More information about these Small Group Sessions and Classes call 972-899-9640 or 800-879-5079 or send an email to info@mentalmanagement.com - you can also find information on our website - www.mentalmanagement.com
Our offices are located at 700 Parker Square, Ste 140 in Flower Mound, Texas.
Performance Under Pressure - March 19, 2010 9am-noon
Training to Win - March 19, 2010 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Goal Getting - March 20, 2010 9am-noon
Self Image Change - March 20, 2010 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Performance Under Pressure - June 22, 2010 9 - noon
Training to Win - June 22, 2010 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Goal Getting - June 23, 2010 9am - noon
Self Image Change - June 23, 2010 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Perform Under Pressure -
If stress or pressure are a part of your business, sport, performance or daily life and you want to learn how you can use it to your advantage this is a great seminar for YOU!
Learn:
Why Our Beliefs about Pressure are Myths
Why Giving it 110% Doesn't Work
6 Principles of Mental Management
12 Strategies to Control Pressure
3 Mental Processes that Control Performance
# 1 Reason Why Skilled Performers Fail in Competition
Training to Win:
Training to Win focuses on building subconscious skills and maximizing your preparation for competition.
Learn:
The Mastery Curve
Principles of Skill Acquisition,
Training Principles
Four Phases of the Year
How to Train the Mind at the Same Time You Train the Body
Self-Image Change - Mental Management Seminar by Lanny Bassham
Mastering Self-Image Change:
Learn how to obtain the Self-Image of a Champion. If YOU are holding yourself back from achieving your goals and realizing your dreams this seminar is for YOU!
Learn:
Why 95% of Winning is Accomplished by only 5% of the Participants
3 Attitudes the Top 5% Possess that Keep Them on Top
5 Principles of Mental Management
How the Reinforcement Phase Affects the Self-Image
How Self-Image Changes
How to Eliminate a Habit or Attitude Keeping You from Reaching your Goals
How to Use the Most Powerful Tool for Changing Self-Image
Goal-Getting:
Goal-Getting introduces the Mental Management Goal Setting System and the focus is on how to get goals after they are properly set.
Learn:
A system to make certain you are setting the correct goal for you at this time.
How to properly plan your training.
The difference between Life Purpose and Life Goals.
How to properly evaluate your plan.
Coaches Training
Each of these 3 hour training classes are only $149 per person! Register NOW to save your spot - class size is limited. Call 972-899-9640 or register online here: More information about these Small Group Sessions and Classes call 972-899-9640 or 800-879-5079 or send an email to info@mentalmanagement.com
Our offices are located at 700 Parker Square, Ste 140 in Flower Mound, Texas.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Ben Crane Wins on Tour!
Ben Crane just won the Farmers Insurance Open on the PGA Tour!
Congratulations to Ben!
Here is a video on Golf Channel about his win.
Here is an interview with Ben Crane after his win.
(Ben Crane is a Limited Elite student with Mental Management Systems)
Congratulations to Ben!
Here is a video on Golf Channel about his win.
Here is an interview with Ben Crane after his win.
(Ben Crane is a Limited Elite student with Mental Management Systems)
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
How Can I Keep Positive and Realistic? by Lanny Bassham
This is a question from a pistol forum back in 2007 - Lanny answered this question and we received lots of positive feedback so we wanted to share this information with you this month. The question is from a pistol shooter but the information is applicable to anyone.
Question: How can I keep positive and realistic? I don't mean being able to walk away from that stage without being devastated... I can do that. I mean by ignoring the mistakes and only looking at the positive (which is what I understood from your book/tapes). I just think I'm lying to myself if I do that.
I feel like I'm either really missing your point, or I'm not understanding it completely... or I just don't get it altogether therefore I'm simply not Champion material. I've always been successful in my life endeavors, so I refuse to accept the last part of that statement.
Lanny's Answer: Great question. OK, let's see if I can clear up a few things for you all. I certainly do not want you to be confused by any concepts in my book.
First, nowhere in my work do I suggest that you should ever lie to yourself. All reinforcement is imprinting and the self-image grows or shrinks by this process. If you have a bad performance it is indelibly imprinted on your self-image. This is called an environmental imprint. Now, you can create another imprint by thinking about or talking about the bad performance again and this causes your self-image to shrink. This is called beating yourself up and is a good way to retard your growth toward winning. The top 5% just do not do this. If they make a mistake they think about the solutions to correcting the error and imprint that they are able to do that. They think a lot about the good performances though. This causes the self-image to grow. Good thing, huh?
Next, who said that the only way to win is to be the top name on the leader board? Everyone seems to be overly concerned with accomplishment. Accomplishment is easy to measure. It is first, second and third, gold silver and bronze, the grades of A, B, C, or F. But winning, by my way of thinking is much more than that. It is Attainment. Attainment = Becoming + Accomplishment. Accomplishment is how you measure the external and becoming is how you measure the internal. Have you ever won a class only to find that you did not learn much that day? Then you go to a competition and do poorly but grow a great deal in understanding. That's becoming and it is very difficult to measure. A winner is someone who is just as concerned about who they become as to what they accomplish. You should goal set to become something worthwhile when you accomplish any step in your goal. Now that's Attainment.
I suggest that if you are more concerned about how well you execute your mental and technical systems than your place in the competition that you will virtually eliminate the concerns you are having about self-judgment. Someone once said that winning is the progressive realization of a worthwhile goal. You may be a long way from reaching that goal at present. It is not lying to imprint that you someday will reach it. If you say "I am national champion" and you are, in reality, a long way from that and that bothers you then try this. Transport yourself mentally to some day in the future when you are, in reality, the national champion and say, "I am the national champion". The imprint will work just the same. It will be just as powerful. The self-image cannot tell the difference between past, present and future events. It thinks that every imprint is happening in the present and it becomes like you to do it. I won the Olympics thousands of times before they hung the real medal on me. It caused my self-image to accept that it was like me to be the champion. That's not reality but this is not a reality show like TV. This is mental imprinting and it works.
Finally, I have a word about shooting diaries. Don't keep one. Keep a performance journal instead. A diary contains a record of everything you did, good and bad. That's a lot of negative imprinting and your scores will be harmed more than keeping one helps them. But, if you keep a performance journal like the Performance Analysis Journal that we have on our web site you will only record what you did well, the solutions that you found and goals statements to help you positively move forward to your goals. It is a Performance Journal not a Lack of Performance Journal.
I hope I haven't missed your point and that this helps you. You are champion material until you start thinking you are not.
With Winning in Mind,
Lanny Bassham
Send your questions to info@mentalmanagement.com
Question: How can I keep positive and realistic? I don't mean being able to walk away from that stage without being devastated... I can do that. I mean by ignoring the mistakes and only looking at the positive (which is what I understood from your book/tapes). I just think I'm lying to myself if I do that.
I feel like I'm either really missing your point, or I'm not understanding it completely... or I just don't get it altogether therefore I'm simply not Champion material. I've always been successful in my life endeavors, so I refuse to accept the last part of that statement.
Lanny's Answer: Great question. OK, let's see if I can clear up a few things for you all. I certainly do not want you to be confused by any concepts in my book.
First, nowhere in my work do I suggest that you should ever lie to yourself. All reinforcement is imprinting and the self-image grows or shrinks by this process. If you have a bad performance it is indelibly imprinted on your self-image. This is called an environmental imprint. Now, you can create another imprint by thinking about or talking about the bad performance again and this causes your self-image to shrink. This is called beating yourself up and is a good way to retard your growth toward winning. The top 5% just do not do this. If they make a mistake they think about the solutions to correcting the error and imprint that they are able to do that. They think a lot about the good performances though. This causes the self-image to grow. Good thing, huh?
Next, who said that the only way to win is to be the top name on the leader board? Everyone seems to be overly concerned with accomplishment. Accomplishment is easy to measure. It is first, second and third, gold silver and bronze, the grades of A, B, C, or F. But winning, by my way of thinking is much more than that. It is Attainment. Attainment = Becoming + Accomplishment. Accomplishment is how you measure the external and becoming is how you measure the internal. Have you ever won a class only to find that you did not learn much that day? Then you go to a competition and do poorly but grow a great deal in understanding. That's becoming and it is very difficult to measure. A winner is someone who is just as concerned about who they become as to what they accomplish. You should goal set to become something worthwhile when you accomplish any step in your goal. Now that's Attainment.
I suggest that if you are more concerned about how well you execute your mental and technical systems than your place in the competition that you will virtually eliminate the concerns you are having about self-judgment. Someone once said that winning is the progressive realization of a worthwhile goal. You may be a long way from reaching that goal at present. It is not lying to imprint that you someday will reach it. If you say "I am national champion" and you are, in reality, a long way from that and that bothers you then try this. Transport yourself mentally to some day in the future when you are, in reality, the national champion and say, "I am the national champion". The imprint will work just the same. It will be just as powerful. The self-image cannot tell the difference between past, present and future events. It thinks that every imprint is happening in the present and it becomes like you to do it. I won the Olympics thousands of times before they hung the real medal on me. It caused my self-image to accept that it was like me to be the champion. That's not reality but this is not a reality show like TV. This is mental imprinting and it works.
Finally, I have a word about shooting diaries. Don't keep one. Keep a performance journal instead. A diary contains a record of everything you did, good and bad. That's a lot of negative imprinting and your scores will be harmed more than keeping one helps them. But, if you keep a performance journal like the Performance Analysis Journal that we have on our web site you will only record what you did well, the solutions that you found and goals statements to help you positively move forward to your goals. It is a Performance Journal not a Lack of Performance Journal.
I hope I haven't missed your point and that this helps you. You are champion material until you start thinking you are not.
With Winning in Mind,
Lanny Bassham
Send your questions to info@mentalmanagement.com
Sunday, December 13, 2009
A Time for Change is NOW! By Lanny Bassham
If you are like most competitors you have been enjoying a well-needed rest from competition issues during the holidays. But, as the new season approaches some decisions might be in order. First, do you need to change anything; equipment, training schedule or mental game and when is the best time to do it? I submit that the best time is now. If you want to maximize your competition results for the coming year, now is the time to make that change. Here are a few tips to aid you in doing just that.
Begin by a careful evaluation of last year. You must first determine if you have anything that needs changing. This can be accomplished in multiple areas of concern such as equipment, skill, competitions or mental game so let's look at a couple of those.
Equipment is very sport-specific and since we have readers in a wide variety of sports and performance arenas I will hold off on recommendations for equipment change.
Let's look at skill a minute. Does your technical ability grow during the off-season or does it deteriorate? Well, again that depends on your level of experience and on your habits during this period. There is a training principle that says that we tend to forget what we do wrong faster than we forget what we do right. So, taking a short break might just help your skill. However this may be discounted if you are taking a long break and your competition is getting better during this period. How do you get better? Take a lesson from an instructor and practice, practice, practice. You should know what works for you and be honest about it.
How about evaluating the benefit of the competitions you attended last year? This is a relatively easy task if you have been keeping a performance journal during the year. Simply look at the entries you have recorded in your journal and the answers to this question will be answered. But, if you do not keep a journal you must rely on your memory and the longer you take to make decisions the greater the probability that you will benefit little from the attempt. It is not uncommon for competitors to mentally go on vacation after the final competition of the year and not to think too much about the next year until a few weeks prior to the first season's competition. That is way too late! Journal or not here are several questions you need to answer about last year. What competitions were a benefit to me and why and what competitions might I do well to avoid this year and why? Once this is done you can plan for the up-coming year with confidence.
Finally, let's look at your mental game as you prepare for the new season. Is your mental game a variable or a constant? There are a lot of variables in all sports and performance ranging from weather, to judging, to equipment, to other competitors but, your mental game should be a constant. When you change your mental game based on circumstances you are not controlling your mental game the circumstances are controlling you. If you do not have a defined mental thinking system for competition now is the time to develop one.
My suggestion is to try to remember what you were thinking about when you were performing well last year. Normally, performers find that they were not thinking too much at all. Some on the other hand find that they compete best when concentrating at a higher level of focus. You need to determine what works best for you. You cannot duplicate a thing until you have defined it. Once your mental game is defined your job is to run these thoughts every time, in every competition and in practice. When you run a defined mental system you can achieve mental consistency in competitions in spite of your environment. This part of the program is not so easy to implement. The environment is constantly pulling you to pay attention to it and to alter your thoughts based on it.
So, how is your preparation for the new season coming along? Do you need new equipment, a skill upgrade or a defined mental game? If you need to change some things now is definitely the time to do it.
By Lanny Bassham
Begin by a careful evaluation of last year. You must first determine if you have anything that needs changing. This can be accomplished in multiple areas of concern such as equipment, skill, competitions or mental game so let's look at a couple of those.
Equipment is very sport-specific and since we have readers in a wide variety of sports and performance arenas I will hold off on recommendations for equipment change.
Let's look at skill a minute. Does your technical ability grow during the off-season or does it deteriorate? Well, again that depends on your level of experience and on your habits during this period. There is a training principle that says that we tend to forget what we do wrong faster than we forget what we do right. So, taking a short break might just help your skill. However this may be discounted if you are taking a long break and your competition is getting better during this period. How do you get better? Take a lesson from an instructor and practice, practice, practice. You should know what works for you and be honest about it.
How about evaluating the benefit of the competitions you attended last year? This is a relatively easy task if you have been keeping a performance journal during the year. Simply look at the entries you have recorded in your journal and the answers to this question will be answered. But, if you do not keep a journal you must rely on your memory and the longer you take to make decisions the greater the probability that you will benefit little from the attempt. It is not uncommon for competitors to mentally go on vacation after the final competition of the year and not to think too much about the next year until a few weeks prior to the first season's competition. That is way too late! Journal or not here are several questions you need to answer about last year. What competitions were a benefit to me and why and what competitions might I do well to avoid this year and why? Once this is done you can plan for the up-coming year with confidence.
