by Coach Mat | 26 Aug, 2017 | Attention/Focus, Flow State, Kaizen (Continual Improvement), Mental Training, Self Consciousness, Training Psychology
This continues from Part 6 of our discussion of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s eight “characteristic dimensions of the flow experience” outlined in his book The Evolving Self. #6 – Loss of self-consciousness, transcendence of ego boundaries, a sense...
by Coach Mat | 19 Aug, 2017 | Boredom, Discomfort, Distraction, Flow State, Flow State, How To Train?, Internal Feedback, Kaizen (Continual Improvement), Mental Training, Training Psychology
This continues from Part 5 of our discussion of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s eight “characteristic dimensions of the flow experience” outlined in his book The Evolving Self. #5 – A sense of potential control. If challenges and skills are in...
by Coach Mat | 5 Aug, 2017 | About Coach Mat, About TI, Attention/Focus, Boredom, Climbing, Design Principles, Distraction, Flow State, Flow State, Focal Point Training, Improving Attention, Kaizen (Continual Improvement), Mastery Process, Mental Training, Practice Examples, Stress, Training Psychology
This continues from Part 4 of our discussion of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s eight “characteristic dimensions of the flow experience” outlined in his book The Evolving Self. The first two features of flow had more to do with planning what your training...
by Coach Mat | 22 Jul, 2017 | Design Principles, External Feedback, Flow State, How To Train?, Internal Feedback, Mastery Process, Mental Training, Plateau (No Progress), Training Psychology
This continues from Part 3 of our discussion of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s eight “characteristic dimensions of the flow experience” outlined in his book The Evolving Self. #2 – Opportunities For Action “The opportunities for acting...
by Coach Mat | 1 Jul, 2017 | Design Principles, Flow State, Mastery Process, Mental Training, Skill Mastery
This continues from Part 1 of our discussion of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s eight “characteristic dimensions of the flow experience” outlined in his book The Evolving Self. We talk about this a lot. But, what is Flow? First of all, you may read about...
by Coach Mat | 9 Apr, 2017 | About Other Perspectives, Failure, Fear, Lessons From Elites, Mastery Process, Mental Training, Racing, Recommended Reading, Survival Instincts
Three Kinds Of Hardship Like you, I love to hear stories of those who have accomplished amazing things in the realm of sports and adventure. I recently listened to Rich Roll’s interview with Kimberly Chambers, ultra-distance open water swimmer, who, in 2014, was...
