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Resilience
If you have to be resilient a lot, then something is wrong in your environment
Timescales When Facing Adversity
Make sure the athlete or coach knows the timescale at play. Because when you face adversity, people lose their sense of time.
Setting vs. Getting Goals
The SMART goals framework is how you judge goals that you’ve set, not how you set them.
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0:54 — Personal & Professional Background
5:07 — What is Resilience and Why is it Important in Sport?
6:47 — Resilience Framework Overview
20:53 — Practical Recommendations For Coaches/Athletes
29:09 — The Importance of an Athlete’s Environment
31:57 — Practical Recommendations For Coaches/Athletes #2
35:44 — Common Mistakes Made During Goal-Setting
36:38 — SMART Goal-Setting Framework
41:55 — Three Main Types of Goals
46:49 — Example of SMART Goals in Golf
52:01 — SMART Open Goals
55:31 — The Role of Self-Compassion and Perfectionism in Goal-Setting
58:47 — Key Takeaways From Discussion on Goal-Setting
1:05:54 — What’s Something You’ve Changed Your Mind About Over Your Career?
1:08:51 — Book Recommendations
1:11:59 — Current Projects
Resources
Book Recommendation #1: Man’s Search For Meaning
Book Recommendation #2: Love's Executioner
Book Recommendation #3: Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks
Book Recommendation #4: Sport and Exercise Psychology: A Critical Introduction
Book Recommendation: #5: Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology
Book Recommendation #6: The Kite Runner
Paper #1: The sporting resilience model: A systematic review of resilience in sport performers
Paper #2: Set Goals to Get Goals: Sowing Seeds for Success in Sports
About Dr. Sahen Gupta
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Dr Sahen Gupta is an applied psychologist trained under the BPS-HCPC route and Senior Lecturer in Applied Sport Psychology at University of Portsmouth. He divides his time between mental health support and high-performance striving to help individuals achieve a balance. He works with individuals in sport and other high-pressure professions for sustainable high performance. Dr Sahen's research interests are focused on the themes of resilience for mental health and performance, cultural sport psychology and applied field interventions in sport psychology. As a scientist-practitioner he draws upon his experience in the field to inform research for context-based evidence. Dr Sahen reads far too much, laughs as much as he can and learns too many things. He is the Founder of Discovery Sport & Performance Lab, a collective of global practice and cutting edge multicultural research. His leading scientific research and applied work have been published in international peer-reviewed journals, books and has been showcased in BBC and The Times. In his spare time, Dr Sahen writes a column for Telegraph India,called "Mind Games".
Resilience & Goal-Setting w/ Dr. Sahen Gupta