Dr. Jim Loehr on Mental Toughness, Energy Management, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

January 5, 2021

Duration

1h 33m

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Tim Ferriss

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Dr. Jim Loehr on Mental Toughness, Energy Management, the Power of Journaling, and Olympic Gold Medals | Brought to you by Helix Sleep (http://helixsleep.com/tim), 99designs (http://99designs.com/tim), Athletic Greens (http://athleticgreens.com/tim). Show Notes: https://tim.blog/2020/12/28/jim-loehr-2/#more-54119 Dr. Jim Loehr is a world-renowned performance psychologist and author of 17 books, including his most recent, Leading with Character, which also comes with The Personal Credo Journal: A Companion to Leading with Character. He also co-authored the national bestseller The Power of Full Engagement. From his more than 30 years of experience and applied research, Dr. Loehr believes the single most important factor in successful achievement, personal fulfillment, and life satisfaction is the strength of one’s character. He strongly contends that character strength can be built in the same way that muscle strength is built—through energy investment. Dr. Loehr has worked with hundreds of world-class performers from the arenas of sport, business, medicine, and law enforcement, including Fortune 100 executives, FBI hostage rescue teams, and military special forces. Please enjoy! SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1dSzTkW LINK TO ALL SHOW TRANSCRIPTS: https://tim.blog/2018/09/20/all-transcripts-from-the-tim-ferriss-show/ About Tim Ferriss: Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 500 million downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running. Connect with Tim Ferriss: Sign up for "5-Bullet Friday" (Tim's email newsletter): https://go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-1/ Visit the Tim Ferriss PODCAST: https://tim.blog/podcast/ Visit the Tim Ferriss BLOG: https://tim.blog/ Follow Tim Ferriss on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/tferriss/ Follow Tim Ferriss on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/timferriss/ Like Tim Ferriss on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TimFerriss/ Start [00:00] World-class performers Jim has worked with [05:42] How Jim’s work influenced me as a high school wrestler [07:54] 15 minutes on our relationship to our internal voice [24:42] What inspired Jim to write Leading With Character? [40:42] In six to eight words, describe who you are when you’re most proud of yourself. [47:15] In six to eight words, how would you like your life to be summarized on your tombstone? [51:08] Discipline vs. shortcuts [56:38] Practicing kindness—more than just the right thing to do [1:06:34] Documentaries and movies that Jim finds moving [1:18:02] Parting thoughts [1:23:10]

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Tim Ferriss

  host

  Author, investor, and host of The Tim Ferriss Show.

• Dr. Jim Loehr

  guest

  Performance psychologist known for mental toughness and energy management work with elite athletes.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Tim Ferriss, featuring Tim Ferriss and Tim Ferriss, Dr. Jim Loehr on Mental Toughness, Energy Management, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show explores Training your private voice: energy, character, and journaling for performance Dr. Jim Loehr recounts working with elite performers and uses Dan Jansen’s Olympic journey to illustrate how mindset, belief, and emotional framing can change performance outcomes.

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