Nate Daniels 00:00
But what it is, is how do you feel on the court? How confident are you? Do you feel like you're performing to your ability? Or are you performing under your ability and even better? Are you performing above your ability? And are you doing it more consistently, and that is something that comes from the athlete. It can come from the coaches and the parents as well because they're watching but especially the athletes.
Lindsey 00:35
Welcome to the Mindset Coach Academy Podcast. I'm Lindsey Wilson, and I am a high performance mindset coach, a mom, a former professional athlete and an entrepreneur. I help coaches and high performers optimize their mindset to improve their coaching, their performance and those of their athletes and their lives. Here you'll learn all about mindset, how to live it, how to teach it, and how to sell it.
Lindsey 01:00
Alright, guys, a very special guest today on the Mindset Coach Academy podcast, Nate Daniels. Hi, Nate.
Nate Daniels 01:04
Hey, how are you doing? Thanks for having me.
Lindsey 01:07
Yeah, absolutely. I'm so excited. We talked a little bit, you're at next-level athletics, and then your strength and conditioning, we're going to talk about how those melts together. And as usual, we have lots of things to talk about as mindset coaches.
Lindsey 01:18
But I think I would love to dive into how you have expanded, what was your sports performance physical training into we're talking about being sort of you were the unofficial mindset coach, and now you're making it more official.
Lindsey 01:33
And I think a lot of our listeners are mindset coaches already like they are that person that people are asking because we all know that the game is so mental. And I want to talk a little bit about that. But before we do, tell me who you are, where you're at what you're doing, and then we'll get into it.
Nate Daniels 01:49
Awesome. Well, again, thank you so much for having me. I'm honored to be here with you. And my name is Nate Daniels. I own a Sports Performance Training Center called Daniel sports performance. I've been running Daniel sports performance for several years.
Nate Daniels 02:03
And throughout that training, where I train strength and conditioning and speed, agility, and quickness development for field and court athletes. Throughout that time, we got tremendous gains on the physical aspects or what we call training effects, the direct results, and how physical changes happen with your numbers.
Nate Daniels 02:19
As far as your metrics, you're jumping in, you're sprinting, and you're lifting, we got tremendous gains on that side for our athletes. But I would get so many questions from athletes, specifically parents, and coaches, on how to deal with the other aspects or I like to call intangibles, things off the court, or even on the fields or court, that don't have to do with the physical aspect.
Nate Daniels 02:41
And I found out throughout my career, I played all way through prep ball, the youth ball, and high school college into the professional ranks that the higher that you go, the more the mental side of the game affects your performance. And even if your aspirations aren't to be a high-level elite athlete, the mental side of the game can affect your preparation for competition and it can also affect the way you perform for the good or for the bad.
Nate Daniels 03:05
So I wanted to make it official because I was fielding so many questions from like, again parents and athletes and coaches anyway, so I made it official several months ago and registered the business just to see behind the next-level athletes. And so this next-level athlete handles that the mental part of the game.
Lindsey 03:24
So I love talking about this transition, because what am I the coach Academy? So we have a lot of aspiring mindset coaches, we have a lot of people that are teaching these mindsets, and skills already. Very unofficially, like as you probably weren't, like after practice or your strength, or calling up or texting you or whatever.
Lindsey 03:43
So what led you what was the purpose of making it more efficient? Cuz I imagine you were already doing a lot of this work when people ask you those questions, right? And tell me what the motivation was before really making it more official.
Nate Daniels 03:57
Yeah, absolutely. That's a great question. The main things why I wanted to make it official was one like we kind of alluded to I was doing it unofficially anyways because I would get so many questions. In the main reason, I wanted to make an official because I wanted to help as many people as possible.
Nate Daniels 04:12
I was helping mainly my athletes and athletes in this area, speak to teams often and athletic directors and things of that nature often, but I wanted to be able to help people not only in this Richmond metropolitan area but all across the country and even possibly across the world that were struggling with the mental aspect.
Nate Daniels 04:29
So I thought that I could provide value. And then you know, because I've been coaching so long as we talked about 15 to 20 years. Now sounds weird to say that, but it's been a long time. I wanted to find a way that I could be compensated for my expertise.
Nate Daniels 04:46
I've put a lot of hard work into developing my coaching style and acquired a lot of knowledge not only throughout my playing career, but having a mental coach myself throughout my college and professional career, and I wanted to help and so that's why created the next level athletes.
