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Our Self Image Shouldn't Be Tied To Our Performance Originally Published: 7/8/2018

The last block in the second row of John Woden's Pyramid of Success is Intentness. Intentness is defined as patience with action. Originally Published: June 23, 2017

There will be times when doing nothing will be your best course of action. Here's my story of when doing nothing worked best for me. Originally Published: 7/3/2018

The second row of John Wooden's Pyramid contains the block of Initiative. There is a fundamental thing that holds many of us back from exercising this block in our daily lives. Originally Published: June 22, 2017

As you move up the ranks in athletics you'll find something interesting in the mindsets of those athletes you'll find enjoy success. Listen to find out what that is. Originally Published: 6/28/2018

"The block of Alertness, if focused on and improved can really help us to perform at a much higher level. As you'll hear in the episode however, we must be willing and eager to strengthen this block and it takes a certain kind of focus. Originally Published: June 21, 2017

I heard this quote this morning while going for an easy spin on my bike. We need more folks that see themselves as the tide. Are you willing? Originally Published: 6/26/2018

Being able to think clearly and with good judgement is paramount to performing at a high level. Exercising self-control is the way to achieve this aim. In this episode we discuss the block of Self-control from John Wooden's Pyramid of Success. Originally Published: June 20, 2017

Mexico beat the reigning world champs Germany in their first match. Sounds great but what challenges does it present Mexico they must overcome to continue to play well? Originally Published: 6/23/2018

This episode discusses the last of the "people" blocks: Loyalty. This is the last block of the bottom row of John Wooden's Pyramid of Success. Originally Published: June 19, 2017

In this Mayito Minute I discuss how to make your vision a reality. Spoiler alert, you can't just have a vision and tell your friends about it. Originally Published: 6/21/2018

Here is epispde #4 in the series going through John Wooden's Pyramid of Success. Cooperation is the second of the three "People Blocks". Originally Published: June 16, 2017

The old saying "life is like a test" can steer us wrong and make us anxious and cause stress. I added to the quote to make it a better fit for achieving our goals. Originally Published: 6/19/2018

We are currently in a series going thorugh the blocks in John Wooden's Pyramid of Success. In this episode we go over the first of what Wooden called 'people blocks'. Originally Published: June 15, 2017

The World Cup is off to an exciting start. Two interesting storylines are the performances by Christian Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. How will they play moving forward? Originally Published: 6/16/2018

This episode discusses the other cornerstone in John Wooden's Pyramid of Success: Enthusiasm. This block must be present in order for the other cornerstone, Industriousness, to work to its full potential. Originally Published: June 14, 2017

Often times we discredit a product because we are not using it properly. This is the case many times with us as human beings and how we are utilizing the most powerful product we have namely our minds Originally Published: 6/5/2018

This is the first eisode in a series I am doing over John Wooden's Pyramid of Success. John Wooden is considered one of the most successful coaches ever with a winning percentage over 80% in 40 seasons of coaching and 10 total NCAA national titles in basketball (of which 7 were consecutive). Woden created this pyramid to give us his insight into what he believed were some of the principles (which...

What role do wants and desires play in performance? Should we even want them? Insightful episode today with some good questions to ask yourself. Originally Published: 5/23/2018

This episode is a brief chat I had with Payson Mc Elveen a couple of days after he won the Mountain Bike Marathon Nationals. I wanted this convesation to be real and unpolished so I have done minimal editting. Payson and I have been partnering together for some time now and the main purpose of this interview was to give you a look under the hood of how a solid mindset can benefit performance. I ha...

I share a story about the San Francisco 49ers trip to their 1st Super Bowl under Bill Walsh and how it changed the way Joe Montana got to road games from that point on in his career. Originally Published: 5/21/2018

This is the final episode in the series I did over the article written by Jeff Goins "The 7 Differences between Amateurs and Pros". Difference #7 addresses the principle aim of a Professional versus that of an Amateur. For those that have tuned in to the entire series, thank you so muc for listening. Please feel free to email me at mario@utmostperformance.org to share any thoughts and insights the...

MJ had a clause in his contract that allowed him to... Originally Published: 5/16/2018

This episode discusses difference # 6 between Amateurs and Pros from the article written by Jeff Goins titled "The 7 Differences between Amateurs and Pros". In this episode we work through how having a Growth Mindset allows a Professional to continue to build up their skills and become a versatile individual who is adept at doing many things at a high level. I reference the book Mindset by Carol D...

I learned something new about surfing today. A phenomenon called "the pound". We can use what happens to surers and apply it to whatever we are trying to do. Listen to find out how. Originally Published: 5/10/2018