Daily Driver Podcast

Analyzing Outcomes for Growth

I believe that we tend to overestimate the presence of skill in our own positive outcomes. And that we tend to overestimate the presence of luck in our negative outcomes.

When we view others, however, that gets flipped. We tend to overestimate the presence of luck in other’s successes. And we overestimate the presence of skill (or lack thereof) in their negative outcomes.

In short: we lose because we’re unlucky. They lose because they suck.

They win because they’re lucky. We win because we’re amazing.

Weather Factors

While we typically use this podcast space to focus on the psychology of competition (partly because you’ve requested it, but mostly because that’s totally my bag!), we occasionally get requests for more specific, technical, on-track insight. The most common of those requests often revolves around weather, and predicting the impact that changes in weather will have on our cars’ performance.

In this episode, we focus on the impacts weather can have, and the specific weather measurements that seem to impact combinations on gasoline, methanol, and E85.

Hoops Reflections (Part 2)

In a previous episode, I shared some takeaways from coaching youth basketball that I think apply directly to driving a race car. If that may have seemed like a stretch, this week’s show may provide a more direct parallel. In it, I discuss some of the lessons that coaching has to offer than can make us better parents, leaders, and teachers.

Hoops Reflections (Part 1)

What does coaching 4th and 5th grade basketball have to do with drag racing you ask? Well, maybe more than you think. In this episode, I share what I’ve learned about staying in the moment when we’re surrounded by overwhelm. When there are 7 different things I could focus on, how do I pick the one that’s going to facilitate my best performance? 

Build a new sand castle

Our game is filled with ups and downs. It’s easy to go from “hero to zero” and feel like we’re only as good as our last run down the race track. In this episode, I share a mindset you can use to combat this constant battle of ups and downs.

Potential bye

In this episode we discuss the (obvious) benefits of a potential bye run and the common pitfalls racers often overlook when sitting on the bye. While these pitfalls can have a negative impact on performance, a simple mindset shift in the staging lanes can help you avoid them altogether. 

Where to begin?

Where do you start when you’re new to this? How do you “catch up” when you feel like you’re years behind the rest of your competitors? In this episode, I share what I believe to be the best approach for accelerating your learning curve when you’re new to bracket racing.

“We need you back for a re-run…”

Getting called back for a re-run doesn’t happen very often, but when it does… It’s often associated with some feelings of discontent. In this episode, I share some of my “re-run” experience and how I approach these rounds.