#118 [Inside the Mind] Justin Su'a: Learning From Wins and Leveling Up Your Mental Game with Reflection, Systems, and Leading Indicators

Most golfers and entrepreneurs obsess over mistakes. You replay the double bogey, the blown meeting, the missed opportunity—yet rarely study what went right. Today's guest is one of the world's leading performance coaches, Justin Su'a, and he's here to flip that script.

Justin has coached Super Bowl champions, All-Stars, World Series teams, and top CEOs. His gift? Helping high performers create the mental systems that turn pressure into clarity and success into repeatable patterns.

In this episode, you'll learn how elite athletes review wins and losses, build emotional resiliency, upgrade their self-talk, and protect their relationships while chasing greatness. If you're serious about leveling up your mental game—on the course or in business—this is your masterclass.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why only studying your failures keeps you from unlocking your full potential.
• Justin's simple three-question reflection framework that works for golfers, athletes, and executives.
• How to create a repeatable after-round / after-action review that fits your personality.
• The difference between leading and lagging indicators—and why that matters more than your score or revenue this week.
• How to think in second- and third-order consequences so your pursuit of greatness doesn't quietly destroy your health or relationships.
• A practical way to see negative thoughts as "mental rumble strips" instead of proof you lack confidence.
• How elite performers bounce back faster by reducing the frequency, intensity, and duration of their emotional blowups.

This episode will challenge how you think about success, failure, self-talk, and the price you're willing to pay in your pursuit of excellence—on the course and in business.

Get your pencils ready and start listening.

P.P.S. Curious to learn more about the results my clients are experiencing and what they say about working with me? Read more here.

More About Justin

Justin Su'a is a world-renowned mental performance coach and the founder of the Performance Advisory Group, where he works with elite athletes, business leaders, and high performers across industries to help them master the mental side of performance. He has served as the head of mental performance for the Tampa Bay Rays, and has worked with Major League Baseball, the Cleveland Browns, the Boston Red Sox, the U.S. Army, Fortune 500 executives, and Olympians.

Known for his ability to distill complex psychological principles into simple, actionable tools, Su'a focuses on consistency, resilience, and daily disciplines that help people thrive under pressure and sustain peak performance over the long term. He is also the host of the popular Incr