“I’m really excited about Joe joining my staff at PENN as we begin a new era in Quaker basketball. Joe has worked extensively with my teams at both Cornell and Boston College. He has an ability to get an immediate Read more
Joe taught me I could get into my zone anytime. The sessions helped me to play great in baseball and football and really helped me in life.
The zone is the second most natural thing people do next to breathing. We first experience our zone the moment we are born. Pay attention to babies, they intuitively go into profoundly deep zones. It is how they learn. Babies Read more
A major league baseball player who was mired in a most unusual slump was referred to me. As a first year starting pitcher he was unable to make it through the 5th inning of his first five starts of the season. Read more
Clients frequently tell me that they want to “get rid of anxiety and negativity.” The reality is that we always have the ability to be happy, sad, angry, afraid, confident, calm, content, enraged, overcome with laughter, frozen with surprise, and Read more
Session two began with a discussion of how the zone blockers, notably The Toxic Three, can be utilized as positive triggers to zone in and perform at your best. I explained, “Owen, whenever you find yourself what-ifing, worrying, or beating Read more
The Big Three: 1. Extreme Self-Support (internal strength). 1a. Support from family, friends, coaches, and teammates (external strength). 2. Personal History of Success (positive focus on past peak performances and outcomes). Magnifying the good! 3. Future Memories of Success (positive Read more
The Toxic Three: 1. Self-criticism (negative self-talk; analyzing and agonizing). 2. Why-ning (negative focus on past poor performances and outcomes). “Why did I do that? 3. What-ifing (negative focus on future poor performances and outcomes). “What if I fail?” I Read more
Introduction I had an “Ah-ha” moment in March, 2014. I’m sure you’ve had the experience of an idea just crystalizing out of nowhere. The “Ah-ha” is often so perfect that you find yourself wondering what took so long for you Read more
A teacher of mine and of many, Stephen Gilligan, once said, “Over- thinking is holding your breath and clenching all of your muscles…” Have you ever tried to do anything at all when you are holding your breath and clenching Read more
