Mental models on:

performance

The Power of Visualization

Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand - Albert Einstein

The Compounding Effect of Daily Routines

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle

Periodization Model

The best improvement comes from a balance of hard training and resting. If you never give your body a chance to recover, you'll never maximize your gains - Mike Johnston

Deliberate Practice

In every area of expertise, peak performers are distinguished by the amount and type of practice they put into their field - K. Anders Ericsson

Mental Model of Flow in Sports

In a state of flow, people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter; the experience itself is so enjoyable that people will do it even at great cost, for the sheer sake of doing it. - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

The Pygmalion Effect

"High expectations are the key to everything." - Sam Walton

The Mindfulness Mental Model

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. - Buddha