Lindsey 05:01
Yeah, that's great. And I think I mean, have you noticed? I mean, so I think there's to me from the outside, there's often like, on both sides, when you make it more official, I mean, even so much as saying, like, we're going to have a mental training session, versus like, hey, let's talk after practice.
Lindsey 05:19
And to some degree, I think that first or that ladder of like, let's talk to after practice can be less intimidating for some athletes, right. But then I think there's also like this idea of like, holding space for like, the mental training is important. We are going to take time, this is the container, we're going to do it. And I think that makes us as mindset coaches take it more seriously.
Lindsey 05:38
But I also think that it takes that allows our athletes or parents or whoever to take it more seriously, have you noticed that at all?
Nate Daniels 05:45
Yeah, absolutely. And I feel like in today's environment, again, with the professionalism of youth sports, especially the parents get it, you know, 20 years ago, they might not have gotten a 12-year-old baseball player. But nowadays, these parents are getting strength coaches, for their kids speed coaches, for their kids, and technical development coaches, for their kids, they play travel ball, practicing four times a week for tournaments.
Nate Daniels 06:12
So they're all in and they understand the mental component and how it can help you to perform better at the highest level. And a lot of parents do get it, the kids definitely get it. And I think it's again, it's the perfect time with the atmosphere in sports that parents are finding value in it.
Lindsey 06:29
Yeah, I just want to sort of bring attention to what you just said, because I think one of the things that a lot of coaches that want to be mindset coaches or want to have a side hustle or want to make it more official, I see a lot of them worried that people aren't going to invest in this.
Lindsey 06:47
And I think what you just said as they are, you know, it's like, Yes, you got to find the right people, but people are spending a lot of money on the physical things. And we all know, the mental side can screw it all up. And so I just want to bring your attention that is listening to this. Because really, when people say that, they're more worried about their own ability to deliver versus what people are willing to pay for.
Nate Daniels 07:11
Absolutely. It just comes down, do you provide enough value, if you provide somebody enough value, they will feel that the investment is worth it, if they don't feel that the value is high enough that they may not.
Nate Daniels 07:25
And one thing from my great as you say, just being in the saddle long enough, meaning just doing something long enough is you get enough affirmation from the people that you're working with to know when you do make it official, you'll be able to continue to do the same thing.
Nate Daniels 07:39
So again, over decades, I've talked to parents coaches in a one on one aspect seminars, talking with teams, and I've gotten so much affirmation from people saying, Wow, Coach, this has really allowed me to be more competent or play more free, or really helped me to handle my anxiety and perform at a higher level.
Nate Daniels 07:58
I've gotten so much affirmation from them that I knew that when I did make it official, there would be a market for it. And I felt that people would find enough value in what I provided because I've done it for so long. So it wasn't a thing where I wonder if people will think what I'm saying is valuable, because I've already gotten that not because I think that of myself, but because I've gotten it from not only players but coaches and parents for so many years.
Lindsey 08:23
Well, that's what we all say in our certification, and everything is your fish in the pond you're in, right you have existing athletes right in front of you, that are asking for this kind of support, and you're giving it to them. So now you're making it more official.
Lindsey 08:33
Okay, give me a test case, like, think of your most latest client, because I'm really interested in the business component of like you talked about, you saw the need for mental training and mindset coaching and wanted to make it more efficient. That was one of your reasons. And then you talked about the monetary component to be your expertise to be compensated for your time.
Lindsey 08:52
And I imagine also differentiating yourself and getting the results for your clients differentiating yourself from your competitors when there are a lot of people that are doing a skilled training. What gives me a tech space and like how that person maybe even comes to you and how you have that conversation about the value?
Lindsey 09:09
And even how you package it. I mean, how are they put together skill training, and then mindset training, and like, how does that work? Exactly? If you don't mind sharing that.
Nate Daniels 09:18
Right, No, that's great. So with next-level athletes and Daniel's sports performance, and again, Daniel's sports performance is the physical aspect. I try to keep them separate. I have not infused them yet.
Nate Daniels 09:30
As far as a package with two are combined. They're two separate brands. And at some point down the road, I definitely do plan to fuse them a little bit more, but I wanted to make sure I differentiated them and made them stand alone on their own. So I try to keep those separate as far as how I market or package them.
Nate Daniels 09:48
I advertise through social media, and also the current athletes that I have, which is a big staple in this area, and it's around in Virginia. the idea that is already aware of me, they already did come to me, I just proposed it as an official Avenue or vehicle for them to get continued mental training.
