When you Google Play Like You Have Something to Prove the first page is replete with links to Tiger Woods, Kevin Durant, Tom Brady, and other super performers.
These sports galaxy shiners take events, people, or even places and attach significance to them as motivators
Matthew Caldaroni, founder of performance consultancy Molliteum defines those motivators as triggers.
“Triggers,” he says “are often indelible memories we access to incite intensity in our performances.”
“Applying a trigger”, Caldaroni coaches, “occurs on gameday, but well before you put on your game face and surely before you apply focus just before competition begins.”
He adds, “when the trigger accompanies focus throughout play the likelihood of peak performance increases exponentially.”
Hear Matt Caldaroni tell it his way here:
