Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 1 of 3,584, 1 of 3,862, 0 of 4,115, 1 of 4,226, 0 of 4,731, 0 of 4,438, 1 of 4,230, 0 of 4,319, 0 of 4,515, 1 of 4,419, 0 of 4,624, 0 of 4,594.
High-level performance is enhanced by actively visualizing movements, emotional states, or positive outcomes prior to competition.
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Visualization is an essential tool for climbers to rehearse both the physical movements and the mental experience of a climb.
“In rock climbing, like when I'm climbing hard roots, let's say, you always just imagine the route. You think about it, you remember the moves. Part of it is to physically remember what to do.”
Jay Shetty Podcast · Jan 2026 · 1 episode · 600K views on this topicIsrael Adesanya utilizes visualization as a key method to manifest positive outcomes and emotional states before his fights.
“I'm use that's how I manifest I use my imagination so when I was visualizing I just remember being so happy I might have be on shrooms in that shower but as I was visually I was so happy and I was like man I just want everyone to feel how happy I am right now just once”
Flagrant · Jun 2023 · 1 episode · 3.5M views on this topicHe advocates for visualizing the desired emotional state before a competition rather than imagining specific technical scenarios.
“I started visualizing how I wanted to feel before the heat started and that was a lot easier. And so for me like if I feel this just relaxed kind of letting go like I'm going into the heat like this. And so that's when I do my best.”
The Rich Roll Podcast · Jul 2025 · 1 episode · 98K views on this topicPerformance is optimized by deliberately regulating emotional states, protecting mental bandwidth, and fostering mental resilience.
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Focus should be protected as a limited resource, and allowing external stressors or useless annoyances to occupy one's mental bandwidth is detrimental to high performance.
“anything that eats into those units, anything that bothers you, that annoys you, that's useless, that doesn't help you, that's stealing from your 100, you know, so now you only have 80 units or 70 units of focus because 30 of it is concentrated on [ __ ] It will it'll rob you of what makes you great”
Joe Rogan Experience · Nov 2025 · 1 episode · 666K views on this topicShooters in the NBA must learn to regulate their emotions and mentally navigate hot and cold streaks while managing the demanding schedule.
“So learning how to manage that one, manage that emotional regulation like uh when you're playing less games, it's a lot easier to get up for a game, you know, to let that adrenaline, you just are on high adrenaline all day and then maybe the next day you crash. In the NBA, you have to be able to app”
The Old Man and The Three · Jan 2026 · 1 episode · 19K views on this topicPractitioners can train themselves to become masters of their thought processes by systematically applying techniques to avoid unwholesome thoughts.
“One will think whatever thought one wishes to think and one will not think any thought one does not wish to think.”
10% Happier · Mar 2026 · 1 episode · 2K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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