Mental Training Lab
Master your mental game with the Mental Training Lab, hosted by Pete Kadushin. With 15 years of coaching experience and a PhD in performance psychology, Pete digs deep each episode to provide practical tools and expert insights so you can perform your best when it matters most. Enhance your focus, harness stress, and overcome challenges whether you’re an athlete, leader, or high-performer. Subscribe to learn how to elevate your game in work, play, and life.
Mental Training Lab
Mastery is Overrated
We often hear that specialization is key, but what if there’s more growth in the gray areas than we realize? In this solo episode, I’ll explore the transformative power of stepping outside our comfort zones, with examples from cross-training for runners to actors taking improv classes. We’ll see how expanding our horizons can lead to unexpected breakthroughs in our primary fields of interest.
I dive back into the intriguing perspective shared by Dr. Brett Malone, a former astrophysicist turned biotech consultant, who believes that diversifying our training can dramatically enhance our problem-solving abilities and help address our blind spots. Plus, I’ll share a personal story about my high school days when I juggled wrestling with a newfound passion for hockey—a sport I was utterly unprepared for—and why it paradoxically fostered a phenomenal growth mindset.
Tune in to discover why sometimes, the best way to enhance your main performance domain is to venture boldly into new ones, and how trusting the non-linear path of diverse learning can open up new vistas of personal and professional growth.
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