In this episode, Mental Management Coaches, Troy Bassham and Heather Sumlin, dive into one of the biggest mental traps in competition: prejudging your opponent. Whether it's thinking someone is unbeatable, assuming another competitor is struggling, or believing a player always folds under pressure, these assumptions pull your focus away from what truly matters — your own performance.

Using principles from the "Control What You Can Control" Mental Management worksheet by Troy Bassham and Podium Performance, we explore how elite competitors learn to respect everyone, fear no one, and stay committed to executing their process instead of reacting to others.

If you've ever found yourself intimidated by competition, distracted by another player's performance, or emotionally tied to outcomes, this conversation will help you refocus on the one thing you can always control: your game.

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