Mayito Minutes

Look to align yourself with a culture/environment where your desire behavior is the normal behavior.

Your mind is the most precious amount of real estate we own. Make sure you charge high rent for whoever or whatever chooses to live there.

The story of the statue of David made by Michaelangelo isn't as smooth as we think.

What is one of the most important things to consider in trying to kick an addiction? The answer is applicable and helpful for those of us that may not suffer from any.

Every action we take is a vote cast for the type of person we wish to become. Taken from the book Atomic Habits by James Clear.

This past week I underwent a challenge out forth by my coach. I rode my bike more than I ever have in a week and learned quite a few things about myself.

I heard an ad from the audio book company Audible the other day and it made me aware of how smart the folks in charge of marketing for these companies are.

There is a lag between our Habits and the outcomes that our Habits produce. This means that time either serves as a ticking bomb or an anticipation that leads to the fulfillment of what we have been waiting for. The book I reference in this episode is called Atomic Habits by James Clear.

I listened to the Joe Rogan interview with Kevin Hart and wanted to share a couple of things he said that can be of great help to us as we continue to fulfill our true potential.

In this episode I discuss an interesting thing that (unfortunately) is common in fire fighters that lose their lives when fighting big forest fires. Let it serve as a reminder to us that who we are is much more important than what we do.

If you want to perform at a higher level it's quite simple...we need to increase our Psychological capacity to Resist the Urge to Stop.

All of us have an Ego. It serves a valid purpose. The issue we often face is we are not utilizing our Egos properly.

We have all had times when a consequence that we feared came to happen to us. How bad was it really? Fear doesn't want us to see through the consequences and realize they may not be that bad.

When we think about the future we all fall into 1 of 2 camps. Being in the wrong camp has serious repercussions for us right this very moment.

For this episode I take us to the 2008 Tour de France and the moment Carlos Sastre won the race. The stage he took the yellow Jersey and ultimately won the Tour provides a great lesson for us as we look to achieve our goals.

In this episode I discuss an aspect of Self-talk that does not get much attention but is critical is making our practice of Self-talk effective on a consistent basis.

In this episode I give us 2 hypothetical outcomes in a competition and ask which you would rather have. Your answer provides some important insight into your mindset.

I am frequently asked what the best approach is to analysis of a performance. How deep should we go into analysis of our performance and for how long should we analyze?  

Anything that we do (or don't do) has an amount of activation energy associated with it. If you did that thing then the activation energy was worth the cost. If you didn't then it wasn't. Simple as that.

The brain will organize itself based on its prediction of what will happen next.

Today I had to make a choice between what I wanted now and what I'd want most. I am thankful for a conversation my coach and I had that helped me make my final decision on what my ride today would look like.

I got the idea for this episode from The Second Echelon podcast and their episode discussing sacrifice. The word tension usually carries a negative connotation but it should be present in those of us trying to achieve something great.

For quite some time the prevailing though was that our brain and it's functioning capacity was genetic. Then studies began proving that something called Neuroplastocity exists and debunks old theory. We NEED to know that neurplsticty exists and indeed works. In this episode I provide 2 studies that show neuroplasticity in action. The book referenced is called The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor...

What does a Lion Tracker do when they all of a sudden lose the trail? When they can no longer see any lion tracks? We can learn something about what we should do when the same happens to us on our own personal journeys. I got the idea for this episode from the book The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life by Boyd Varty. I highly recommend giving it a read or listen. 

What happens when you're paying for tennis lessons but you keep getting beat regularly by competitors that aren't taking the sport as seriously?