Deliberate Practice involves two key elements:1. Practice things that are uncomfortable2. Get immediate feedback on the things you are wanting to improve inMany of us can spend countless hours aimlessly practicing our craft without any purpose or intention behind the practice. Researchers say that this doesn't help improve your skill or get you to mastery. Instead, it can lead to burnout, exhaustion, and demotivation.Listen to this short episode on Deliberate Practice and let us know what you think.If you are struggling with your mental game... we are here to give you techniques and skills that will challenge you and will give you immediate feedback so that you can practice more efficiently and with purpose.Visit us: www.drmatpark.com

We are all searching to be great, but what are the steps to actually build more greatness in our lives? Here is an exclusive feature hosted by MPGA on mental performance training with the founder and creator of Power Mental Performance, Roger Kitchen. Roger is an accomplished powerlifting champion. He holds national title, numerous state records, and a world deadlifting record in powerlifting. What’s unique about Roger’s position is that not only is he an accomplished record holding competitor - he is also a brilliant mental performance coach. Roger has a unique take on mental performance because he utilizes his own teachings to help him win world records, and he has also built himself a nice practice helping others do the same at Power Mental Performance Training. This MPGA event will dive into 10 solid things you can learn and start doing today to pursue GREATNESS in your life and your game.For more great tips, visit us at www.drmatpark.com

This episode is a directly clip of the Everyday Mindfulness Podcast we have for our members inside MPGA. We wanted to share the importance of mindfulness and why we believe this one skill is the practice we all need to hone in on to maximize our own peak performance results.For more mental training tips, please visit us:www.drmatpark.com

Welcome back to the Mastering Mindset Podcast and today I have someone really special to introduce to you all. With a background in Kinesiology and a performance coach to many A-list athletes, Brandon Harris co-founded Premier Fitness Systems based in Arizona and has a very unique philosophy to his approach to training bodies and minds. I know Brandon because we share a client who plays on the Korn Ferry Tour, and I've grown to really admire his work and his philosophy behind what he does. It's also really entertaining to watch. If you go to his Instagram account, which are in the show notes below, you'll see that he is also Sean Suga O'Malley's performance coach. Sean O'Malley is a MMA fighter currently ranked 13th in the UFC Bantamweight rankings. Dana White, president of the UFC organization speaks very highly of Suga Sean saying he is the next big thing to the UFC organization. It's great to see Brandon sharing his wisdom and teachings inside the octagon and on the course. In this episode I asked Brandon what themes he notices among all the elite performers and he boils it down to a beautiful phrase - it's their relationship to fear and how well they lean into it. Brandon not only trains the human body to perform and operate like a machine... he is also very skilled in breath work and the mind body connection. Brandon shares his wisdom and his knowledge with us on how we too can begin performing like an elite athlete using breath work and understanding our mind body connection. Here is Brandon Harris on the Mastering Mindset Podcast. Hope you enjoy!Resources:Brandon Harris Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brandon_pfs/Premier Fitness Systems Website: https://premierfitnesssystems.com/Dr. Mat Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.mat_park/MPGA Mental training: www.drmatpark.com

We are hearing and reading all about Scottie Scheffler these days, but I want to see if we can unpack his mindset to try to understand how Scottie thinks on and off the golf course so that we too can glean lessons from him to apply in our own lives that would help improve the quality of our life and our game. Here is a summary of what we discuss in today's episode:#1: Let’s talk about Scottie’s faith. Why is it so important to have a deeper purpose to life and in what we do? How does connecting with something bigger than us allow us to play and think better during the most stressful and pressured-filled moments of our lives? #2 Get off the Hedonic treadmill.  #3 Surround yourself with a great supportive team. #4 Being sincerely okay to make mistakes. #5 High performers find a way to compete, show up, and execute, in spite of how they feel. Want to continue your mental training? Join me at MPGA. Membership now open!www.drmatpark.com

How do you focus better? how do you build your confidence and sustain it for long periods of time...even if you don't feel confidence about your game? What is our approach in addressing failure and the fear behind it?In this episode, I had the unique opportunity to unpack the mind of Christian Smith, who is currently the Senior Mental Conditioning Coach at the IMG Academy in Florida specializing on mental conditioning for golfers. Christian addresses some critical aspects to the mental side of golf. You will hear us talk about confidence and managing expectations for younger athletes and embracing more of an improving mindset rather than a proving mindset. As a mental conditioning coach, we preach the phrase "focus on the process..." but what does that really mean? You'll hear a phrase that Christian uses with all of his elite junior athletes that he trains day in and day out on building successful experiences into their games. This is an incredible episode loaded with valuable content so I encourage you to get your pen and papers out because I believe you'll be writing down some notes that will help improve your mind as it relates to golf. Let's dive into the conversation with Christian Smith over at the IMG Academy in Florida.Show notes:IMG Golf: https://www.instagram.com/imggolf/Christian Smith Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christianajsmith/Dr. Mat Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.mat_park/MPGA: https://www.facebook.com/drmatparkGolf Digest Article referenced in podcast (Click Here)www.drmatpark.com

