A Calm Mind Is The Competitive Edge | Marco Lopez & Cheryl Snapp Conner

About this episode

Marco Lopez discusses the importance of calm and stillness for achieving peak performance.

Trying harder is not always the answer and for high performers, it can be the problem. From the Q1 Summit at the Ritz-Carlton in Dallas, we talk with Marco Lopez, CEO of Mindtune, about a counterintuitive path to peak performance: calm, stillness, and trust. If you feel like your mind is always racing, your days are packed, and your results depend on willpower, this conversation offers a different operating system. Marco shares the story behind leaving a successful tech career at Qualtrics a...

People in this episode

Host: Cheryl Snapp Conner

Guest: Marco Lopez

Topics covered

• peak performance
• calmness
• high performers
• mindfulness
• trust
• stillness

Keywords

• calm mind
• competitive edge
• high performance
• Mindtune
• stillness
• trust
• Qualtrics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mindtune, Qualtrics

Places: Ritz-Carlton, Dallas

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