Nate Daniels 10:10
So I will get parents and athletes or coaches to come to me for a variety of reasons. One parent just came to me two days ago, as far as there are kids who are a track runner that wants to run at the next level. But she didn't feel like that her child was committed enough and understood the dynamics of what it's going to take to be a collegiate athlete.
Nate Daniels 10:31
So again, that's us sitting down on the sports strategy call and fielding questions for them, and actually taking them through step by step and letting her know what it will take for her through recruiting, what it will take through her through the physical aspects as far as training, what are the rigors and demands of being a college student-athlete? Because, again, yes, they can go Google stuff.
Nate Daniels 10:51
But there's nothing like talking to somebody who's been through it in having that face-to-face interaction and q&a, to give them the competence to say, You know what, I can do this, or this isn't quite for me. So walk them through it and answered any questions that they had about specifics. told them the pros and the cons.
Nate Daniels 11:11
And if they're going to be successful, this is how they would be successful. If they were to fail, these are probably the things that would be roadblocks in the kid found great value in it, the parent was pumped up. Because, again, as we know, as parents, you could say something a million times, but coming from another person.
Nate Daniels 11:29
Oh, okay. Now I believe it. So yeah, so after that initial score strategy call, I'll set up either regular calls as they as an as-needed basis. Or we can have maintenance calls when we're checking in, whether it be every two weeks, every four weeks. And that's completely up to the parent, they can buy packages of sessions.
Nate Daniels 11:52
And again, most of these sessions are done just like kind of how we're talking now via zoom. There are some athletes that I have in here that we meet in person, but normally it's in this medium, just like this.
Lindsey 12:03
And what is the typical package?
Nate Daniels 12:05
As far as how much is the cost?
Lindsey 12:08
If you're comfortable sharing that, but also Yeah, yeah, so
Nate Daniels 12:11
The initial, as far as the initial is just $30, where we just sit down after the initial meeting, where we sit down, or, you know, over the over zoom and discuss, and then from there, it goes up from there, they're committed, that is $100.
Nate Daniels 12:25
For the session, this session is 45 minutes. And again, the packages or designed around what their needs are, I get such a variety of routes and a wide range of questions. It's kind of I could just kind of keep naming different scenarios, and people will come with me, I could talk for 20 minutes on all the different scenarios.
Nate Daniels 12:46
We talked before some kids or some parents will come to me and say, my kids saying they want to quit, they've been planned since they were five, and they're burnt out, or my kids practicing well, but just not able to perform. And I will prepare for that meeting contingent upon the questionnaire or contingent upon the initial the meeting, and I will be prepared to answer those questions.
Nate Daniels 13:09
And also my advice, or what I like to call action plan, things that they can do to improve upon the whatever it is that their ailment is. It just through my experience of going through so much myself, and working with athletes for so long, there's really not a scenario that I haven't seen boy or girl, depending on the age.
Lindsey 13:28
And then it's like, what are you seeing the results? Like I mean, I always, you know, in our certification, we talk about it a lot. It's hard to get, you know, the light bulb can go off, and change happens slowly. And then all at once, like somebody can have one session and get something great out of it are three sessions.
Lindsey 13:43
But what do you I mean, but I asked you, I think you also have to manage expectations. So typically, if someone comes to you with a problem, I mean, how many sessions Do you tell them? It's going to take potentially,
Nate Daniels 13:53
I don't tell them how many it's going to take. What I say is I'm here for you to help. And as long as you have questions to get answered, or you feel like I'm providing value, I'm here for you, you reach out when you need to, or here are our packages, feel free to purchase them and you can use those at your discretion.
Nate Daniels 14:11
We could do them every two weeks, every four weeks. Now, the thing about mental health or mental toughness in the as far as the athletic realm is, it's not as intangible as our plus minuses are not as tangible as our plus minuses. And the strength and conditioning what I call plus-minus is how much time we take off of your strengths.
Nate Daniels 14:30
How many inches do we add to your vertical, we can see that when we do our combines in here for testing day. This is about how you feel. And obviously, you can look at metrics as far as okay, my three-point shooting percentage has gone up or my batting average gone up, but there's a lot of factors that go into that. I would never take credit for your free throw percentage having gone up.
Nate Daniels 14:49
I'd be silly to take credit for that. Nor would I but what it is is how do you feel on the court? How confident are you do you feel like you're performing to your ability are you performing under your ability? And even better? Are you performing above your ability?
