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Notes on mindset, coaching, and the craft of sport.

Essays on Positive Psychology, talent development, and what it really takes to perform at your best.

Mindset

I Got An Elite v02max By Going Slow

In a world where fraudsters crow cynically about “Sprint Revolutions”, I don’t find a lot of people advocating training slow. Common sense...

June 19, 2025 · 5 min read
Mindset

Introduction to Positive Masculinity

I’m a member of an invite only facebook group for graduates of the Masters in Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) program. Last week,...

June 11, 2025 · 7 min read
Mindset

Grading the Proposed NCAA Championship Changes

Last week, in a news dump that I missed because I was also caught up in Enhanced Games fever, the CSCAA released...

June 5, 2025 · 3 min read
Mindset

Hierarchy of Communication

In the late fall of 2023, I was sitting in an auditorium style classroom on the campus of Tufts University. I had...

May 28, 2025 · 3 min read
Mindset

Reliability Over Excitement

In my line of work, a person who responds promptly to communications is like manna from heaven. I say that not to...

May 20, 2025 · 3 min read
Mindset

Empathy is Especially For People You Don’t Like

Here is one of the hardest lessons I’ve had to learn over the course of my career. It is often that I...

May 13, 2025 · 5 min read
Mindset

Equity for Winners

May 8, 2025 · 1 min read
Mindset

Coaches First

The most wonderful and challenging part of my job is how much I learn. It is not an exaggeration to say that...

April 20, 2025 · 4 min read
Mindset

Greg Meehan Coming into His Peak

Frequent followers of the blog will notice that I only occasionally comment on the “hot” story of the moment. Even with that,...

April 17, 2025 · 6 min read
Mindset

Volatile Confidence

I have noticed that many terms that get associated with the “mental” side of sport are hard to conceptualize. Despite our human...

April 10, 2025 · 4 min read
Mindset

Passing the Developmental Buck

Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak to a special working group at Boston Consulting Group. To say I was excited would...

April 2, 2025 · 3 min read
Mindset

Lost Art of Confrontation

One of the most frequent complaints I hear about is the constant fraying of our social contract. As the narrative goes, our...

March 20, 2025 · 2 min read