Most athletes wait to feel confident before they perform well.
But confidence doesn’t magically show up — it’s triggered.
Your brain works like a system:
Give it a cue → it produces a response.
Watch what happens in high pressure moments:
You don’t think → I am nervous.
You think → What if I mess up? What if this goes wrong?
The cue creates the chemistry.
The chemistry creates the emotion.
The emotion creates your behavior.
Flip the cue — and you flip the state.
Try these next time pressure hits:
Cues that trigger confidence
• “I’ve done this before.”
• “My body knows what to do.”
• “One rep at a time.”
• “I’m built for this moment.”
Cues that trigger composure
• Slow breath → long exhale
• Shoulders down
• Widen your vision / soften your eyes
When you learn to cue the mind, you don’t wait for confidence — you create it.
And if you want reps?
Mastery gives you daily visualizations, breathwork, and mindset prompts so these cues become automatic.
Your mind is programmable.
Write the code on purpose.