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Zoran Stojkovic: Mental Performance Coach to Elite Athletes, Military Aviators & High-Stakes Professionals

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Zoran Stojkovic is a certified Mental Performance Coach and founder of Kizo Performance. He blends evidence-based mental skills with practical tools for confidence, focus and resilience. He has worked with over 2,000 clients, and has 10 years of experience as a Mental Performance Specialist helping amongst others, military aviators, professional athletes and executives.We continue our journey of discovery into this important profession and Zoran leaves us all with some tools we can use in our everyday lives to advance our crafts closer to extraordinary. KIZO Performance https://www.kizo.ca/Acronyms discussed in the podcast:Next play mindset: W.I.N. "What's Important Now"Stay focused and present: C.P.R. "Calm, Present, Ready"Assessing the stress of a mission: V.U.C.A. "Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, AmbiguityC.I.A. tool for recruitment: R.I.C.E. "Reward, Ideology, Coercion, Ego"Deriving core values for a team or a group:WHO are we?: IdentityWHAT do we what? The missionWHY do we want it? The motivation or purposeHOW are we going to get it? The process, the day-to-day"Behaviors more than values""See an error as an opportunity""Next play speed"Activation level mapping: Military pilots map their missions to understand where stress will arise and then neuroprime the brain to control the body's response.Zoran's High Performance Mindsets Guide:https://static1.squarespace.com/static/65a975e15f408063d5c05597/t/65b84a0e01f5be0c52e6e835/1706576405711/High+Performance+Mindsets+for+Athletes+%28PDF%29.pdf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Zoran Stojkovic is a certified Mental Performance Coach and founder of Kizo Performance. He blends evidence-based mental skills with practical tools for confidence, focus and resilience. He has worked with over 2,000 clients, and has 10 years of experience as a Mental Performance Specialist helping amongst others, military aviators, professional athletes and executives.We continue our journey of discovery into this important profession and Zoran leaves us all with some tools we can use in our everyday lives to advance our crafts closer to extraordinary. KIZO Performance https://www.kizo.ca/Acronyms discussed in the podcast:Next play mindset: W.I.N. "What's Important Now"Stay focused and present: C.P.R. "Calm, Present, Ready"Assessing the stress of a mission: V.U.C.A. "Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, AmbiguityC.I.A. tool for recruitment: R.I.C.E. "Reward, Ideology, Coercion, Ego"Deriving core values for a team or a group:WHO are we?: IdentityWHAT do we what? The missionWHY do we want it? The motivation or purposeHOW are we going to get it? The process, the day-to-day"Behaviors more than values""See an error as an opportunity""Next play speed"Activation level mapping: Military pilots map their missions to understand where stress will arise and then neuroprime the brain to control the body's response.Zoran's High Performance Mindsets Guide:https://static1.squarespace.com/static/65a975e15f408063d5c05597/t/65b84a0e01f5be0c52e6e835/1706576405711/High+Performance+Mindsets+for+Athletes+%28PDF%29.pdf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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