You’ve done the preparation. The pressure rises, and you start thinking harder and pushing harder. Then your performance gets worse.

Racing driver and 2024 New Zealand Grand Prix winner Liam Sceats recognises that pattern in himself. He can prepare until he makes the task too complex, or force the pace behind the wheel and lose time.

In this episode of Fireside Leadership, Liam joins Chris Turkington to explain how he recognises when effort is working against him and returns his attention to the basics.

They discuss:
• When preparation becomes overthinking
• Using breathing and task-focused self-talk under pressure
• Resetting after a mistake before it causes another
• Preserving tyres for the teammate taking over the car
• Processing a career setback without deciding you’re not good enough

For anyone who responds to pressure by doing more, Liam’s experience offers a useful way to examine whether that extra effort is improving the result.

CONNECT WITH LIAM
Website: https://liamsceats.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liamsceats/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/liamsceatsmotorsport/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liam-sceats-86276021a/

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