From “I Can't” to Champion Mindset; The Mental Skills Behind Winning at the Highest Level (Joly) 💫

What does it actually take to compete at the highest level in the world — and WIN? 🏆🐴 Stop Letting fear hold you back! 💪 Ines Joly went from nurse to Grand Prix champion, winning the 2024 LGCT Grand Prix of Monaco, podiuming at the French National Championship, and competing on the Longines Global Champions Tour across Dubai, Shanghai, Qatar, Paris, and beyond. But behind every perfect round is a mental game most athletes never talk about — and a life that would break most people before they ever got to the ring. In this raw, unfiltered conversation, Ines pulls back the curtain on what it really takes: managing 9 horses across the globe, surviving missiles flying in Qatar 😳, keeping sponsors and investors happy, leading a team across foreign countries — and then walking into the arena and performing like none of it happened. The struggle? ❌ "I can't" — the two words that were holding everything back ❌ People pleasing, overcommitting, and losing control of the schedule ❌ Riding a new horse like it was the old one ❌ Getting triggered by people, events, noise, and giving your power away ❌ Carrying the chaos of life straight into the ring The breakthrough? ✅ Changing "I can't" and other limiting beliefs— even before you believe it ✅ Walking the course of your LIFE: plan it, commit, execute ✅ Using mistakes as pearls — round by round improvement ✅ Mastering the mental reset: every horse is a clean canvas ✅ Turning pressure and adversity into rocket fuel ✅ Leading through chaos (even with missiles flying in Qatar! 😳) ✅ Arriving at any competition calm, focused, and ready — no matter what "I had to stop giving my power away to people and learn to believe in myself AND my horses." — Ines Joly From riding horses that "used to stop" to podium finishes at French Nationals 🥉 Your horse's past doesn't define their future. Your old identity doesn't define YOU. (Unless you decides that it does!) Whether you're competing at Grand Prix level or your first local show — whether you're managing a global operation or just trying to get to the ring without falling apart — the mental skills that fuel championship performance are the same ones that will transform yours. What mental block is holding YOU back right now? 👇 🎯 I'm Nancy Dye, Strategic Interventionist and Peak Performance Mental Skills Coach for elite athletes. Book a discovery call: https://https://go.elitelifestyletransformati... 📌 #ShowJumping #EquestrianLife #MentalSkills #PeakPerformance #EquestrianAthlete #GrandPrix #PerformUnderPressure #MentalTraining #WinningMindset #EquestrianCoach #LonginesGlobalChampionsTour #ShowJumpingLife #athletes #mastermindset #sportspsychology #resilience #sports #olympics 00:00 - Introduction: Nancy Dye & Ines Joly 01:00 - Ines' Background: From Nurse to Show Jumper 03:00 - Growing Up with Horses and Balancing Studies 04:00 - Why Confident Riders Need Mental Coaching 05:00 - Biggest Struggles: People Pleasing and Time Management 06:00 - Running a Business: Managing Horses and Travel 08:00 - Planning, Committing, and Executing 10:00 - Overcoming Fear of Saying No 12:00 - Feeling Out of Control and Managing Stress 14:00 - Compartmentalizing: War Mode in the Ring 15:00 - Mental Skills: Planning and Using Mistakes as Pearls 17:00 - Weekly Round Analysis and Course Adjustments 19:00 - Making Data-Driven Decisions During Competition 21:00 - The Reset: Riding Different Horses with Different Approaches 24:00 - Building Confidence in Young Horses 26:00 - Putting Investors' Interests First 28:00 - Not Holding Horses Back for Personal Reasons 30:00 - Adding Value and Making Horses Commercial 32:00 - Changing Language: From "I Can't" to "I Can" 35:00 - Managing Triggers and Not Being a Victim 38:00 - Using Triggers as Rocket Fuel 40:00 - Staying Focused: The French Championship 43:00 - Pressure vs. Performance: Calm Confidence 46:00 - The Missile Incident during the Saudi Tour 50:00 - Mental Skills During a Crisis Situation 52:00 - The 48-Hour Journey Home 53:00 - Life on the Global Tour: More Than Just Riding 55:00 - Leadership Skills and Managing Staff 56:00 - Using Technology: Garmin Performance Tracking 59:00 - Business Development: Securing Sponsors 1:00:00 - Marketing and Social Media Presence 1:02:00 - Upcoming Goals: Saint Tropez, Paris, and Monaco 1:04:00 - Changing Horse Identity: New Stories, New Canvas 1:07:00 - Final Thoughts Photo Credits: French National Championship, Vanille Bellion & Bertillefsk Grand Prix Championship of Monaco in '24: Longines Global Championship Tour