Dr. Cíara Losty discusses maintaining confidence and motivation in challenging times. She is a sport psychology provider who has worked with teams at the Olympics. The document provides tips for achieving goals, including writing down past accomplishments and current struggles. It emphasizes managing thoughts and focusing on controlling what you can, as you generate your own mood. The example is given of Katie Taylor, who began dreaming of Olympic gold at age 11 and through 15 years of challenges finally achieved her goal, showing the importance of bouncebackability and making things happen rather than waiting.

1. Maintaining Confidence and
Motivation in Challenging Times
Dr Cíara Losty
Course Leader MSc in Applied Sport and Exercise
Psychology, WIT
follow us @sportpsychWIT

2. Who am I?
provider at the London
Olympics for the Irish
Olympic team
Ireland sports science
and medical team
Sport and exercise
psychology, WIT Works with teams
Sport and exercise
psychology WIT
Sport Science &
Medical team e.g.
Jockey pathway
Irish Olympic team prep
London/Rio/Tokyo
Olympics

3. Katie Taylor delivered the
goods when needed, the
weight of the nation upon
her
If YOU are
on a
challenging
path

4. Youare here!

5. Get into the
best frame of
mind to
achieve your
GOALS

6. Write down your answers to the following:
• List 3 things you have already accomplished in your life
• Write down something you want to do, a goal or target but are struggling
with in your life.
e.g. Confidence, interviews etc.
What type of person do you need to be to achieve your goals?
• Ink it and think it
Goal setting exercise

7. 50000 to 80000 thoughts per day.
On a loop, snowball
How do you need to think, feel
and behave to achieve your
goals?
#DDDD
T.E.A. - impact everything you do
When it comes to success start with
your head
Your thinking needs to be USEFUL
and HELPFUL!
STOP ask yourself
Manage
thoughts
& Feelings

8. Focus on what you can
control
You generate your mood

11. Age 11
Katie Taylor began her dream
to win an
Olympic Gold Medal

13. 15 years to achieve her Olympic goal
What can we learn from this?
• multiple routes
• no female boxers
• wasn’t in Olympics
• The lowest point – the Rio Olympics
• Boucebackability – now the unified
lightweight champion of the word, ended a
5 year reign of her competitor
MAKE IT HAPPEN, NOT ‘WAIT’ FOR IT TO
HAPPEN

16. You Control Your thoughts
This is your starting point.