My Game Plan for Human Performance

My game plan for human performance starts with the person and how that person interacts with their competitive environment; how they train; and most importantly, how they overcome challenges. As a clinical psychologist, my strategy is an adaptation of the behavioral formulation I use to assess patients. It’s an attempt to understand the various influences that impact their psychological well-being.

Several years ago, I created an infographic designed to give my clients a better understanding of the performance framework, and this was when The Game Plan was created. I want you to understand that at the core of all competitive environments, training situations, and adversity settings is one things… YOU! As the athlete, YOU are the single most important factor in creating the outcomes that YOU want. Nobody can do it for you, and nobody will make it easier for you.

What matters is you and the way that you interact with the world. In that interaction, thoughts, feelings, and emotions are impacted, and the challenge is to work through the various levels of thought and emotion to succeed. If you understand that you are the coordinator and the center of the entire spectrum around you, you can improve your overall competitive mindset in a more effective and efficient manner. Too often, we look outside to coaches, or teachers, or situations and environments to make things easier for us or hand us the solutions. A person who lacks the self-confidence to be great and the self-confidence to overcome challenges invariably looks for fixes and solutions from others, rather than searching for the answers within.