Countering Negativity with Thought-Stopping | Josiah Igono, Erik Averill | Athlete CEO #56

You’re in a performance competition, on the field or court in the middle of a game, or about to give a big presentation and your brain starts running wild with self-defeating thoughts. 

What do you do?

For some, it can be hard to overcome these negative thoughts and their performance suffers. However, in today’s Athlete CEO: Peak Performance episode, Erik and Josiah discuss another way to combat these thoughts through the concept of thought-stopping.

They discuss what thought-stopping is, why this topic is considered controversial by some experts, and ways to practice it to see if it’s helpful for you.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• (1:01) This month’s topic: Thought Stopping
• (1:29) What is thought stopping and why is it controversial?
• (3:27) Telling yourself not to think about pink elephants?
• (5:16) There is no one size fits all
• (6:31) How does positive psychology fit into this?
• (7:41) Advice for athletes applying thought-stopping
• (10:35) What you say to yourself is the loudest voice