Ep 149 - Living In The Present with Jason Goldsmith

What's Next with Eric Wood

Eric Wood

Sports

5 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Jason Goldsmith is a globally recognized Performance Coach and the co-author of "Take Charge of You" with NYT best selling author David Novak. Jason emphasizes on the mental aspects of optimal performance in high pressure environments.

After initially focusing exclusively in golf, Jason's practice has expanded to include MLB, NFL, NBA, USTA, and athletes and coaches from the U.S. and Great Britain Olympic teams. In addition to his coaching contributions in Division I and II collegiate sports programs, including several National Championships, Jason's practice includes athletes of all levels including world-ranked juniors, amateurs, Fortune 500 executives, and professionals. In golf, he has coached 6 Major champions, multiple top 10 and World #1 golfers, including the 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist and 2018 FedEx Cup Champion, Justin Rose.

Today on the show, Eric and Jason discuss the importance of living in the present and how to reach a neutral state of thinking. Other topics include:

(2:20-4:20) - Growing up in Northern California, playing tennis

(4:20-7:50) - Career journey, joining the Air Force at 17

(7:50-11:05) - Becoming self aware

(11:05-15:10) - Reaching a neutral sate of mind

(15:10-20:00) - Goal setting, golf mindset training

(20:00-23:50) - Take Charge of You with David Novak

(23:50-28:15) - Jason's golf game, favorite course

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Transcript

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0:00.0	So when you're present in the moment, there is no fear, there is no doubt.
0:13.0	Everything is available.
0:16.0	So if you don't have fear and you're not anxious about what's about to happen, right?
0:22.8	So you're not time traveling.
0:24.2	You're actually present.
0:26.0	That's the optimal state in which to perform because you have the freedom to do the thing that you intend to do.
0:37.9	Welcome to What's Next with Eric Wood, where we will prepare you to make your what's next in life
0:42.7	your best yet.
0:44.3	Our next guest is Jason Goldsmith.
0:47.4	Jason is a globally recognized performance coach, him being worked with six major golf champions,
0:53.0	and he helped both Justin Rose and Jason Day
0:55.5	reached the number one ranking in the world. He has also worked with NFL, MLB, NBA, USA,
1:04.0	NCAA, and Olympic players and their teams. Jason recently co-authored a book,
1:09.5	Take Charge of You with my friend and former What's Next
1:12.8	guest, David Novak, that I highly recommend. You'll benefit greatly in this episode from Jason
1:18.6	coaching you how to become more present and get to a neutral state that will help you
1:23.2	optimally perform in whatever you're doing in life, and he'll provide so many more valuable nuggets.
1:29.6	If you enjoy this podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe to help spread the impact we hope
1:34.3	to have. Thanks to everyone that has shared this podcast with friends and sharing through email
1:39.1	and text and social media. It's because of you that our listener numbers are growing up each and every week,
1:44.9	and I am incredibly grateful. Enjoy.
1:49.7	Jason, welcome to the show, brother.
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