1. MWOD Block 2, W3: Effective Thought Regulation
EMOTIONS
PHYSIOLOGY
PERFORMANCE
P3 Thought Regulation
Tactical Thought
Step 1: Readied Response: Pre-define your Mindset – How do you want to be?
Step 2: Recognize: “Am I being effective or undercutting my performance?”
Step 3: Reset: Use Verbal/Visual/Physical Cue to Initiate Thought Regulation (e.g. deep breath, phrase, or image)
Step 4: Replace: Determine Critical Elements or Mindset Needed & Replace with effective thought patterns using the P3 method.
Body Language Regulation
Dumb and dumber
Keys to MINDSET REGULATION
Believe It
Use Effective Body Language
Practice it

2. P³ Thinking Purposeful Productive Possibility
The Technique: P³
BUILDING CONFIDENCE
Learning Objects
None P³
Thinking
Primary Delivery Methods
Lecture
Practical Exercise
Media Clip
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Case Study
Audience Response (e.g., iClicker)
Full Class Discussion
Small Group Break-outs
Paired Discussion
Individual Reflection
Training Exercise
Participant Presentation
Other:
Purposeful
Productive
Instructor Notes
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Possibility
Teaching Points
Consciously controlling the way you talk to yourself cultivates a powerful self-image.
P³ thinking is selectively interpreting your personal experience and deliberately focusing your mind so that you mentally retain and benefit from experiences of success, progress, and effort, while simultaneously mentally restructuring experiences of setbacks and difficulties.
Each of the 3P’s are essential for P³ thinking to work. Like discussed in MSF with the TPI, we have to first tune in to our thoughts and find out if our thinking is P³
Research has shown that we can have around 50,000 thoughts per day. So, the question is do you use P³ thinking?
(Vealey, 2005)

3. PURPOSEFUL P³ Thinking Purposeful Productive Possibility
BUILDING CONFIDENCE
PURPOSEFUL
Learning Objects
Full Class Discussion – Have the class provide examples of what purposeful thoughts would look like for each of the following purposes/scenarios:
Skill development & execution (“Smooth and steady”)
Strategy (“One shot at a time”)
Psyching up (“Be strong – I can do it”)
Relaxing and calming down (“slow down, deep breath”)
Self-evaluation/self-reinforcement (e.g., verbal persuasion) (“nice recovery, I’m tough”)
Focus/concentration (“next shot, first shot”)
Confidence (“I put in the training, let it happen”) P³
Thinking
Primary Delivery Methods
Lecture
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Full Class Discussion
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Other:
Purposeful
We must learn to be intentional and deliberate in how we think about ourselves and our performance
Productive
Instructor Notes
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Possibility
Teaching Points
People often leave their thoughts up to chance and hope they magically and automatically think the right thoughts at the right time (this is Random thinking)
3 key benefits of thinking on purpose: 1) enhances our performance, 2) helps us learn, develop and refine skills more efficiently, and 3) helps us direct our focus, manage our energy and achieve our goals.
Purposeful thinking can be linked to PREP skills.
(Vealey, 2005)

4. Productive P³ Thinking Purposeful Productive Possibility
BUILDING CONFIDENCE
Productive
Learning Objects
Full Class Discussion:
What happens when our thoughts become reactive to the past (stuck, worried, focused on past mistakes/successes)?
What happens when our thoughts become reactive to the future (consequences of mistakes/successes, completing mission, rewards)? P³
Thinking
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Full Class Discussion
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Other:
Purposeful
Productive
Our thoughts need to be focused on the present, personally controllable, task-related, and personally relevant
Instructor Notes
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Possibility
Teaching Points
Our thoughts need to be proactive, rational and facilitative, under all circumstances.
Productive thinking helps us stay in the present moment (tie back to best/worst performances)
Anxiety, choking, overconfidence occur when thoughts are past and future-related.
The opposite is Reactive thinking: when people fail to control counterproductive thoughts, base their thinking on irrational thoughts or allow distractions and mistakes to determine how they think.
(Vealey, 2005)

5. Self-Talk: Playing Offense
BUILDING CONFIDENCE
Possibility
Learning Objects
Full Class Discussion:
As a person, Soldier, and Leader, what impact does Possibility thinking have on individual and unit performance?
As a Leader how can YOU model this way of thinking? P³
Thinking
Primary Delivery Methods
Lecture
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Full Class Discussion
Small Group Break-outs
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Other:
Purposeful
Productive
Instructor Notes
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Our thoughts are not limited by the current status quo or the limitations of popular thinking
Possibility
Teaching Points
We are not likely to attain what we can’t see our selves achieving.
Focusing on the possibilities helps us overcome the status quo and develop a “philosophy of excellence.”
Focusing on the possibilities helps us to be hopeful and adaptable in uncertain situations which enhances performance.
Leaders have the opportunity to model this for their Soldiers.
When people limit themselves without even realizing it is Restrictive thinking.
Attitude statements are an effective way to commit to a possibility attitude, put yourself in a positive environment.
(Vealey, 2005)