Ep 8: Most Underrated Skill - The Mental Game, Who To Trust, Struggles & How To Become Great At It

CK and Viktor discuss the MOST Underrated skill that is crucial to ensure success in everything - the mental side of things. They discuss what they have experienced in both the sporting world as well as the business world alongside personal relationships too. Managing the mental load is crucial to success and what sacrifices are required too. 00:00 – Highlights 00:50 – Start of Podcast 02:20 – How rehab is going so far? 03:40 – Viktor's book 06:40 – Mental coach 'BS' Christiansen 10:20 – When panicking, look for solutions 16:30 – Learning to be vulnerable and ask for help 19:30 – Inner circle during good and bad times 27:30 – Inspire by Bao Chunlai, nutritionist: optimising my height 30:30 – Treat people like you want to be treated 32:00 – Mental energy: how to focus and not waste it 38:45 – Introverts vs. extroverts 40:00 – Natalia’s pregnancy news during Spain Masters 42:30 – Relationship with coaches, the importance of being transparent 46:30 – Good qualities of a coach 48:06 – Speech after the Olympics: mental, humble, inspiring 51:00 – Being adaptive and selective for important choices; mental energy; being well surrounded 55:30 – How to voice and resolve problems with coaches 59:00 – Being prepared 1:00:30 – Relationship with Danish coaches and federation 1:02:30 – Being independent while working with the federation 1:04:30 – Having fun playing badminton as a kid; not putting too much pressure as a parent 1:06:00 – Outro Follow in on the conversation and follow on social media for more content. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0BwlJdl... Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Instagram:   / theaveragenotaverage   YouTube:    / @theaveragenotaveragepodcast   CK's YouTube Channel:    / @ckyew   Viktor's YouTube Channel:    / @viktoraxelsen7830   CK's Instagram:   / ckyew_official   Viktor's Instagram:   / viktoraxelsen