Episode 321: The Growth Advantage: Awareness, Choice, and Change w/ Jason A. Sousa, The Performance Architect

About this episode

Jason A. Sousa joins Coach Steve Mellor to discuss the underlying factors affecting performance under pressure.

Some conversations don’t just spark ideas, they put words to something you’ve been carrying for a long time. In this episode, Jason A. Sousa (Coach J), known as The Performance Architect, founder of Mental Edge Athletics, and creator of the Performance Architecture methodology, joins the show to unpack what’s happening beneath the surface when the stakes rise and you can’t access the level you know you have. Jason works with athletes and high performers to map the patterns that show up under ...

People in this episode

Host: Coach Steve Mellor

Guest: Jason A. Sousa

Topics covered

• awareness
• choice
• change
• performance
• athletics
• self-improvement

Keywords

• performance architecture
• mental edge
• high performers
• athletes
• self-awareness
• change management

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mental Edge Athletics

Books & works: Performance Architecture

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