Nate Daniels 15:05
And are you doing it more consistently, and that is something that comes from the athlete, it can come from the coaches and the parents as well because they're watching but especially the athlete, because I know, I suffer from something in college called kind of Sophomoreitis, Sophomoreitis, where I had a lot of success my freshman year, I started as a true and you get a little, little ego with you and you're feeling good about yourself.
Nate Daniels 15:32
And sometimes you can slide backward a little bit because things came. So I don't want to say easily. But success came so quickly to you. And so the mental health coach really helped me get back on track. So I felt that, yes, you could see in my performance, but you know, I was a defensive back in college.
Nate Daniels 15:49
So you're not going to see like, Oh, you went from three interceptions to five, you're not going to see it there, you're not going to say hey, you went from 50 tackles to 75 tackles, you don't know. But I know how I felt that my confidence was back, I felt like I was executed a higher level, I felt like I was more focused. I felt like I was excited for game day.
Nate Daniels 16:07
It wasn't stressed, as stressful as it once was. So through those conversations, you kind of ascertain, if you feel like it's valuable enough for you to continue. If you feel like you're good, then we can just check in for maintenance,
Lindsey 16:19
And magic wand. How would your next-level athletes business be run? Who would you work with? What would their? What would it look like to be trained with them? What would that? What's your five-year plan for that?
Nate Daniels 16:31
Yeah, so as far as the next level athletes and how who I see working with any athletes that are competitive athletes from about eight, eight years old to nine years old, all the way through professionals. And I want to help as many people as I can, you know, as of right now is just me as far as the mental health app coaches that helped me with the physical aspect.
Nate Daniels 16:49
But it comes to a point where, you know, my caseload is so so, you know, cumbersome that I don't feel like it can help as many as I want. I would definitely entertain bringing on other mental health coaches, sports performance coaches, as far as the mental health side.
Nate Daniels 17:05
And the goal is just to help as many people as I can. And that's really hit as best success on rolls, you know, plans change, and things may evolve. But getting going out of the gate, that's the initial plan, just like I wasn't a player just to continue to get better, you know, each day with it.
Lindsey 17:22
And do you think that the combined mental and physical more or do you think that this will be the thing that you do more? Do you have an idea,
Nate Daniels 17:29
I think that I will, at this point, my goal is, especially for the first year is to just keep them as separate as possible, because it is kind of, I don't wanna say confusing, but when you've been doing something and branded as one thing for a long time, I just wanted to make sure that I had a different brand, a different color scheme, and that I kept them kind of separate.
Nate Daniels 17:47
At some point, I will kind of fuse things. And I do let people know about it. When I get new family signed up to the gym, and through physical training with our speed classes and straight classes. I do let them know that it's out there. But I also do let them know that that is a separate deal with next-level athletes is not Daniel's sports performance, it is two different deals if they wanted to get into next-level athletes, that's something that we could talk about.
Lindsey 18:11
Yeah, not to get too much into coaching. But I've been doing this for a while. And I think absolutely, that combo is going to be dynamite.
Nate Daniels 18:18
Absolutely.
Lindsey 18:19
Because I'm sure you have people that know like and trust you with Daniel sports already?
Nate Daniels 18:22
Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. As I said, I do motivational speaking. Anyway. So I've been doing this a while. And I felt that there was value in it, that I felt like the right value, and I felt that there was a need. So that's why, you know, I created it. And it's been great. So far, we've had people reaching out from all over. And I hope I can continue to help as many as I can.
Lindsey 18:48
So again, there's gonna be a lot of people listen to this, that are dreaming of being a mindset coach, many of them already have a foot in their door, whether that's they're doing skill training, like you or physical training, I should say, training, or they're a coach, or they were a former athlete and their coach or the kids team. They're in for these other foot and sports, right?
Lindsey 19:07
And maybe they want to start their own business, but maybe they just want to start somewhere. Right and start like maybe a side hustle, get a couple of few paying clients, show them that they can show themselves they can do it, as you mentioned. Tell me a little bit about that process for you or looking back.
Lindsey 19:24
Is there something you would do differently? How would you start? What worked? What didn't work? Because I think that, going from unofficial to official, it's not a small thing.
Nate Daniels 19:32
No, it's big deal.
Lindsey 19:33
Yeah. And I think that but I think that there are steps along the way, right? Absolutely. So I'm interested in sort of your evolution from just doing the physical but and then unofficially doing the mental into having your own business on the mental if, you...
