Alan Stein Jr. On Mastering Stress, Staying Present Under Pressure & Learning To Love The Process

The Adversity Advantage with Doug Bopst

Today’s guest is world-renowned coach, speaker and author Alan Stein Jr. Alan spent 15+ years working with the highest performing basketball players on the planet including Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and Stephan Curry. He now teaches audiences how to utilize the same strategies in business that elite athletes use to perform at a world-class level. Alan inspires and empowers everyone he works with to take immediate action and improve mindset, habits and productivity. Alan shares how to build and maintain self-confidence, how to detach from outcomes and embrace the process, why it’s so important to stay focused on your effort and attitude, how to stay present while experiencing stress and use it to your advantage, how to develop discipline and create long lasting changes in your life and more.

What to Listen For:

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:27 How to build sustainable confidence
• 04:17 Does failure build confidence?
• 07:14 You can’t change the past
• 10:30 How to stay PRESENT
• 14:19 Control your effort and attitude
• 18:28 Stack small wins
• 22:30 Learn to love the process
• 26:47 Stress, stagnation and burnout
• 30:45 Using stress to your advantage
• 35:15 Wants vs. needs
• 38:00 How to escape the victim mindset
• 40:50 Overcoming the fear of rejection
• 44:58 Visualization and manifestation
• 48:10 How to make a comeback

Episode Resources:

• Alan | Instagram, Website

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