Jaden is a junior golfing phenom.  He is currently 12yo and is one of the hottest junior golfers in the world. In this episode, we get a sneak peak into the training and development of this young phenom through the lens of his father, Chris. Through the development of Jaden's branding, media management, caddying, travel agent, coach, and dad - we explore what it's like to actually raise an elite junior golfer and all that it entails.What I most appreciate about this interview with Jaden's dad, Chris, is his willingness to share his vulnerability around the fact that there is no playbook for this... and a lot of what he is doing is through the support of his community and seeking his own personal development so that he can show up as a father to Jaden first and foremost - and find ways to give Jaden his best, while also making it fun, and enjoyable along the way.In this episode we talk about the challenges of raising a junior athlete and the importance of mental training at the right developmental age.There are many great resources for this and my team and I are putting on a mental skills challenge for anyone to get introduced to mental performance training and what the benefits are for yourself and your child. If you are interested in participating, I will be going LIVE for 3 days talking about mental skills and how to move through mental blocks. Not only will you go live with me for 3 days, but you will also receive videos, worksheets, and more resources to help kick start this mental training process for you. Show notes RESOURCES:FREE Mental Training Webinar for Junior Golfers: https://www.drmatpark.com/Jaden Soong Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jadenrsoong/Dr. Mat Park Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.mat_park/Kids & Junior Golf FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/kidsjuniorgolfHope to see you then. Thank you again for tuning in to the Mastering Mindset Podcast and don't forget to subscribe to find out more about our next guest.Mastering Mindset Podcast (All Episodes): https://open.spotify.com/show/1TFvZXmLqSeSlBew3u98c3

I'm really excited to share this next episode with Jin Park, a former PGA Tour Player, and now is a sports agent and also runs his own teaching academy in Scottsdale AZ. Jin has a fascinating story and shares with us some incredible insights that will help anyone on their path towards success. If I were to give this episode a title, I would call it The Cornerstones to Success by Jin. We explore topics of building habits, being and staying hungry, the no rope principal, and advice that he gives to his golf students that have proven very successful to not only their careers, but his own.Jin currently coaches some incredible talents across all tours and elite junior tours and I am incredible honored and grateful to have on on the Mastering Mindset podcast.Show resources:Jin Park Golf Website: https://www.jinparkgolf.com/Jin Park Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jinparkgolf/ Dr. Mat Website: www.drmatpark.com Dr. Mat Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.mat_park/

Have you ever been curious as to what a sport psychology coaching session actually sounds and feels like? In this episode, you are going to find out. I have the unique permission and opportunity to share a recent session I did unpacking the mind and the golf game of Jayden Ramos, a senior at St. Ignatious High School in Northern California. Jayden has committed to play golf in college at Hawaii next year and he is one of our newest members of MPGAwww.drmatpark.com Jayden is currently experiencing some challenges in his game especially in the areas of consistency and thinking more positively around the course. In this process of rebuilding, he's recognized the importance and need of mental training for his game. He has heard of MPGA and decided to give it a shot. And ever since he's joined, he has been all in. Last week, we put out a gratitude challenge where members had to reflect on 3 good things that happened each day and reflect on them. Each member was asked to share their reflections and insights within the MPGA community and that we would select a winner at the end of the week who showed most consistency and deliberate practice throughout the exercise. Jayden wrote his reflections everyday for 7 days straight and has continued on, hence he was our winner for that challenge. He won a gift session with me and  Coach Johnathan, another mastering mindset coach inside the MPGA academy and we were given the permission to share this session with you all here. Jayden’s perspective to mental training is fascinating and he demonstrates a maturity well beyond his years. In this episode, we unpack the difference between a perfectionistic mindset vs a progressionistic mindset, a phrase Jayden introduced to me. We also talk about his approach of letting go of control to gain control, to focus only on the process,  and how best to get into the neutral zone. We ended the session discussing various post shot routines and specific examples that my clients have used. If any of these topics interest you, this is an episode (or rather session) you don’t want to miss. This is my first time sharing a student/coach session with you and I hope you enjoy it as much as I had. Here is Jayden Ramos inside the MPGA academy.Follow us:Dr. Mat Park InstagramCoach Johnathan InstagramJayden Ramos Instagramwww.drmatpark.com

Jennifer Sanderson is a Film Producer and Coldwell Banker Distinctive Properties Realtor® serving Montana.Her first success came in writing, directing, and producing television commercials, which she won a Gold Addy Award for best television campaign. Since, she has held positions for the Academy Awards (Oscars), Anderson Cooper 360, Disney, Yahoo, and Larry King Live, as well as worked with world renown actors and entertainers. Most recently, Sanderson produced a major motion picture called The Right One (2021 Movie) distributed by Lionsgate and released February 5, 2021, for Valentine’s Day.  Sanderson is also responsible for producing viral marketing Public Service Announcement campaigns for Japan and the Philippines relief efforts which she raised more than $2million.She is currently teaching a series of social media marketing classes for Mission West Community Development Partners and enjoys working with the “most innovative, creative, small businesses across the Mission Valley.” She was a finalist in the American Film Institute Directing Workshop for Women and the Sundance Institute Writers Intensive – she aspires to continue her writing and direct her first feature length film in Montana.Having a passion for real estate, she also focuses on real estate having received her sales agent license in Montana in 2018. Now, with a global luxury certification, and a brokerage Caldwell banker distinctive properties agent, Jennifer is helping celebrities find their next home in Montana and around the world. In this episode, we talked about the power of mindset and how the law of attraction worked in her life. We also talked about some of the deep inner work that Sanderson did to overcome and heal from past childhood traumas. In this conversation we addressed things like burnout and making the distinction between stress and stressors. I asked Jennifer about what that whole experience was like making a major motion picture and she gave some sound advice from this entire experience. I want to give a quick shout out to our NetKAL VI fellow (Network of Korean American Leaders) who is now joined with CKA (Council of Korean Americans) as we also discussed how impacted a leadership program like this was for our lives, our identity, and our development.I hope you enjoy this conversation today, with Jennifer Sanderson on the Mastering Mindset Podcast with Dr. Mat.Connect with us:Dr. Mat Park Instagram:https://instagram.com/dr.mat_parkJennifer Sanderson: https://www.instagram.com/jennrsandersonhttps://www.cbdistinctive.com/agent/4063967995/jennifer-sandersonMat Park Golf Academy Membershipwww.drmatpark.com