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Three lessons learned in THREE YEARS of Tips!
Mindset Made Simple Tip #156 – Watch or listen HERE. One hundred and fifty-six weeks ago I started writing what I call Smarter Stronger...
Julie Jones
Jul 17, 20235 min read


A Small Adjustment and a Plan Made All the Difference
Mindset Made Simple Tip #61 - To watch or listen, click HERE! Treadmill running. Ugh! Some say it is good. Some say it cause injury and...
Julie Jones
Sep 13, 20214 min read


"I'm Going To Fall!" Facing Our Thoughts to Improve Performance
Mindset Made Simple Tip #60 - Watch or listen HERE! Did you have a skateboard as a kid? I wasn’t allowed to have one. There were no...
Julie Jones
Sep 6, 20215 min read
So Much Pressure. What I Learned at a Tryout!
Mindset Made Simple Tip #59 - Click HERE to watch or listen! Yesterday was a great day! I have been given the opportunity to run the USA...
Julie Jones
Aug 30, 20214 min read


The Power of Focus and How it Affects Our Performance!
Mindset Made Simple Tip #58 To watch or listen, click HERE I have been fortunate to work with a lot of coaches around the country, but...
Julie Jones
Aug 23, 20214 min read


We Are Not Our Performance!
Mindset Made Simple Tip #57 I was a college coach for 26 years…one of 286 Division I head softball coaches in the country. Then I...
Julie Jones
Aug 16, 20214 min read


Pressure, Expectations and Failure as Fuel!
Mindset Made Simple Tip #55 Hero or Quitter? This seems to be the question over the past week, all surrounding one of the best athletes...
Julie Jones
Aug 2, 20215 min read


Herd Immunity and Mental Performance Training!
Mindset Made Simple Tip #49 To watch or listen, click HERE. As we approach the July 4th goal of getting 70% of the population...
Julie Jones
Jun 21, 20214 min read


Balance or Burnout?
Mindset Made Simple Tip #48 After a long COVID year, are you working in BALANCE or feeling a little BURNOUT? Each morning (except for the...
Julie Jones
Jun 14, 20215 min read


How to Get Better No Matter How You Feel!
Mindset Made Simple Tip #46 To watch or listen, click HERE. In and out of athletics, we all deal with times in our lives where we are...
Julie Jones
Jun 1, 20214 min read


How to Get Things Done!
Mindset Made Simple Tip #44 To watch this tip, click HERE. For most of us, the COVID athletics season has come to an end. Mandated...
Julie Jones
May 17, 20214 min read


Performance Shredders!
Mindset Made Simple Tip #40 – Performance Shredders! The word “shred” has many meanings. When I think of shred, I sometimes think of...
Julie Jones
Apr 19, 20214 min read


The Power of our Breath!
Mindset Made Simple Tip #36 – The power of your breath! Read today’s tip to the end for a 7-day breathing challenge! I’d love it if you...
Julie Jones
Mar 22, 20215 min read


It’s Been a Year!
Let’s look back at this year and take inventory of what brought us joy. What can we start, stop and continue as we move forward?
Julie Jones
Mar 16, 20212 min read


I'm NOT Confident! WHY?
Mindset Made Simple Tip #34 – I’m NOT Confident! In last week’s tip I told you about my “confident” son and his comment to his coach. At...
Julie Jones
Mar 8, 20214 min read


Great Expectations!
Mindset Made Simple Tip #31 It is competition time…and competition means performance EXPECTATIONS! As I think about expectations and...
Julie Jones
Feb 15, 20215 min read


Pessimist or Planner?
Mindset Made Simple Tip #30 What a season! With winter sports wrapping up, some sooner than expected with the cancellation of all...
Julie Jones
Feb 8, 20214 min read


Good Things! And more good things...
I LOVE CHRISTMAS! (Just so you know, this tip isn’t really about Christmas, so stick with me not matter your Christmas thoughts or...
Julie Jones
Dec 21, 20204 min read


BREATHE!
Mindset Made Simple Tip #21 The year isn’t over yet and we are already looking ahead to how we can improve our play, our systems, our...
Julie Jones
Dec 14, 20203 min read


From Promise to Fulfillment
The countdown to Christmas has begun in our house! We have all of the trees decorated (yes, we have more trees than we do treadmills) and...
Julie Jones
Dec 7, 20203 min read
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