Episode #41 - Mental Excellence with Kyle Paquette

About this episode

Kyle Paquette discusses mental performance strategies and the impact of perfectionism on progress.

In this episode we talk with Kyle Paquette. Kyle is the mental performance coach responsible for leading the Canadian men's national team to three consecutive Olympic appearances. He's a PhD in sports psychology and is the current director of the National Wheelchair Curling Team. We discuss how your brain is wired to lie to you most of the time and how we can combat it. We dive into why perfectionism is ruining your progress and how to use gratitude as a superpower. We also talk about the ro...

People in this episode

Host: The Elser Brothers

Guest: Kyle Paquette

Topics covered

• mental performance
• sports psychology
• perfectionism
• gratitude
• Olympic appearances

Keywords

• mental excellence
• sports psychology
• Olympics
• gratitude
• performance coaching

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Canadian men's national team, National Wheelchair Curling Team

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