Blueprint
The Champion Mindset PERFORMANCE blueprint combines empirical evidence from cutting edge research in the fields of psychology, epigenetics & neuroscience with lived experience to provide a framework for building 12 psychological constructs associated with attaining optimal levels of performance & wellbeing.
CONSTRUCT 01
Mind Over Matter
Having an overview and basic understanding of the biological brain and cognitive mind and how they interact enables you to use the executive function in your brain to unlock latent talent in order to optimise your performance & wellbeing
CONSTRUCT 02
Planning
If you don’t know where you’re going, it doesn’t matter what road you take! Planning for the future has many benefits including giving purpose & direction, and providing a strategy for getting from where you are now to where you want to be in the future
CONSTRUCT 03
(Self) Efficacy
Your belief in your ability to accomplish something (self-efficacy) will determine the amount of effort you put into achieving it, and how successful you will be. Being able to build high levels of self-efficacy is therefore critical for performance & wellbeing
CONSTRUCT 04
Reasoning
Reasoning involves using awareness, logic, emotion, intelligent thought and gut feel to make informed assumptions, judgements and decisions about situations and events
CONSTRUCT 05
Focus
We need to be able to focus to avoid being overwhelmed by the abundance of information taken in by our senses, and to attend to things that matter and are important to our performance & wellbeing
CONSTRUCT 06
Organising
Being able to organise information, thoughts, actions & time into a robust but flexible framework enables you to focus on doing things that are most important to you including achieving goals & objectives
CONSTRUCT 07
Reviewing
Top performers learn important lessons from past experiences and use what they have learned to improve their performance in the future. They recognise what they have done well and not so well, and attribute accurate reasons for successes and failures to keep themselves on track to achieve their goals
CONSTRUCT 08
Motivation
Motivation is the catalyst between goal setting and goal achievement. At a basic level, we might be motivated to eat, drink, sleep or go to the loo. At a much higher level, we could be motivated to fulfil a lifetime dream or ambition like being the world champion at something
CONSTRUCT 09
Adapting
Having the ability to adapt physically & psychologically to change is a basic survival skill. In the context of performance & wellbeing, failing to adapt to capricious environments, events and situations stifles innate talent, growth potential & psychological wellbeing
CONSTRUCT 10
Nutrition
Substrates obtained from food & drink, and nurtured by activity, relaxation & sleep provide the essential biological building blocks required for neuro-regenerative processes including neurogenesis & neuroplasticity to occur. Nutrition therefore plays a key role in optimising performance & wellbeing
CONSTRUCT 11
Coping
Being able to regulate your response to challenging situations and cope when under pressure enables you to control and manipulate stress and anxiety so they support rather than impede performance & wellbeing
CONSTRUCT 12
Emotion
Understanding your own and other people’s emotions is a pre-requisite to regulating your own thoughts & behaviours, and building collaborative relationships with others to attain optimal levels of performance & wellbeing