Finally, let's look at your mental game as you prepare for the new season. Is your mental game a variable or a constant? There are a lot of variables in all sports and performance ranging from weather, to judging, to equipment, to other competitors but, your mental game should be a constant. When you change your mental game based on circumstances you are not controlling your mental game the circumstances are controlling you. If you do not have a defined mental thinking system for competition now is the time to develop one.
My suggestion is to try to remember what you were thinking about when you were performing well last year. Normally, performers find that they were not thinking too much at all. Some on the other hand find that they compete best when concentrating at a higher level of focus. You need to determine what works best for you. You cannot duplicate a thing until you have defined it. Once your mental game is defined your job is to run these thoughts every time, in every competition and in practice. When you run a defined mental system you can achieve mental consistency in competitions in spite of your environment. This part of the program is not so easy to implement. The environment is constantly pulling you to pay attention to it and to alter your thoughts based on it.
So, how is your preparation for the new season coming along? Do you need new equipment, a skill upgrade or a defined mental game? If you need to change some things now is definitely the time to do it.
By Lanny Bassham
Training Coaches Program - 2010 date
Training Coaches Program Details
If you are a coach or instructor and would like to partner with us in the area of applying our information to your clients then we have some great news for you.
At some point in the near future it is our plan to certify coaches to apply the mental training that we teach to students. Our first step toward this effort is to offer the seminar Mental Management Coaches Training. Our next session will be held near our offices in the Dallas area on Jan 29 & 30, 2010. The fee is $695 per person and is limited to only 25 coaches.
(Register by Jan. 8, 2010 and SAVE $145.00)
This 2 day training program is the first step toward an official and recognized alignment with our company. The graduates of this seminar will be the pool from which we will select for our Certified Coaches Program. We will officially recognize these coaches on our website and hope to have a long on-going association with them in the future.
If you are interested in joining us I encourage you to give us a call (972-899-9640) and register for this training Today - we only have a few seats open.
Who will benefit from this Program:
Coaches
Instructors
Managers
Parents
Any coach who wants training on how to build the client or student at the same time as they teach technique.
Our Goal is to help to make your job easier and help to make you a better coach or instructor
What will you learn:
How to structure training to help build self image in your students
4 Stages of Learning
4 Participation Level
4 Readiness Factors
4 Coaching Styles
Guidelines of Coaching
Importance of Edification
Benefits of learning from mistakes
Triad State Analysis
Mastery Curve
How people learn
Teaching Moment
How to conduct Performance Coaching Session
Understanding of how the mental game syncs with technique and form
How to make your coaching program more profitable
Develop an understanding of Mental Management as it pertains to instruction
And More
Very little training is available for coaches and we are excited to offer this session!
When & Where:
Jan. 29 & 30, 2010 - Lewisville, TX at the Marriott Courtyard Hotel
Cost - $695 per person limited to 25 coaches
EARLY REGISTRATION PRICE OF $550 for those who register by January 8, 2010.
Register ONLINE HERE
Call 972-899-9640 or 800-879-5079 to register or reply to this email with questions.
The Instructor for this session is Lanny Bassham who will be assisted by Troy Bassham.
Lanny is a Silver and Gold Medalist in the Olympics, Two-Time World Champion, Official Olympic Coach for 2 Olympic Games, owner of the International Shooting School where he coached for 11 years and Mental Management Founder, Business Owner and Mental Coach for the last 31 years. Lanny also owned and operated a Multi-Million Dollar Networking Business for 20 years with extensive training in sales & leadership. Lanny has created this New Coaches Program based on what he has learned through his experiences as a coach and business owner. You won't want to miss it!
If you are a coach or instructor and would like to partner with us in the area of applying our information to your clients then we have some great news for you.
At some point in the near future it is our plan to certify coaches to apply the mental training that we teach to students. Our first step toward this effort is to offer the seminar Mental Management Coaches Training. Our next session will be held near our offices in the Dallas area on Jan 29 & 30, 2010. The fee is $695 per person and is limited to only 25 coaches.
(Register by Jan. 8, 2010 and SAVE $145.00)
This 2 day training program is the first step toward an official and recognized alignment with our company. The graduates of this seminar will be the pool from which we will select for our Certified Coaches Program. We will officially recognize these coaches on our website and hope to have a long on-going association with them in the future.
