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Banishing Imposter Syndrome & Creating A Persona To Dominate Fights w/ Mona de Lacey (SSOF Ep 66)
Episode 66
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Mona holds an Honors degree in Sports Psychology and has spent the last 22 years of her life dedicated to representing South Africa on the world stage. She's competed at the elite level in three different sports:
- 6x Karate World Champion
- CrossFit Games Competitor
- Commonwealth Games Medalist Olympic Weightlifting
Olympic Weightlifting is Mona's favorite sport and has competed in the longest having won many major international competitions such as the African Championships and Commonwealth Champs.
Throughout this time, she has worked as a Weightlifting coach and Sport Psychologist. Timestamps
0:00 - Mona's background
1:53 - Defining imposter syndrome
6:08 - What to do with negative thoughts
11:03 - How to channel assertiveness/confidence as an introvert or passive personality
15:05 - Creating a persona
18:37 - How to practice your persona without pissing people off
21:00 - Can a persona go too far?
23:45 - Imagine all negative scenarios of a fight
26:10 - How to visualize negative things without being fixated on it
31:11 - How to re-center and channel your persona after being thrown off
35:32 - Difference between channeling past trauma vs creating a persona to psyche up
41:44 - Where to start to squash self-doubt Mona's Newsletter: https://unleashyourinnerbeast.beehiiv.com/subscribe
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