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Peak Performer
A show about the mental skills of peak performance from psychologist and lecturer Larry G. Maguire. On Peak Performer, you can get tips and advice on how to obtain the best from yourself and others while maintaining psychological health. We'll examine aspects of performance such as leadership, motiv...
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Controlling The Controllable
Most people you meet and know are caught in linear time consciousness - the idea that we live along a line from birth to death and everything that hap...
Do This Before You Set Goals
Every Sunday evening UTC+1, you can join me live on Zoom for a 30-minute Mental Skills Workshop. I walk you through assessments and worksheets that I...
Day 30: Final Day of Mental Skills
Over the past number of weeks, we have taken a deep dive into the nine mental skills of peak performance. But performance is not only about objective...
Day 29: The Mental Skills Daily Practice
These final sessions serve as your roadmap for implementation of Mental Skills, providing a structured approach to developing these skills systematica...
Day 28: Present Moment Awareness
Have you ever been so completely absorbed in something that time seemed to slow down, speed up, or even stand still? You were playing a musical instru...
Day 27: The Pros & Cons of Willpower
The popular neoliberal narrative in modern capitalist societies shouts loud the idea that success hinges on willpower—that internal grit and self-disc...
Day 26: Flow State & Autotelic Personality
Exploring the drivers behind exceptional performance in business, sports, and art, we inevitably encounter the presence of what Csikszentmihalyi refer...
Day 25: Composure Under Pressure
I’m discussing composure today, on Day 25 of the 30 Days of Mental Skills series. In the heat of performance—whether delivering a speech, competing in...
Day 24: The Corruption of Emotional Agility
Despite its honourable and legitimate origins, positive thinking has become somewhat of a toxic term. What was once a skill for psychological flexibil...
Day 23: Emotional Agility
In her book, Emotional Agility, psychologist Susan David tells the story of a British battleship that was on manoeuvres in heavy weather. While naviga...
Day 22: Accepting Conditions
Accepting conditions for what they are is probably our greatest challenge, because our surface-level mind is almost always active and almost always lo...
Day 21: Understanding Stress
Stress is a normal part of life. It represents the challenge that being alive presents, and without it, life would be very boring. What do you want, a...
Day 20: What Is Anxiety?
We’ve all felt anxiety at some point in our lives, the apprehension associated with possible adverse future outcomes. It’s usually associated with som...
Day 19: Mental Imagery For Rehabilitation
The paper "Mental Imagery and Its Potential for Physical Therapy" by Warner and McNeill (1988) reviewed the existing literature on mental imagery (MI)...
Day 18: The PETTLEP Model of Mental Imagery
The PETTLEP model of mental rehearsal is a comprehensive framework that enhances the effectiveness of focused and purposeful imagination. The practice...
Day 17: The Affect of Imagination
What do you imagine about yourself and others? What images and pictures appear on the movie screen of your mind as you move through your day? Do you i...
Day 16: Challenging Negative Thoughts
Challenging negative thoughts is a mental skill essential for managing the demands of not only high-stakes situations but also those of everyday life....
Day 15: Self-Talk For Anxiety and Instructional Cues
Did you know that referring to yourself by your first name or as "you" (instead of "I" or “my“ or “me”) may help you step back from challenging situat...
Day 14: The Inner Conversation
There is a conversation ongoing inside our heads at every moment. I say inside our heads, but this is a little misleading, because you won’t find this...
Day 13: Personality & It's Role In Success
Personality is obviously not a skill, but understanding oneself and, by extension, others is important when pursuing goals and objectives. The ability...
Day 12: Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence (EI) has gained considerable attention in both academic and popular literature since the 1990s, to the point where it has perha...
Day 11: People Skills: Leadership
Leadership is not only about leading others, it’s about leading oneself. It is what you do when nobody is watching. It doesn’t require you to be extro...
Day 10: The Inherent Risks of Goal Setting
We have, over the last few days, examined the reasons why goal-setting the SMART way is a good idea. That said, while goal setting is widely regarded...
Day 9: S.M.A.R.T. Goal Setting The Values-Based Formula
SMART goal setting is the gold standard for achievement and success. Michel & Daniels (2002) said that goal-setting is “quite easily the single most d...
Day 8: How To Set Goals: Values Matter
Establishing and recording personal values is a beneficial practice for several reasons, and psychological research provides valuable insights into th...
Day 7: How To Motivate Yourself
Welcome to 30 Days of Mental Skills, where I’m breaking down the 9 core psychological skills of peak performers. Each day, I’m posting a new video dis...
Day 6: Money Doesn't Motivate: Here's Why
Despite popular belief, money doesn’t motivate people. I ran a few ad hoc polls on this topic with readers in the past, and generally, most people “be...
Day 5: What Motivates You
Let's discuss motivation. Self-Determination Theory says that human beings are active organisms with evolved tendencies toward growth, mastery, and in...
Day 4: Two Thinking Systems
Welcome to Day 4 of 30 Days of Mental Skills. Today I’m discussing Two Thinking Systems, or Dual-process Thinking. Dual Process Thinking is a fundamen...
Day 3: Locus of Control, Optimism & Pessimism
Within field of psychology, Locus of Control is considered an important aspect of personality and behaviour. Julian Rotter was a behaviourist but he a...
Day 2: Growth & Fixed Mindset
Hello friends, welcome to day two of 30 days of mental skills. I'm Larry Maguire, this is humanperformance.ie, and yesterday I introduced you to this...
Day 1: Introduction To 30 Days of Mental Skills
I teach my clients the psychological skills, not only of peak performance in work and sport, but of everyday living and wellbeing. These are skills fo...
EP017 On The Costs of Cognitive Offloading
Discussing the TFOW article from this week on Cognitive Offloading. You can read that here;
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EP016 Understanding Anxiety: Its Role in Sport and Workplace Performance
I’m Larry Maguire, a work psychologist and lecturer. Welcome to this edition of Peak Performer, where we discuss the mental skills of peak performance...
EP015 Five Mental Skills You Need To Succeed
Welcome to this week’s edition of the podcast. If you like what I’m doing here, share this episode with a friend, and post a comment. Many thanks for...
EP014 Is The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: Personality Pseudoscience?
Welcome to this week’s edition of the podcast. If you like what I’m doing here, share this episode with a friend, post a comment. Many thanks for your...
EP013 Understanding Personality
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EP001 Introduction To Peak Performer
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EP012 How To Build Self-Confidence
In this podcast episode, I'm reading Chapter 3 of Stewart Cotterill's The Psychology of Performance and discussing the difference between self-confide...
EP010 Creating A Positive Workplace Culture
In this week's episode of The Mental Game, I'm talking with Rob O'Donohue from Gartner Consulting on how to create positive workplace culture for smal...