What if the strategies that helped you become successful are the very things keeping you stuck? In this episode of The Mental Training Lab, I sit down with Adam Quiney, executive coach to CEOs, founders, and leaders, to explore the invisible games that shape how we perform, connect, and move through the world.
Adam is a former lawyer and self-described perfectionist who has spent years exploring the hidden rules we create to avoid discomfort, disappointment, and uncertainty. He's also someone who has had a meaningful impact on my own development as a coach, which made this conversation really flavorful for me.
Building on my recent solo episode about the unwinnable invisible game, Adam and I explore how our unconscious patterns can simultaneously fuel achievement and limit what's possible. We talk about the need to get things right, the fear of disappointing others, and why our instinct to immediately fix what isn't working can actually be part of the problem.
And rather than simply talking about these ideas, we put them into practice. We share our own invisible games, challenge each other's assumptions, and explore what happens when we're willing to stay present with discomfort instead of immediately searching for a solution.
If you're an athlete, coach, leader, or high performer who's great at solving problems but still finds yourself running into the same internal barriers, this conversation offers a different way forward: less fixing, more awareness, and a willingness to make room for uncertainty.
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