How To Prepare for the Moments That Might Break You (Pete Carroll's Method)

Want to trust yourself under pressure? Take the free Inner Game Performance Profile: https://join.theinnergame.app/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=performance_profile&utm_content=ep02 Coaches: help shape the next version of The Inner Game with Tim Gallwey and Bob Bowman. The founding coaches cohort gets full access and a private community. Application only: https://theinnergame.app/founding-coaches?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=founding_coaches&utm_content=ep02 Pete Carroll was introduced to Tim Gallwey's work in 1973, as a graduate student who had just started coaching. He has used The Inner Game for more than 50 years since, through USC, a Super Bowl win in Seattle and five or six years teaching his program at Microsoft, and for most of that time he kept it to himself. In this episode he explains why, and partway through he catches me in the middle of my own negative self-talk. A masterclass in coaching, self-talk and mental performance, from a head coach who won a Super Bowl. He breaks down what he told himself in the two or three seconds after losing the Super Bowl, why he believes grit can be taught (and the phone call where he told Angela Duckworth so), and why, after all these years, he says he still needs to be coached up. You'll learn how to prepare for the moments that might break you, how to stop choking under pressure, how to overcome adversity, and how to train the voice in your head before your next game, race or big moment. — Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inner-game/id6818346372 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0g48LMGmub7fZPSFC5RUqk — Follow The Inner Game: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theinnergame/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the_inner_game YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theinnergame74 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-inner-game-app Website: https://www.theinnergame.app -- 00:00 Why Pete Carroll Still Needs a Coach 01:01 How Pete Carroll Found The Inner Game in 1973 03:39 The Mental Method He Kept Secret From Football 05:12 The Order His Head Coach Gave Him (He Did It Anyway) 08:49 How to Take a Risk Without Acting Out of Fear 12:32 Pete Carroll's Biggest Heartbreak: Looking Like the Team Mascot 15:42 What Competition Really Means 21:26 Can Grit Be Taught? Pete Carroll vs Angela Duckworth 29:55 "I'm Either Gonna Die or Go to Jail": The Power of Vision 34:54 Self-Talk Is a Skill. Train It. 40:42 "Did You Just Hear Yourself?" Negative Self-Talk Caught Live 43:31 What Pete Carroll Told Himself After Losing the Super Bowl 46:02 P = P + I: Why the Voice Gets Louder Under Pressure 50:07 Why Everybody Needs a Coach (Even Pete Carroll)