If you are interested in joining us I encourage you to give us a call (972-899-9640) and register for this training Today - we only have a few seats open.
Who will benefit from this Program:
Coaches
Instructors
Managers
Parents
Any coach who wants training on how to build the client or student at the same time as they teach technique.
Our Goal is to help to make your job easier and help to make you a better coach or instructor
What will you learn:
How to structure training to help build self image in your students
4 Stages of Learning
4 Participation Level
4 Readiness Factors
4 Coaching Styles
Guidelines of Coaching
Importance of Edification
Benefits of learning from mistakes
Triad State Analysis
Mastery Curve
How people learn
Teaching Moment
How to conduct Performance Coaching Session
Understanding of how the mental game syncs with technique and form
How to make your coaching program more profitable
Develop an understanding of Mental Management as it pertains to instruction
And More
Very little training is available for coaches and we are excited to offer this session!
When & Where:
Jan. 29 & 30, 2010 - Lewisville, TX at the Marriott Courtyard Hotel
Cost - $695 per person limited to 25 coaches
EARLY REGISTRATION PRICE OF $550 for those who register by January 8, 2010.
Register ONLINE HERE
Call 972-899-9640 or 800-879-5079 to register or reply to this email with questions.
The Instructor for this session is Lanny Bassham who will be assisted by Troy Bassham.
Lanny is a Silver and Gold Medalist in the Olympics, Two-Time World Champion, Official Olympic Coach for 2 Olympic Games, owner of the International Shooting School where he coached for 11 years and Mental Management Founder, Business Owner and Mental Coach for the last 31 years. Lanny also owned and operated a Multi-Million Dollar Networking Business for 20 years with extensive training in sales & leadership. Lanny has created this New Coaches Program based on what he has learned through his experiences as a coach and business owner. You won't want to miss it!
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Kenda Lenseigne flys past the competitions and takes the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP title away from the men!
We received this email recently from a customer and wanted to share it!
Hi Heather,
I was given your contact information from a friend who recently purchased With Winning in Mind on CD. I cannot stress how much this book has helped me achieve all of my goals in the sport of Cowboy Mounted Shooting – and most recently at the World Championship.
I teach riding/shooting clinics all over the US and recommend this book to all of my clients and students to help them rethink their approach to our sport. I tell them it is a must have and always say that the book pertains so perfectly to mounted shooting because it was written by a shooter, so the perspective is right on and easy to understand.
I would love to thank Mr. Bassham for this great system and for his insight, I know I have an edge in competition now because I am more focused, less worried and confident even when the pressure is high and the adrenaline starts to take over. I have been a mounted shooting competitor for almost 12 years now and felt that I plateaued until about 2 years ago when I bought the book. Since then, my horse and I have captured 6 world records and I became the first and only woman to win the overall at the world championship, beating all of the boys to claim this title!
Sincerely,
Kenda Lenseigne
www.kendalenseigne.com
Mental Management is being used by competitors in a variety of sports. We enjoy receiving emails and photos from our customers who have used our system to achieve their dreams. Congrats to Kenda from the entire Mental Management Team!
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Amanda Miller Jumps Ahead of the Competition!
"On page 104 of the Lanny Bassham's book "With Winning In Mind" it states "Exchange your old self-image for the new desired one" This is exactly what brought me to Mental Management and its exactly what I did to create a positive change in my life and my performance.
My name is Amanda Miller and I am currently in my 3rd season of Equestrian at Baylor University in Waco, TX. I am a second year captain and a starter for the team. Coming into my junior year of competition I knew something had to change. My freshmen and sophomore years were weak and I wasn't progressing like I should be both performance wise and mentally. I had all the tools to be a top show jumping rider, yet something wasn't working. I would practice for hours and hours a day and achieve nothing.
That's when I stumbled across the Mental Management program and decided that I should give it a shot. I had always had a self-image problem, yet I was unaware of how much that impacted my riding and my success as an athlete. I started working with Mental Management this summer and in just 3 short months I have gone from sitting on the sidelines to starting, getting M.V.P out of 3 Universities during our first tournament and being apart of a Baylor team that received its first poll ranking this year as 2nd in the Nation! This success would not have been possible without the help of Mental Management.
I have grown as a person and as a rider through changing my self-image. I strive now to reach my desired self-image and not to focus on the negative. I use positive reinforcement throughout my entire day to build my self-esteem and rise to the top. I have only begun my journey for success in Equestrian show jumping and life. Mental Management gave me confidence and confidence gave me success." Amanda Miller, Baylor Equestrian Captain
Amanda attended an Individual Mental Management Training Course with instructor Heather Sumlin
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