Episode #42-Three Goals for Athletic Success is the second of four that will explore what is preventing you from committing to mental training and how you can develop a comprehensive mental training program to support your athletic goals.

Defining success in sports is a difficult task. When I ask most athletes and coaches how they define success, it is usually in terms of results, whether wins, rankings, or times. Though, admittedly, results are the ultimate determinant of success, I have found that a preoccupation with them can both interfere with achieving those results and can produce feelings of disappointment and frustration (or worse).

Given the uncertainty of sports, basing how you feel about your performance (and about yourself!) solely on your results is a recipe for experiencing the very thing you want to avoid—failure—and some pretty bad feelings. I prefer to define success in terms that are controllable. To that end, here are three goals that, if you accomplish them, not only will you experience considerable satisfaction in your athletic efforts, but you are also more likely to get the results you want.

To learn more, please listen to Episode #42-Three Goals for Athletic Success of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast.

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