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PPP 025 Spiritual Peak Performance

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In this episode of the Peak Performance Podcast, Ed sits down in New York City for an intimate conversation with Preethaji, co-founder of the One World Academy. Preethaji is a meditation master who has taught thousands of people how to improve their well-being and improve performance in all walks of life, including Anthony Robbins. In this exclusive interview, Ed and Preethaji discuss:

  • How meditation and understanding how the mind works can help with peak performance
  • The two states of mind from which people operate
  • The zone and how it is easier to access than most think
  • Why most of the world suffers and how we can overcome a lack of happiness and confidence, and do our best when it means the most

For more on One World Academy:

http://www.oneworldacademy.com

Instagram: @oneworldacademy

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OneWorldAcademy

Pre-Competition Mental Game Talk…

In this video, Ed chats with a tennis player before her high school match. In this behind-the-scenes look, Ed talks with Sydney about the mental game, what goes on in her mind before and during a match, and how the principles that Ed teaches are very different than traditional sport psychology and mental training approaches.

 

For information about how you can work with Ed, email: or call 609.558.1077.

PPP 023 MATT NOKES

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In this episode of the Peak Performance Podcast, Ed has an exclusive interview with Matt Nokes, Major League baseball player, All-Star, and Silver Slugger.

In this episode you will learn:

  • What it takes to become a world-class athlete
  • The secret to Matt’s success
  • The best advice Matt Nokes ever received
  • The one thing that changed his whole career
  • How anyone can become world-class at whatever they do
  • And much more!

For more on Matt, visit: www.mattnokes.com

Like this episode? Share it! And don’t forget to sign up for Ed’s FREE Peak Performance Course at: www.edtseng.com

 

PPP 022 Ingrid Kantola: Open Heart Surgery to The CrossFit Games

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In this episode of the Peak Performance Podcast, Ed chats with elite athlete, Ingrid Kantola who went from being active her entire life to having open heart surgery, then qualifying for The CrossFit Games. Don’t miss this exclusive interview.

What you’ll learn:

  • What goes on in the mind of an elite athlete during competition
  • How we are all able to access flow and the zone
  • The biggest challenges for athletes during competition…and how to overcome them
  • How sports can help you in other areas of life

Enjoy this episode and please share and leave comments below.

Follow Ingrid here:

Instagram: https://instagram.com/ingridkantola/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IngridKantolaAthlete

PPP 021 CHANDLER PARR, PRO SURFER AND MODEL

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In this anxiously-awaited episode of the Peak Performance Podcast, Ed sits down with pro surfer and model, Chandler Parr for an intimate conversation about pro surfing, modeling, and living your best life.

What you’ll learn:

  • The life of a professional surfer
  • The life of a professional model
  • What separates the good from the great
  • Does pro surfer and model Chandler Parr get insecure or nervous?

All this and more in this exclusive interview.

For more on Chandler, follow her…

On Twitter: @channieparr

On Instagram: @channieparr

 

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PPP 020 THE BIGGEST LOSER, JENNIFER RUSH JACOBS

 

 

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In this episode of the Peak Performance Podcast, I chat with Jennifer Jacobs who lost 114 pounds on NBC’s The Biggest Loser. Jennifer is now a health coach and empowers others to live their best lives.

What you’ll learn:

  • How Jennifer went from overweight to health expert
  • How we sabotage our happiness and health
  • The only thing holding every person back from living the life of their dreams
  • How weight-loss is just like winning the World Series
  • How ANYBODY can go from a life of  misery to a life of love, compassion, and service

Listen to this amazing episode below, and if you like, it…SHARE IT!

For more on Jennifer Rush Jacobs, click HERE!

PPP 018 TANYON STURTZE, FORMER NEW YORK YANKEES RELIEF PITCHER

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In this episode of the Peak Performance Podcast, Ed chats with Tanyon Sturtze, former setup man for Mariano Rivera and the New York Yankees. In this exclusive interview, you will hear Ed and Tanyon talk about:
  • The mental game in baseball (and life)
  • The mind of Mariano Rivera
  • The character of Derek Jeter
  • What challenges Tanyon and other elite athletes face
  • And much more!

For more on Tanyon, follow him on Twitter @Sturtze56

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MESSAGE #1656 HAPPY PI DAY!

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Well, it’s Pi Day again (3.14), March 14 here in Princeton, New Jersey. It is also the great Albert Einstein’s 134th birthday, a former Princetonian. All over town there are math contests, pi eating contests, tours and Einstein look-alikes.

I know what you’re thinking…what does this have to do with me?

EVERYTHING.

Most people would call Albert Einstein a genius.

Not Albert.

Here’s how he saw himself…

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”

When things go wrong, do you get frustrated or fascinated? Do you get irritated or intrigued?

Small children are curious. Everything is full of wonder and excitement to them. And they tend to stay in the present moment.

My friend, Garret Kramer once told me on the phone, “A lot of people say, ‘Live today as if it were your last.’ I say, live today as if it were your FIRST.”

I really like that.

If you live today as if it were your first, you would see and experience things with fresh eyes. You are more in the moment, have more satisfaction, and perform at a higher level. Your mind is clear and you have access to your wisdom, instincts and intuition.

Many people live in the past, and look for the answers in the past. You won’t find them there.

Here’s another Einstein quote…

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”

ST = SR (Same Thinking = Same Results)

NT = NR (New Thinking = New Results)

Don’t get me wrong, you don’t need to change your thinking…as a matter of fact, you couldn’t if you tried. New thinking happens on its own when your mind is clear.

When your thinking changes, your experience changes…this is the nature of life. When you truly realize this, you will operate more with a clear mind, and that is when you will experience more peak performances.

Happy Pi Day everyone!

MESSAGE #1644 THINK LIKE THE PROS

My friend used to coach the great Pete Sampras. One day he was training with Pistol Pete, getting him ready for his clay court season…his least favorite surface. Well, my friend proceeded to beat Sampras in three groundstroke games in a row, and as they were getting some water, he thought, “I just beat Pete Sampras three games in a row. He must feel terrible losing to his coach. What could I say to him to make him feel better?”

Before he could think of something to say, Sampras walked up to him and said, “That was GREAT! I really feel like I’m ready for the clay court season!”

Shocked, my friend thought, “What?!? How could he feel great after losing to a coach? That’s not normal.”

In a way, great athletes are not normal.

To me, what set Pete Sampras apart from everyone else was what was going on between his ears…his thoughts. He didn’t lose confidence when he lost. He gained confidence because he focused on the process and looked at his training as preparation, not a blow to his ego. Did he ever have negative thoughts? Of course he did.

We all have negative thoughts.

But Pete Sampras didn’t concern himself with his thoughts. He saw the game differently. Was the game actually different? No, only in his mind.

We all have the free will to look at any situation in any way that we choose. It’s not our situation or circumstances that affect our feelings, it’s our thoughts. 100 percent of the time.

The next time you find yourself in a “negative” situation, see if you can see it differently. See if you can see it like Pete Sampras.

Thanks for reading.