Mental Performance, Endurance Sports, & How Bad Do You Want It with Matt Fitzgerald

If there’s one thing every athlete understands, it’s that fear can hold you back. When you find yourself avoiding practices or a challenge at work out of fear, make overcoming it your goal.

This week, author and endurance athlete Matt Fitzgerald shares his story of developing a growth mindset and using his fear to push him to reach his potential.

Fitzgerald says it wasn’t the pressure to succeed that got to him mentally; it was a fear of the suffering it would take to get there. The runs were hard, the races harder, and he had to find a way of shifting how he thought about that path in order to cross the finish line.

Instead of having that suffering — his fear — be a means to an end, he made it the goal itself. He decided he would only consider a race or a run successful if he gave it his all and ended on empty. It didn’t matter if he won or lost, just that he tried his hardest. 

What You’ll Learn:

• Make overcoming your fear the goal
• Shake off the bad practices
• Practice conscious intentionality
• Have a growth mindset and recognize the value of challenges
• Win the mental battle first

Follow Matt's work on his website: http://mattfitzgerald.org/

Order his book How Bad Do You Want It on Amazon here.