Developing “ Inner ” Game And Forming the Right Habits
GAME CHANGER
MATT PHILLIPS
Matt Phillips is a Leadership Coach , High-Performance , and Mental Toughness Expert . Matt will be a Game Changer Speaker at the 2023 Education Conference on May 25 .
As a former professional baseball player in Austria ’ s Bundesliga ( first league ) and Division-1 baseball player in the United States , I realized that peak performance requires a dominant “ inner game ” - but the way I learned this was unexpected .
You see , I had an incredible career and , on paper , I had it all . I was working with a Fortune 500 company and at the top of my game . I had a fantastic job , a good salary , working with great people - but internally , I was miserable . I was bored , out of shape and things weren ’ t great at home because I was so unhappy at work . I literally felt like I was settling when there was much more to achieve ( even my nice salary could not make it better ).
Couple that with the fact that I KNEW ( deep into the deepest part of my soul ) that there was something bigger that I could do , that I should be doing . In my career , I was always seeking the “ next thing ” and nothing felt like enough . I felt stuck and I knew that my overall potential was un-tapped and under-utilized . And this began what led me here today … one decision that changed everything .
You see , I have always loved personal and leadership development and had learned a ton . And guess what , I finally decided to take action on all the things I learned . I took responsibility for myself and realized that I was the one holding myself back from having the life I truly desired .
I finally had an epiphany during my career when I realized that if I want to discover what is truly possible , with my career , relationships , spiritually ... in every area of life ... that it was time to start digging in and re-training my brain and mindset . I realized that I could leverage all the mental toughness training I had as an athlete . I discovered that it was my mindset that was holding me back .
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