February 10, 2010
Sport psychology has a term for fandom: BIRGing; This stands for Basking in Reflected Glory. When you identify with a team, and your team wins, you feel some of the glory.
We all know that after Hurrican Katrina, residents of New Orleans need to feel some glory and pride.
Well, the Saints provided that to its residents the past Sunday with their win over the Colts. Let us hope that this pride and glory will help rebuild a city that needs to get some good feelings back!
Find your passion, create a plan, make the commitment,
Dr. Gregg
See more about BIRGing in my new book, Full Throttle(Wiley, 2009).
Dr. Gregg Steinberg is a sport psychologist to many professional athletes, motivational speaker, business keynote speaker and sales training speaker. To see more about mental toughness strategies and going Full throttle in your sales, business and life, go to www.drgreggsteinberg.com and see his new book, Full Throttle on amazon.com.
February 9, 2010
Sarah Palin ripped our President on his use of a telepromter-implying he was not a great speaker without it.
Then she displayed her true colors when she pulled out her handprompter to remember some facts. She had a cheat sheet scribbled on her hand!
Integrity will find you out-and it has begun to find Mrs. Palin out!
Find your passion, create your path, make the committment,
Dr. Gregg-www.drgreggsteinberg.com
February 8, 2010
Super Bowl XLIV was a spectacular game! Both teams looked relatively equal, and so it was rather even most of the game. What differentiated the game was the great play calling by the Saints coach-and the key was the “onside” kick at the start of the second half.
While that was risky, and now considered brilliant, what it really did was shift the entire momentum to the Saints side-and the Colts were playing catch up. We are not just talking about the score, but also the Colts were playing catch up in their psychological momentum.
The Saints had all the Mo-as we say in sport psych- and it was game over. Psychological momentum is a feeling that nothing can go wrong and everything is going your way. Psychological MO is very powerful.
This is a great lesson in business. When we have the psychological momentum-have a few lucky breaks and things go as planned-we need to capitalize on those moments. Really drive hard on those days or weeks and take advantage of your MO-because as we all know-we can lose the MO very easily-
Find your passion, create a plan, make the commitment,
Dr. Gregg
See more about psychological momentum in my new book, Full Throttle(Wiley, 2009).
Dr. Gregg Steinberg is a sport psychologist to many professional athletes, motivational speaker, business keynote speaker and sales training speaker. To see more about mental toughness strategies and going Full throttle in your sales, business and life, go to www.drgreggsteinberg.com and see his new book, Full Throttle on amazon.com.
February 7, 2010
Garry Marshall’s new movie -Valentines Day should be a big hit. It has great acting-sure. It it timely-sure. But this movie has a great director-Garry Marshall. He has directing some great hits like Pretty Woman and the Princess Diaries.
What is the reason for Garry’s great success?
Garry has immense emotional intelligence. He is funny, warm and charming. Who does not want to work for a man like that??
Emotional intelligence is essential-not only in directing, not only in business, but in all walks of life!
See more about developing your emotional intellingence in Full Throttle.
Dr. Gregg Steinberg is a sport psychologist to many professional athletes, motivational speaker, business keynote speaker and sales training speaker. To see more about mental toughness strategies and going Full throttle in your sales, business and life, go to www.drgreggsteinberg.com and see his new book, Full Throttle on amazon.com.
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February 1, 2010
Beyonce was a hit on the Grammys-in more ways than one-in fact six-she won six Grammys and put on an amazing show.
Prior to the Grammy show, Beyonce was on the show- 60 minutes. She said on the interview that she has achieved more than she could have imagined, yet she is still not satisfied. Beyonce said she is still driven to be the best.
Beyonce is prototypical of how greats behave and what they believe. The best are never satisfied. They do not rest on their laurels. They continue to get better and better-that is what drives them for continued success.
We can all learn a lot from Beyonce-Never be satisfied, even if you already have achieved great success.
