Hour 1: Athletes spend thousands of hours shooting baskets or perfecting their golf swings. But any competitor can tell you that there’s a big difference between practice and playing the game. We’ll talk this hour about the mental side of competition with Ashley Merryman, co-author of Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing (Twelve).
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