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Performance, identity and peace.
64 articles by Alec Rasmussen.
The Ultimate Meditation for Performance
In recent years, meditation has been packaged as a tool for performance enhancement.
Physics Principles for Success
Discover how physics laws can revolutionize your path to success!
Unlock Your Full Potential by Breaking Mental Barriers
It’s not its wings that fail it, but the bars that imprison it.
The Illusion of Mind Control
Picture a man standing on the shore, commanding the waves to stop.
The Effortless Path to Presence
It doesn't strain or struggle against the banks; it simply follows its natural course, moving gracefully around obstacles, carving its way through the landscape with...
You Cannot Be Anything Other Than Present
We have been told our entire lives that the problems we face as human beings are from not being present.
The Negative Emotions You Feel are Your Nature's Way of Telling You it doesn't like this Character You're Playing
"The negative emotions you feel are your nature's way of telling you it doesn't like this character you're playing."
The Power of Identity in Achieving Goals
Unlock Lasting Change: The Secret Power of Subconscious Identity.
Overcoming Performance Anxiety: Techniques to Conquer Your Inner Demons
It robs athletes of their potential, casting shadows over their abilities.
Sustaining Motivation: How to Stay Driven Through the Highs and Lows of an Athletic Career
Wins and losses, triumphs and defeats, moments of glory and injury.
You Will Never Outperform Your Self-Image
Is Your Self-Image Preventing You from the Life You Dream Of?
The Pursuit of Mastery: Focusing on Continuous Improvement in Sports
The athlete who fixates on outcomes misses the essence of growth. This is the fundamental error.
Embracing Emotions: How to Understand and Accept Your Feelings for Peak Performance
"When a negative emotion has been sufficiently understood, it simply dissolves."
Discover Your True Source of Success
Are your goals driven by fear or passion? Uncover how letting go of negative emotions can align your actions with your true desires, leading to authentic success and...
The Reason for Your Turmoil
The Reason you experience turmoil, is because you do not Understand.
The Myth of Comparison
Try to think about the sheer volume of experiences you have had over your lifetime so far, I mean really think about it.
A Short Message on Making Success Inevitable
A short, simple message, that cuts to the heart of achieving success - whatever that means to you.
Why Most Athletes Will Never Reach Their Full Potential
In the grand theater of life, the pursuit of athletic greatness stands as one of its most compelling dramas.
The Truth About 'Being Present' You've Never Heard
There is only one place where the mind cannot exist: In This Moment.
The Torment of Never Feeling Good Enough
In the quiet moments of your existence, a whisper echoes within, an incessant voice that questions your worth. This voice, unrelenting and pervasive, weaves through the...
The Ultimate Mindset
I am not telling you to enjoy the game so that it will help your performance.
Is Your Desire for Success Actually Preventing You From It?
This emotion may range from a mild wanting to an obsessive, driven craving for something or someone.
Winning is for Losers
There’s a quote that ‘losers focus on winners, and winners focus on winning.’
Freedom
before the first serve, the first tee shot, the jump ball, the big speech, or the final putt,
The Most Honest, Simple, Pure, and Painful Truth About Achieving Success
Is it by the stuff you have? The accolades you achieve? The things you do?
Dominium Animi
In the realm of human potential, where the essence of existence and the pursuit of ultimate truth converge, lies the concept of Dominium Animi: Mastery of the Mind. This...
How Can One Be Great & At Peace At All Times
Without clarity, most days will be average. Occasionally, there will be a day where everything feels effortless, and the world sees you as the person you truly are.
What Do You Want?
Unless you are destitute and in need of clothing and shelter, are you certain that money is what you truly want?
Peace, Disappointment & How to Play the Game
Joy is an enticing emotional state. But it is difficult to maintain.
The Power of Peace in an Athlete's Life
The athlete who is crazed with joy by a favorable result will be the same athlete who drowns in despair with an unfavorable one.
A Practical Spin on "Abundance"
"You are on an island of endless banana trees, hoarding bananas." - Success Proverb.
Why You Struggle
What if that is actually the reason you feel so much frustration, and pain, and struggle?
Why You ALWAYS Feel Like You Could Perform Better
It's one of the most persistent feelings in an athletes life.
