MT State Champ Tegan Jones - Wrestling Mindset Success Story

About this episode

Tegan Jones shares his journey to becoming a Montana state champion and how mindset training played a crucial role in his success.

Gene Zannetti talks with Montana state champion Tegan Jones about winning his first state title as a senior after placing fourth the year before, how four years of mindset training helped him through trial and error to find what worked best for him, why hearing "believe in yourself" from an outside perspective who had accomplished what he wanted to do made all the difference, and how he applied the same wrestling principles of hard methodical work to get accepted into Penn and Brown while aspiring to become a surgeon. Timestamps: 1:22 - Four years of mindset training through trial and error 3:44 - Placing fourth at states then pivoting for senior year 4:03 - Building self-confidence wrestling older guys as a freshman 5:06 - Why it's different hearing advice from an outside perspective 7:24 - Not worried about wins or losses, just focused on performing 9:20 - Fortune favors the bold: Aristotle quote before state finals 12:38 - Applying wrestling principles to get into Ivy League schools 🎯 This episode is sponsored by: 🥗 Eat Clean Bro – eatcleanbro.com Use code MINDSET for 15% off your order 💪 Champion Athletes Sports Nutrition – champion-athletes.com Use code MINDSET25 for a…

People in this episode

Host: Gene Zannetti

Guest: Tegan Jones

Topics covered

• mindset training
• wrestling success
• self-confidence
• Ivy League acceptance
• sports psychology

Keywords

• wrestling
• mindset
• state champion
• self-belief
• Ivy League
• sports nutrition
• confidence

Sponsors

Eat Clean Bro, Champion Athletes Sports Nutrition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Penn, Brown

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