The Limitless Game: Sports, Inner, & Mental Performance Podcast
Limitless Performance is a holistic youth sports performance and training company offering year-round services and camps. With over 400 five-star reviews collectively online, Limitless Performance is the premier sports organization in southern Wisconsin. We are currently located in Janesville, Wisconsin. Our youth client pool ranges from Kindergarten through professional athletes.
Our mission is centered around bringing out the best version of every individual involved. The more energy we focus on results, the less energy we spend on the process that brings those results in the first place.
Our blend of training and philosophy fosters greatness. Not just greatness, but an enjoyment of the process and journey toward greatness. Not just enjoyment, but a character that everyone looks up to and aspires to become. It’s about who we become through the process, not just what we accomplish.
We simplify our sports psychology framework into the following key pieces. All content on this podcast will center around your sport and how you can integrate our curriculum into your daily life to see immediate results.
Coach Jack, the author of this podcast, holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. He spends much of his time developing this curriculum, as it reflects how he trains himself. This involves extensive reading and learning from experts in the field. His studies include Eastern philosophical meditations and mental training tools, paired with the wisdom of ancient philosophy. He then validates these insights through scientifically supported evidence and Western psychology practices.
Coach Jack’s mission is to synthesize this invaluable knowledge into a modern, accessible format for busy people to implement and see remarkable transformations in their lives.
“Others have certainly attempted what I am aiming for. However, this focus on youth and sports is unique. I firmly believe there is a better way to educate and provide youth and parents with a stronger foundation for finding their own answers. It’s not about projecting my beliefs onto you. I don’t claim to have all the answers; in fact, I believe I know very little. However, I have a deep understanding of various tools that have been used for thousands of years to reduce suffering, build compassion, and enhance performance across all areas of life effortlessly. My curriculum is based on a holistic approach, showing you what has worked throughout human history in training the mind. This isn’t a curriculum claiming to have all the answers; it’s about helping you find YOUR answers.”
The Limitless Game: Sports, Inner, & Mental Performance Podcast
How Can Letting Go of Judgment Improve Your Performance?
In this podcast episode, Coach Jack guides young listeners through the concepts of judgment, ego, and effortlessness in mindfulness and performance. Using relatable examples from sports and meditation, the session explains how judgmental thoughts create separation and tension, hindering improvement. Instead, Coach Jack encourages non-judgmental observation and highlights the benefits of an “effortless” or flow state. By letting go of the “separate ego” and pass/fail thinking, participants can quiet their minds, reduce stress, and perform better in activities like basketball and meditation. The episode offers practical strategies for cultivating mindfulness and self-awareness.
Introduction to Non-Judgment and Ego (00:00:00) Explains how judgment creates separation and introduces the concept of the "separate ego" in mindfulness.
Examples of Judgmental vs. Non-Judgmental Thoughts (00:00:55) Discusses typical self-judging thoughts after mistakes and contrasts them with non-judgmental observations.
Judgment Is Not Necessary for Improvement (00:01:54) Emphasizes that labeling actions as good or bad is unnecessary for learning or improvement.
Judgment Creates Problems and Separation (00:02:29) Explores how judging situations leads to problems and emotional reactions, using meditation and noisy siblings as examples.
Judging vs. Observing Situations (00:03:43) Clarifies the difference between judgmental statements and simple observations, and which is more helpful.
Effortlessness and Flow State (00:04:13) Introduces the concept of effortlessness, flow state, and how less effort and fewer thoughts can improve performance.
Separation, Strain, and Tension from Judgment (00:05:50) Connects judgment to separation, which leads to strain and tension, negatively impacting performance.
Pass/Fail Mindset and Its Problems (00:06:34) Describes the pass/fail mindset, how it involves judgment, and why it is unhelpful.
The Separate Ego and Thought Patterns (00:07:07) Breaks down the role of the separate ego in creating judgmental thoughts and how most thoughts are judgments.
Reducing Thoughts and Improving Performance (00:08:12) Explains how practicing non-judgment leads to fewer thoughts and better performance, especially in sports.
Summary: The Separate Ego Hurts More Than Helps (00:08:33) Concludes that the separate ego, while not "bad," is more harmful than helpful due to its role in judgment.
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