Ida Centoni's blog

What could Golfers and Four Kinds of Horses Have In Common?

In the book, Golf Three Noble Truths, the author, James Ragonnet speaks to a famous Eastern parable.

The parable describes four different kinds of horses: excellent, good, poor, and bad. The excellent horse responds as soon as it sees the moving shadow of the driver’s whip. The good horse responds when it senses the first touch of the whip. The poor horse responds when it feels the sting of the whip. And the bad horse responds only when it feels the lash of the whip deep in the marrow of its bones.  read more »

There’s a peace and honor that comes with doing your personal best in any given situation. “Personal Best”, this means you know that in any given moment, you were at your best.

Understanding how to beat your personal best is a thought process. It is a mental attitude that supports your focus so you can identify the boundaries that you need to expand. What is, – what ought to be, what can be, your new personal best.  read more »

The future we want doesn't drop into our laps. In today's chaotic swirl, to get the future you want you must be clear before talking action. YOU can't make it happen. Today dating and relationships, even friendship and marriages can be confusing enough with out trying so hard or wasting energy to "make" something happen or come together.

We need to understand that everyone brings "stuff” to the relationship. Someone can or you should enter into dating and friendships by being responsible.  read more »

Sureness.

How do you give up the good opinion of other people? How do you deprecate other people’s beliefs and create more wins? Sureness.

When you are sure, when you are confident,
and you are in character. Sureness in your judgment, your wisdom (thought process), all that creates your character and your character is what keeps you on top of your game.

Confidence comes from your self-esteem. When you have self-esteem you are living a life according to reason and your own principles which you have become sure of.  read more »

Emotion Creates Motion, Winning Comes from What We See, Hear & Feel!

Everything is first a thought and then an action. We see something, we think something, and we do something. It is the same thing with our hearing. We hear one song, we dance - we hear another, we cry.

The words and the tone of those words we use to describe the experience, becomes the experience.

We hear kind words in a soft tone and we feel appreciated. We hear harsh, loud mean words - we feel sad.  read more »

Perceptions, thoughts, feelings and emotions.

One wonders why women experience the world differently? Because "girls" just want to have fun! And in golf, winning is fun! So is connection, communication and shopping.

So what does this have to do with performance and the momentum in sports? Everything, for women!  read more »

What makes you different?

The reality is in today's world - odd man or women, out - is in. Ask yourself, What makes you different? What makes you better then most, stronger - elite? What strength do you have that most have not mastered? You need to know.  read more »

Performance Momentum Presents

Tense, Tough Lies & Tournament Play

Playing Through With Mental Toughness

In today's world, we compete daily if not hourly - and it is essential to be mentally tough to be competitive in the business arena and on the golf course.  read more »

The most important principle in mental toughness is your current level of desire and your future vision. You can learn the steps to take today that will build your momentum mentally for tomorrows successes.

Golf is probably one of the most fragile sports psychologically. I say often to my clients, "I'm a scratch player at what I do - and I don't know about you, but I know I can't enjoy the luxury of a negative thought".  read more »

Cognitive interference refers to unwanted and often disturbing thoughts that intrude
an individual’s cognitive world. It plays an important role in stress and poor performance. Commonly stated as a state – it's interference for you to focus, it means your pictures don’t match.

What you receive depends on what you pay attention to. Where and whatever you turn your attention to, you begin to attract more of the same. Right? Maybe. Doesn’t matter. Good, bad –wrong or right, you get what you focus on. You might have heard this before, you might even know it and live it.  read more »