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The Knowledge Project #193 · July 16, 2024 · 1h 40m

Dr. Jim Loehr: Change the Stories You Tell Yourself

Dr. Jim Loehr
Show Notes

Dr. Jim Loehr — performance psychologist who co-founded the Human Performance Institute. Worked with elite athletes, Fortune 500 CEOs, and military special forces. Your personal narrative drives your behavior. Energy management, not time management, is the key to performance.

Canon

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Focus only on what you can control
Loehr's narrative framework is applied Stoicism: you can't control events, but you can control the story you tell about them.
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Your personal narrative drives your behavior
Epictetus repackaged for athletes: the story you tell yourself about events drives behavior. CBT calls it cognitive restructuring. Loehr calls it personal narrative.
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Highlights

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Energy management, not time management
The key to performance isn't managing time — it's managing energy. Physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual energy.
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References

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The Power of Story — Jim Loehr (2007) — How the stories we tell ourselves drive our behavior
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The Power of Full Engagement — Jim Loehr & Tony Schwartz (2003) — Energy management as the foundation of performance

Misc

✧Co-founded the Human Performance Institute
✧Worked with elite athletes, Fortune 500 CEOs, military special forces
✧The story you tell yourself is the most important story you'll ever tell