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You know those players, the ones who find it hard to feel good about their game. No matter how their friends, families, and coaches do their best to help, somehow they still feel like they are a failure. Their game may have a strong physical and technical base, but that lack of confidence affects their playing, their happiness, and their state of mind.

And their greatest fears about failure come true. They don’t get the results they expect of themselves. They feel frustrated and confused. They don’t know how to get back to finding the fun in their game and getting the results they deserve. Their self-esteem becomes extremely low and affects the person they want to be. They don’t look at themselves the way others do, and they develop more and more anxiety. Let me tell you about a hockey player who learned to overcome debilitating anxiety to become a key player in the success of his team.

Case Study: Winning from Within

“Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man’s doing but my own. I am the force; I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice; my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny.”