Karch Kiraly - 4x Gold Medalist on The Endless Pursuit of Mastery

Karch Kiraly - 4x Gold Medalist on The Endless Pursuit of Mastery

Author: Aaron Wexler August 18, 2021 Duration: 1:15:28

Episode 33: Karch Kiraly - 3x Olympic Gold Medalist as a player, Olympic Gold Medalist as Head Coach of the USA Women's Indoor Volleyball Team Tokyo 2020, Olympic Bronze '16 & Silver Medalist '12 as Head Coach for Team USA , 3x National Champion as a player at UCLA, 148 career beach volleyball tournaments victories as a player making him the 'winningest' player in the sport's history. He is the only player (man or woman) to have won Olympic gold medals in both the indoor and beach volleyball categories.

Links:

AASP 2019 Keynote: Karch Kiraly https://youtu.be/hZBxALJIfnc

Books by Karch: https://amzn.to/3gvqlEr

In This Episode We Discuss:

Practicing Mindfully - Focus, Clarity, Planning, Action, Review

The value of "the buddy system"

Inspired Games - Making each other better

Champion Mindset: Karch's Mental Model

The Power of Productive Thoughts

From Surgery to Wining Streaks

How Karch utilizes "stoppage time"

The Value of Having more Will Power than your opponent

The Power of Gratitude - "Karch Bumps"

The Flow State

SPEAKING OUT WINNING A GOLD MEDAL BEFORE IT HAPPENED


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