Nate Daniels 19:50
Absolutely can. It's been a long journey. It's been an evolution. So a lot of this stems from my playing career where I really first got the desire and passion to speak to groups, specifically athletic groups. As you know, from your athletic career, when you have any type of success athletically, people want to hear from you. It's all different types of meetings.
Nate Daniels 20:12
So, youth coaches, like FYC was loud played youth football, basketball, and baseball, they would have me come back and talk at their coach's seminar they take off each season with they get all their coaches together. It's kind of like, Alright, let's get season started, they would have me talk, they would have me come in and talk to team.
Nate Daniels 20:29
So this started for free. You know, this started me just getting experience and getting responses. Wow, these kids seem like they're pumped up. They're really into what I'm saying. These coaches are nodding their heads, they're appreciating me being here, and getting my insight, and asking me questions about how I prepared and how I dealt with mental adversity.
Nate Daniels 20:48
So for years and years, I got this information. And I was doing it for free. No one was telling me to come into, you know, this elementary school and they weren't paying me for it. Now I am a paid professional speaker. I just did one two days ago, where I was at an elementary school and did a book signing and did these things.
Nate Daniels 21:06
And I'm paid to be there. But for years I wasn't. So the first thing for anybody is, don't be so proud that you're not willing to just get experience. Like there's nothing wrong with just putting yourself out there and getting experience. And once you've got enough affirmation from these people, you've got a resume built up and you got video, in content that you've accumulated of you speaking to groups, and wow, some of the things she or he says insightful.
Nate Daniels 21:34
I want to hear more from that person and you get a social media presence, then you it's a lot easier to make that transition. But if you're just going from sitting in your living room to living room saying, Now I want somebody to pay me, that's the tough road. I'm not saying it's impossible, but I'm saying get some experience, put yourself out there and speak to some yoke, local teams, coaches, and athletes, do it free, see how it works, get some content video of you speaking to groups, get a little bit of a social media presence, and then that transition will be a lot easier. In my opinion,
Lindsey 22:06
How was it? The speaking, the speaking stuff aside? How was it to know you have the experience of running a business already and charging people for sessions or whatever that you how to repackage your physical training? But how was that transition from Hey, athlete, we're going to talk a little bit after your training session, or I'm gonna take a phone call from you. How was that? And was it difficult? Or how did you go about then saying, Okay, now I'm going to charge? You know, like, was that a mental shift? How did that go for you? Were you scared? Was it hard? Tell me all.
Nate Daniels 22:39
No, it wasn't hard. For me, even though it's something that is hard. I'm not minimizing the fact that isn't a very big deal. And it's very challenging. I'm just speaking for myself. And all I can speak for is my transition for someone else, it might have been more difficult for a couple of different reasons.
Nate Daniels 22:55
One, you just saw it, I run a business daily, where I'm selling my business on all different levels, whether it be on social media platforms, whether it be here in person in the gym, or doing outreach stuff where I'm running combines or camps out that side of it. So I'm used to doing sales for my business.
Nate Daniels 23:12
So the hardest part about it, for someone that might not is having enough competence in yourself in your ability, that's where it might be a barrier for somebody. But again, the competence that I've acquired is from time in the saddle for doing it and getting that so that helps my competence to be able to say hey, instead of me doing this for free, I want to help you, but I have some, I like to call some knowledge in the area that I feel is valuable.
Nate Daniels 23:43
This is how I can help you more efficiently This is how I think I can provide more value for you. And these are your options here. And again, it just comes down to do they feel like it's valuable enough if they do they will take that step and if they don't, that's not who you're speaking with anyway. And if you believe in yourself enough and you have enough knowledge and you continue you'll find the people eventually it will work out what you'll find the people that you're your niche or your target market.
Lindsey 24:13
Well you know, I think the fact that you said value so many times is not lost on me I think that's a really really important part of all this is like making sure you are ready to deliver.
Nate Daniels 24:24
Absolutely that's what it comes down to like a broken record but when your business that's what it comes down to.
Lindsey 24:31
Yeah, that's what we're gonna pay for. And that's why we're selling with authenticity and integrity as well.
Nate Daniels 24:36
But the main thing is that you actually have something to offer and you're trying to help people and if people feel that way if you have something to offer and you're actually trying to help people it's not just about money. I'm not just doing it for the money I'm fine without I wanted to help people because I saw that there was a need and that's how it came about.
