Mayito Minutes

If you want to perform at the level that you know you are capable of then you must spend a significant amount of time in the dark.

Self-discipline.

My take on all of it.

If you are able to get your focus to the Present Moment and keep it there you will feel empowered. You will be humbled time and time again however as you attempt to do this.

Meditation is a skill that can be developed. How do you know you are improving in your meditative practice? Listen to find out!

Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett

If Shame is a powerful Motivator in your Performance that is not a good thing.

Held in Corsicana, TX on a 0.8 mile course with 8 turns. Saturday was P/1/2 race of 70 minutes. Sunday was 40+ race of 45 minutes.

The obvious thing everyone is talking about when it comes to Mark Cavendish is that he is winning. I want to discuss 2 other things that aren't getting as much press but are a huge part of the reason why he is crossing the line first.

Your bad days are a better reflection of what you are capable of than your best days.

Our aim when we compete should be to win. Aiming to win allows us to do something that cannot occur if we are settling for anything less.

YOU BECOME who you are. What you have done in the past has made you who you are today. What you choose to do today will make you who you will be tomorrow. 

The Olympics come around every 4 years (for this go around it was 5). What can we learn from the athletes that are vying for spots in order to compete on the Worlds biggest stage?

Let's improve the quality of our lives. Here's how. It's so simple even kids do it.

Our innate need to be accepted by everyone is hurting our performance. Until we deal with this issue we will never realize our full potential.

I got some news about how I will be spending my July.

What does it take to achieve greatness?

Today I share how one of the athletes I coach via the William's Racing Academy used the pandemic to become a much better cyclist. This episode is also a semi recap of his Gravel Locos race experience this past weekend.

Have you ever felt like you have 2 dogs within you? One of them is the Positive Dog and the other the Negatove Dog? Which one do you think will win when they get into a fight?

The Texas State Time Trial Championships were held in Hempstead, TX (west of Houston). This year we took on the ITT (individual time trial) and TTT (Team time trial) on the same day! Both races were 40k so this was a brutally tough day. I forgot to mention it in the episode but AMP Human PR Lotion was a huge part of my preparation/recovery in my training leading up to and my races this past weeken...

Today I bring us a little something from the book The Energy Bus by Jon Gordon. He presents a simple equation (E+P=O) that is easy to remember and can really help us improve the quality of our lives.

Why do we train? Why do we invest so heavily in a process that we apply consistently through our days?  Link to podcast episode on John Wooden's first block in Pyramid of Success: https://anchor.fm/a-champions-mind35/episodes/John-Woodens-Pyramid-of-Success--Industriousness-e22nih

The way you do something is the way you do everything.

Sins of Omission make us feel worse than Sins of Commission

I had an absolutely amazing ride today but I totally expected it. In this episode I tell you how you can come to expect these kinds of performances from yourself as well.