With 34 years as a professional sports psychologist, I know a thing or two about mental toughness, overcoming adversity and what it takes to become a champion. As I watched Super Bowl 50, I noticed a striking difference between the quarterbacks on those key points. Peyton Manning displayed all the characteristics that make up a […]
Continue readingIn last week’s playoff game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Carolina Panthers, Pete Carroll found his team behind at halftime 31-0. How he handled this situation is a lesson that all financial advisors should take to heart. Coming Back From Behind Following his tremendous leadership and optimistic core values, the entire team still believed they […]
Continue readingBuffer Yourself Against The Real Cause of All of Your Stress By Dr. Jack Singer Licensed Clinical Psychologist Financial Advisor Trainer and Coach In my initial article Advising the Advisors – Part 1, I talked about the surveys done with financial advisors right after the 2008 financial crisis and the alarming percentage of advisors who […]
Continue readingTeaching peak performance skills is the most frequent request I receive as a Sport Psychologist. Here are 7 key barriers to achieving peak performance and proven methods for overcoming them.
Continue readingby Jack Singer, Ph.D. Licensed Sport/Clinical Psychologist 4 Critical Ways to Maintain Team Synergy During a Long Season [contentbox width=”500″ borderwidth=”1″ borderstyle=”dashed” bordercolor=”000000″ dropshadow=”0″ backgroundcolor=”F5F5F5″ radius=”0″]This is the 5th of a series of cutting edge tips from the field of Sport Psychology to help you reach peak performance, both as an individual athlete and as […]
Continue readingAnger is a “normal emotion” and when controlled, can actually serve some very practical purposes, such as becoming an energizer and motivator. You can channel the strength and energy of your angry emotions into finding a practical solution to the problems that evoked the anger.
Continue readingIn the last 20 years, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has increased the number of full-time sport psychologists from one to six.
Continue readingAshton Woodbury – CA State Vault Champion. Client of sports psychologist Dr. Jack Singer.
Continue readingMeeting with Dr. Jack turned out to be the best thing we did all season. Ashton listened to the audio tape he made for her every day before practice, and before every remaining meet – and she applied the strategies that Dr. Jack had given her for overcoming her negative thoughts. She never fell again.
Continue readingI will be speaking with Jon Hansen of PI Window on Business tomorrow about the Psychology of Professional Athletes.
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