Lindsey 24:55
Well, I'd love that focus, though. It's and I think there's that's the balance that I see a lot of people struggling with is like, how do you balance the idea of being able to help people and make money be compensated for helping people, I think a lot of our coaches have to sort of get that straight in their mind that it's okay to do both. And in fact, in order to build a business that is sustainable, that is not just a hobby that people take seriously that you take seriously, it actually behooves us and our clients to increase that value, and deliver and also be paid for it.
Nate Daniels 25:32
Absolutely, I know that it's a scary leap for a lot of people. And that goes for any business that you're in, whether it's ours or anything else. But when you're going into business, you have to believe in your ability to help people and that needs to be your number one priority is to help people and to provide as much value as you can.
Nate Daniels 25:49
And if that is literally your goal. And that is what you strive for every day with every client with every interaction, it will shine through. And people can tell when you're genuine, and you're truly trying to look out what's best for them, and giving your expertise to try to help that. And then the second thing I would give it for advice for anyone trying to do this is that you have valuable information and you have expertise that she built up through the years.
Nate Daniels 26:15
And again, every case is a case by case everybody has a different experience. But you deserve to be compensated for your expertise. And that's what a professional does, you have a service or a product, and you're compensated for that service or product because you've earned that right? Over years, or however long you've been doing it to command that compensation. And like I said, if you provide value and you remain confident in yourself, you'll find the right people that will, utilize your services. And vice versa.
Lindsey 26:15
I feel like that's some of the what the work we do in this certification. And people come and then they're like, Oh, I've been doing this for 20 years, or 30, I understand how to put it together, in which case, I can deliver more value and have more confidence. But to your point about like doing it for free, whether that was like officially for free, or if it was just as a part of your coaching. Understanding that those are success stories, and you've gotten that experience. Under your belts?
Nate Daniels 27:12
Absolutely. Absolutely. Like I said, Never be afraid to just go out and get experience any way you can. I know that's like last thing, everybody wants to be successful overnight these days and everything. But this. I know, my experience didn't happen like that, you know, not many people who ever have been successful for a sustained period of time, it had just acquired any type of success overnight.
Nate Daniels 27:35
I know it didn't happen with my gym. I mean, I was training everywhere, you know, strength gym, you could say I was there. The same thing with the mental health side as far as athletes specific sports performance training. So
Lindsey 27:48
Yeah, well, this has been so insightful. I know. There are a ton of coaches that are probably scribbling notes right now trying to figure out how they're going to do the same thing that you did, which is go from unofficial to official. I have five rapid-fire questions to finish this off if you don't mind.
Nate Daniels 28:00
Absolutely.
Lindsey 28:01
What info are you consuming?
Nate Daniels 28:04
As far as?
Lindsey 28:05
Anything? What's going into your brain right now?
Nate Daniels 28:08
Anything about anything?
Lindsey 28:09
anything about anything?
Nate Daniels 28:10
I love to learn about athletes journeys, I love to learn about the journeys because it's full with adversity and overcoming adversity. So a lot of people will consume all different stuff I love to hear personal journeys so that can go from coaches that are coaching at the highest level, or athletes that have played at the highest level, I'd love to know their genesis, their arc, and what they've accomplished.
Nate Daniels 28:36
So I consume as much as I can, anytime I can figure out that because what I tell my athletes all the time, yes, you have to make mistakes to learn from them. But what's even better is learning from others, you know, not just the successes, but their failures as well because it will help you to succeed or face that same adversity.
Lindsey 28:53
Anybody story in particular lately that's been insightful?
Nate Daniels 28:58
You know what a Jalen hertz, the quarterback from Philadelphia Eagles. I loved what happened to him as far as his insight that he showed his mental toughness. He was at Alabama and started quarterback for Alabama and a quarterback came in that was younger than him that he actually got benched.
Nate Daniels 29:14
And you know, had to go through some things there and it was an awesome teammate, and then ended up transferring it and made it to the NFL and then made it to the Super Bowl. He overcame a lot and I just loved his attitude, and how he focused on you know when they would ask him why didn't you pout and things of that nature?
Nate Daniels 29:29
He said, because my job is not to think about myself is to be the best teammate I possibly can be. And I just love I love that story. He's just a mentally tough young man and but that's just something recent because it was in the Super ...
Lindsey 29:45
What are you creating,
Nate Daniels 29:47
creating as far as
Lindsey 29:49
Anything.