The Unseen Freedom: Choosing Peace Over Ego
"In a world constantly buzzing with noise, competition, and the relentless pursuit of more, there lies an unknown freedom—one can simply refuse the ego's investment in...
The Truth of Patience v Impatience
One half of the gurus out there tell you to be "patient with results", "learn to enjoy the process", "enjoy the journey" etc. etc.
Why Prescriptions Don't Work
A prescription, much like being prescribed medication, refers to all the Advice, 5-step plans, How-to Guides, Techniques, Tactics and Life-Hacks given to you by Parents,...
Success is in the Sowing
An Olympic runner dedicates years to training for a 100-meter sprint that concludes in less than 10 seconds.
For the Human Who Suffers from Comparison
The volume of experiences that have combined to create YOU is next to infinite.
The Super Mario Effect
The "Super Mario Effect" is a term coined by Mark Rober, a former NASA engineer, to describe the phenomenon where completing small, achievable tasks in a video game can...
Eliminating the Chase
Come with me, and let us explore what you have always been missing.
Still Working On It
Humans are not taught to learn, they are taught to accumulate knowledge.
A Personal Story
I want to share something personal, because it has helped me, and my clients, a lot.
The Radical Art of Shedding Your Old Self and Unleashing Your True Potential
In this article, I will talk about why we as human beings fail to become the person we want to become, over and over again.
Becoming “Somebody”
The only difference between who you are and who you want to become is this: You haven’t accumulated enough external validation to give yourself the permission & convince...
Creating Gravity
How do you create gravity without someone even realising? How do you create that attraction where it's not obvious that you're even creating it? Like, it's not obvious...
Greatness Walks Alone
In the journey towards unparalleled success, the path is solitary by nature. Figures like Tiger Woods, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, and Albert Einstein exemplify this truth....
My Ultimate Realisation
The things that I had planned, the goals I set, the path I consciously chose, were often my biggest failures. And yet, it was exactly what was necessary.
Organic Success: How to Make Success in Business & Life Natural & Effortless
Nature does not chase. It does not strive. It does not force. The sun does not try to shine. The tree does not try to grow. Nothing attempts to be anything other than...
Out of the Matrix
All it comes down to is what you want, who you want to be, and why.
The Faster Path Is to Stop Rushing
Urgency is fear wearing ambition’s clothes. It says, “I need to get there fast, or I won’t be enough.”
The First Principle of Limiting Beliefs
In its most foundational form, a belief arises when a person:
The Lie of Be Present
Have you ever had these thoughts? Have you ever struggled 'being present'?
The Thirsty Man
"The only thing a thirsty man seeks is to quench his thirst. Unless his thirst is quenched, everything else is just useless small talk. Is it not?"
The Time When Change Occurs
Do you know why you are stuck? It’s not because you are unlucky, It’s not because you haven’t quite found the right method yet, And it’s not because you haven’t read...
The Truth of Peak Performance
What is the True Nature of Performance? What is the Source from which Performance Arises? What is the Truth of How Performance Works?
Transform Your Identity Instantly
So much of the advice we read is completely made up by the human mind. We are so far removed from nature.
True Success is NOT Surprising
True success is not surprising. Most people spend their entire lives trying many different things, working very hard, hoping something will eventually payoff. Sometimes,...
Truths
1. Truth requires no consensus. 2. There is only ONE day. TODAY. There is only ONE moment. This one. Everything else is made up by the mind. 3. Reality is just the story...
Why Advice Does Not Work
You come to me with a problem. You come to me with a simple question: How do I solve problem A? How do I achieve ABC?
Why You Feel Like You Can Always Play Better
After every match, every round, you feel that same tension. It's one of the most persistent feelings in an athletes life.
Winning Without Trying
There is a way to win without trying. A way to succeed without strain, to grow without effort, to arrive without chase.
You Can’t Improve Yourself
You can’t improve yourself. You can only drop what you’re not.”
You Can’t Tell People What To Do
You can’t tell people what to do. No matter how much you love them. No matter how much you may be right. No matter how much you want them to succeed.
Your Goals Are Your Ceilings
Your goals are your ceilings. They are the very thing preventing you from achieving what you want to achieve.
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