been proven to be players who are clutch are not players who are playing better in big moments. It's players that are able to maintain their consistent level of play in big moments, which allows them to look clutch because a lot of people, due to pressure Their performance falls off. So it's not about rising to a new level under pressure. It's about being the consistent person that we already are. And what creates that consistency? That consistency is created by our habits and our routines, right? The Navy SEALs mantra: we don't rise to the level of the challenge, we fall to the level of our training. And what is our in and out, day in and day out routines? But that's what creates the consistency, which allows us to perform in high-pressure moments, not because we're performing better, but we are sticking to that idea of what got us here. So when you think about your daily habits and your routines, what you eat, how you sleep, how you take care of your mind, how you take care of your body, how you take care of your relationships, how you take care of everything, those are the daily consistency which allows us to perform in moments which really require us or seem to require us even more. So as you think about your daily habits and routines, any portion of your life, where would you like to maybe tweak it and improve it a little bit? What area of your life is requiring that? So think about that today, over the weekend. Enjoy your weekend. If you're in Jupiter, come see The Jove. Jessie and I will be on stage Saturday night. There you have it. That's your moment of yes for today, everybody. Have an awesome day. Bye.