With a background in Corporate Law, Daniel Whittingham now runs ‘You Build You’ a mental health and performance coaching business with a focus on web3 clients. There is a crucial connection between mental health and performance, and Daniel works with diverse clients with an emphasis on commitment and trust in the coaching process. With the ups and downs of trading and working in crypto, we took this time in the cycle to get some tips on improving performance and mental health with a web3 emphasis.
The Connection Between Mental Health and Performance
There is an undeniable connection between mental health and performance according to Daniel. Our mental health tends to dictate our thoughts, actions, behaviors, and habits. Through his own personal self-exploration, Daniel came up with a framework of sorts that is his current methodology for helping his clients achieve high level results. “Mental Health is what dictates our thoughts, our actions, our behaviors, our habits, and ultimately those things lead to our actions, and actions dictate results,” Daniel said. He’s worked with everyone from politicians to athletes and all those in between to help them straighten out their mental health in order to positively influence their performance.
Mental Health and Web3
Daniel recently joined the Affinity Collective and that spurred on his interest in targeting web3 clients. The process of trading in the 24hr cycle of crypto takes a huge toll on the mental health of degens. It can lead to difficulty in their private life, making decisions, and generally feeling overwhelmed. These are all issues with mental health and education on the topic is the first step. “Web3 is constantly pulling on your emotions, up and down,” Daniel said. It’s important to learn how to control your emotions and make decisions in the same methodical manner whether your portfolio is up or down.
Managing emotions is a skill which can be learned. “People rarely see things clearly until you take them through the process of educating them, explaining,” Daniel said. Once people can step away from their feelings and look at a problem like an outsider, they almost always already know the answer and what steps should be taken.
Decision Making and Emotions
Decision making is a large part of the process, but also involves managing how you feel and how you approach things day to day. When you understand where to place your focus, people can apply critical thinking better, and make more informed decisions because they have clarity rather than just overwhelming emotions.
If someone is struggling with their emotions, Daniel suggests you practice working on and managing your focus. While the focus will vary from person to person, knowing where to focus in times where emotions take the wheel helps people to make better decisions and have better performance. For example, an athlete may need to focus on self-esteem so when the pressure comes on strong, their self-esteem has been exercised and that emotion of feeling not good enough can be managed.
Putting tasks on an automatic list is another tool Daniel recommends. For example, many biohackers now take a cold shower in the morning to wake up their system and jumpstart their day. He suggests putting those activities on auto. Rather than pausing, considering your cold shower, and thinking about it. Just go through those motions without thinking about it, do them automatically. There are so many good habits you can build by not giving yourself space to consider them. For the crypto specific mental health warrior a few tips from Daniel include:
- Suggests zooming out to gain perspective during market downturns
- Emphasizes the importance of preparation and risk assessment
- Recommends learning about projects and investment behaviors before investing
- Stresses the importance of asking quality questions to oneself
- Advocates for prevention and proactive learning in both crypto and mental health
To stay up to date with Daniel, you can follow him on Instagram @danielcwhittingham.
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