David Rosenthal: belief

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…All right. I wasn't going to share this, but now we're on the topic. At the top of my show notes document for every episode, there are two things written. One is, what should the listener take away from this? I have some bullet points of make sure you nail these points and are clear about these things. The other one is a one-liner that I have written that says, have fun, laugh, you're good at this. The mantras are powerful. Those things are so important, I think. Again, for folks who are listening, who are or have been athletes, I suspect this will resonate. That's the past part of my life that it resonates with. All of those are important. Have fun. You're going to play your best when you're having fun. Laugh, related to that, but also to me it makes me think about. your team, your teammates. You and I, we're a team. The last piece, maybe it's the most important, but you're good at this. The sports psychology element, the self-confidence element is huge. Who are we to think that we can go make these ridiculous episodes? That's exactly the headspace that I get into that causes episodes to be bad. When we restart an episode, and listeners, we restarted this episode, we got 15 minutes in and we were like, it feels forced, and we restarted it. I can guarantee you that the quality of this episode is already better. That's the negative self-talk that I start getting into. Who are you? What are your credentials? What qualification? Are you sure you looked under every rock? Those are the things that start ripping me apart if I start thinking about them moments before recording.…

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