As Cervantes once wrote-The Journey is better than the Inn-Be like Beyonce and enjoy the journey!!
Dr. Gregg Steinberg is a sport psychologist to many professional athletes, motivational speaker, business keynote speaker and sales training speaker. To see more about mental toughness strategies and going Full throttle in your sales, business and life, go to www.drgreggsteinberg.com and see his new book, Full Throttle on amazon.com.
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February 1, 2010
The Winter Olympics are starting this Feb 22 in Vancouver. There will be many stars that shine and come to our consciousness. One, Shaun White, is already the Olympic’s biggest star and his star is going to continue to rise.
Shaun White was on 60 minutes this Sunday, and he said what all great athletes will state: When the pressure comes, I just turn off my mind and stop thinking-I just react.
That is a great lesson for business and sales. When the pressure comes, stop over thinking. Do what your training has alowed you to do-react under pressure. It may not get you a gold medal, but it will give you a winning portfolio.
Dr. Gregg Steinberg is a sport psychologist to many professional athletes, motivational speaker, business keynote speaker and sales training speaker. To see more about mental toughness strategies and going Full throttle in your sales, business and life, go to www.drgreggsteinberg.com and see his new book, Full Throttle on amazon.com.
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January 26, 2010
In the NFC championship game this past Sunday, the Minnesota Vikings had a chance to win the game and get into the Superbowl. But instead of going to the big show, they are going home.
Why? Brett Favre choked under pressure.
In the last few minutes of the game, the score was tied. The Vikings had the ball and was moving toward a score and a ticket to the SuperBowl. Brett Favre had the ball, and the Saints defense was pressuring him. Instead of running for exta yards, or throwing it away, Brett threw the ball across his body-and was intercepted. The game went into OT with the Saints winning.
Why did Favre make such a rooking QB mistake?
He was under pressure and when we are under pressure we can make very poor decisions. Favre made a very poor decision and it cost his team the game.
This story relates to sales or leadership. When we are under pressure-under the gun to make a decision-slow down-take your time-don’t hurry-it may cost you money or the account. Pressure makes us do funny things-and it can greatly hurt our decision making capabilities.
Dr. Gregg Steinberg is a sport psychologist to many professional athletes, motivational speaker, business keynote speaker and sales training speaker. To see more about mental toughness strategies and going Full throttle in your sales, business and life, go to www.drgreggsteinberg.com and see his new book, Full Throttle on amazon.com.
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January 26, 2010
Full Throttle: 122 strategies to supercharge your energy and performance at work (Wiley, 2008) just made the Washington Post Bestseller list!
I am very excited!!!
Dr. Gregg
www.drgreggsteinberg.com
January 25, 2010
Martin Luther King Jr spoke his famous “dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. The most appropriate place because Abraham Lincoln was the president who feed the slaves.
But Lincoln did much more than that. Abraham Lincoln, as it states in his memorial, is the one who saved the union. As he once stated ” a house divided cannot stand”.
Lincoln faced immense pressure during the Civil War and he had to make one key decision after another, letting go one General after another. He could not afford to make a mistake. We might say Lincoln was not only one of our greatest leaders, but also one of the most mentally tough. His was battered in the press when he let go his generals and then appointed Grant as the commander of Union Armies, but Lincoln would not be fazed-he was mentally tough.
How many great leaders in today’s era could make such critical and effective decisions under such intense pressure-it is hard to know, but luckily, we had one of the most mentally tough leaders when the United States needed it the most.
Dr. Gregg Steinberg is a sport psychologist to many professional athletes, motivational speaker, business keynote speaker and sales training speaker. To see more about mental toughness strategies and going Full throttle in your sales, business and life, go to www.drgreggsteinberg.com and see his new book, Full Throttle on amazon.com.
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Sport psychology has a term for fandom: BIRGing; This stands for Basking in Reflected Glory. When you identify with a team, and your team wins, you feel some of the glory.
