Center for Peak Performance

We were honored to sponsor the Final Four shirts. Go get ‘em, guys! We are all proud of you!

Proud to be a hole sponsor of the Hudson Open! Anyone else want to join in and help raise money for teacher grants?!?

Athletes spend countless hours training their bodies.

The best performers train their minds too.

Resilience and determination aren’t traits you’re born with—they’re skills you train. 💪

Here are 8 principles I’ve seen consistently separate those who talk about it from those who live it

The odds say he won’t go pro.

Only ~6–7% of athletes play in college. About 0.03% go on to play professionally (NCAA).

But that’s not what sport is really building.

It’s one of the few places kids learn—through real pressure and real consequences—how to:
show up, compete, fail, adjust, and try again

The research is clear:
Kids who play sports have better mental health, stronger academic engagement, and long-term well-being.

So no… this probably isn’t leading to a contract.

It’s building something far more valuable.

That’s the real win.

Only ~6–7% of athletes play in college. About 0.03% go on to play professionally (NCAA).

But that was never the point.

Sport is one of the few environments where young girls learn—early and often—how to:
👉 Show up when it’s hard,
👉 Handle pressure,
👉 Respond to failure, and
👉 Compete without losing themselves.

And the data backs it up:
➡️ ~80% of girls say sports build confidence
➡️ Girls drop out at ~2x the rate by early adolescence (The Aspen Institute)
➡️ 94% of women in the C-suite played sports (EY)

So no… she probably won’t go pro.

But she’s building something far more valuable.

That’s the real win.

Packing for and had to make sure I had my shirt!

Most people think performance breakthroughs come from one big change.

But in reality, they usually come from stacking small ones.

The philosopher Denis Diderot unknowingly demonstrated this in what is now called the Diderot Effect:
▶️ When one new behavior enters your life, it often triggers a chain of related behaviors.
▶️ One change creates momentum for the next.

popularized a practical version of this idea called habit stacking — linking a new habit to something you already do.

In performance settings, this is incredibly powerful.
Instead of trying to overhaul everything, start with one anchor behavior.

For example:
• A golfer starts a 2-minute breathing routine before practice.
• That leads to a more intentional pre-shot routine.
• Which leads to better focus between shots.
• Which leads to calmer emotional regulation after mistakes.

👉 Nothing dramatic happened.
👉 But one small habit pulled the next one with it.
👉 High performers rarely rely on motivation alone.
👉 They design chains of behavior that make the next good decision easier.

Because performance improvement is rarely about one habit.
🌟 It’s about the habit that starts the chain. 🌟
Start one. 🔗