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Think, Feel, Behave (The Confidence Trifecta)
As a personal development junkie, and professional confidence and performance coach, I have spent years learning about the connection our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors have.
At some point, you realize that humans are just machines and their behavior is rather predictable. In other words, just like any other machine, what you put in determines what you get out.
It’s easy to think about some of those obvious inputs, such as food and water, but the less obvious inputs often have the biggest impact — like your thoughts.
Thoughts are fuel for our bodies — our thoughts can lift us up or break us down; our thoughts can fill us with energy and motivation or they can make us pull the covers over our heads and not want to leave the house.
For me, this thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connection started as a young softball player. I had the good fortune of having a couple coaches who explained that what I was thinking about when I stepped up to the plate or when the ball was coming at me in the field could help to determined whether I would have a positive outcome or not. For example, if I walked up to the plate thinking, “Don’t strike out,” there was a good chance I would strike out because all of my focus was on doing exactly that. Whereas, if I walked up to the plate thinking to myself, “See…