Nate Daniels 29:50
Athletes?
Lindsey 29:51
Anything?
Nate Daniels 29:52
I'm creating a lot. That's a loaded question how much time you got? I'm writing my next children's book, The Day As athletes overcome mental health challenges as far as in their pursuit of long, athletic journey, and children's book, author of two books out currently, so you want to be in prose story of Devon, in his pursuit to be an American football player.
Nate Daniels 30:16
And then also Bella, who's a basketball players, that talented young lady shows you her journey as well. So I'm working on my third installment of that, that'll be out this year. And it really shows the journey of a young person, a student-athlete, and if they want to be great how to exactly do that, and some of the obstacles will be in their way.
Nate Daniels 30:36
But it's very digestible for a young person, it kind of puts it in context for them. And their response to the first few books were great, and so excited to share this third book with people.
Lindsey 30:49
What's one, healthy habit you do every day?
Nate Daniels 30:53
Right, I pray every morning, first thing I do when I get up. And last thing I do before I go to bed, a lot of people jump on their phones and start flicking through whatever they click through. That time belongs to my faith and my family. So I take time with my faith. And then I take time for my family. And that's how I start my mornings and my nights with my...
Lindsey 31:15
Beautiful, what is your next big leap?
Nate Daniels 31:18
My next big leap is just to try to continue to do what I'm doing. I'm very happy with what I'm doing. And I'm very blessed that what I'm doing, I was growing up, I had so many coaches and athletes, or too many coaches and mentors that helped me chase my dreams. And I get to do the same thing for kids that were just like me growing up. So I couldn't be happier. And so I just want to continue to grow and help as many people as I can.
Lindsey 31:42
What is bringing you joy or wonder right now?
Nate Daniels 31:46
Same thing helping I love helping I get it in syndrich. And intrinsic value, and a great feeling when I help someone and I see them succeed. We had signing day for kids running track at Xavier the other day here, another kids playing football at the University of Richmond and just to hug their parents and adapt them up and hug them and see them on that day here at Daniel's sports performance.
Nate Daniels 32:12
There's no better feeling for me. I just love seeing other people win and being a part of it. I never take credit for anything, but just being a part of that journey and seeing these young people achieve that to me. As far as me, there's just no better feeling.
Lindsey 32:26
Amazing. How can our listeners learn more about you?
Nate Daniels 32:28
Oh, yeah, so as far as a next level athletes, they can find me on Instagram at next-level athletes_official is underscore official, they can go to the website as far as next-level athletes, it's nextlevel-athletes, and they can reach out from any of those mediums there.
Nate Daniels 32:50
I also have a YouTube show where I go over different topics around normally youth high school and college sports. We haven't really delved into professional sports because as you know, that's a whole nother animal there.
Lindsey 33:04
Check it out. And I love the topics, everybody.
Nate Daniels 33:08
Thank you for that just getting started on there so they can check out the next-level athletes YouTube I'll be doing YouTube shorts and small shows on there as well. And hopefully, some of that information will be beneficial.
Lindsey 33:21
Nice. Well, thank you so much for your time, Nate. I know that people just got so much out of this. So I appreciate you taking the time and we'll talk soon.
Nate Daniels 33:27
Absolutely. Thank you so much for having me.
Lindsey 33:29
Absolutely. Take care.
Lindsey 33:33
Hey, if you love this episode, make sure to check out all of our free and paid resources over at positiveperformancetraining.com You want to take mindset training to the next level we got you. But here are three more specific ways.
Lindsey 33:45
If you want to take mindset training and live it more in your life. Definitely subscribe to this podcast. We send out bonus episodes, we have our mental Mondays, we have interviews and training episodes, definitely subscribe. If you want to teach it, meaning taking it to your athletes or your clients. I highly recommend the Psychology of Competition.
Lindsey 34:03
Again, you can check that out at positiveperformancetraining.com It is a great course that will teach you and your athletes how to have pre, during, and post-competition routines to up your performance. And if you want to learn how to have a mindset coaching business in order to sell mindset coaching, highly recommend signing up for our waitlist for our next certification cohort, which usually opens about once a year, but in the meantime, go to positiveperformancetraining.com.
Lindsey 34:28
And check out our Ultimate Mindset Coaching Toolkit which will show you exactly how to get started with your first mindset coaching clients. Again, go to positiveperformancetraining.com for all of our free and paid resources.
