@lewishatchett's reel — transcript & breakdown

The video starts by directly addressing athletes who struggle with performance anxiety, immediately grabbing the target audience's attention with a relatable problem.

“All right, if you're an athlete that you train completely differently to how you play, as in you are more confident when you're training to when you're competing because of performance anxiety, then this mantra could be the thing that you need.”

The speaker uses a personal anecdote to illustrate the common experience of underperforming in competition despite strong training, building empathy and setting the stage for the solution.

“I was talking to an athlete on a call and they were explaining how when they're training, everything is great. They're at their best. Their coach thinks they're one of the best athletes that they have to work with. But when they perform, their coach admits that they're actually one of the worst athletes out there performing. They turn into someone completely different. They don't have the mentality. They actually underperform. They are not the same person from training to competition.”

The speaker identifies the core problem as anxiety stemming from future fears and past mistakes, which prevents athletes from staying in the present moment.

“When I spoke to the athlete, it all came down to anxiety. They were thinking about, what if I don't have the performance I know I'm capable of having? What about the mistakes that I've made in the past? I hope they don't happen again. All of these things were just based around anxieties that hadn't happened. They were ripping them away from being in the present moment.”

The speaker reveals the simplicity of the solution: the physical task itself hasn't changed, only the mental clutter of fears. This frames the mantra as a powerful tool to shift focus.

“But the actual reality is that the job that they're doing in training to performing hasn't changed. Nothing has changed. They have the same processes that they have to perform in training that they have to do in the performance. The only thing that's changed is these additional fears that have come in. So the mantra that we used was, you have a job to do, not a fear to deal with.”

The speaker demonstrates the mantra's effectiveness by explaining how it helped the athlete adopt a business-like mindset, reinforcing its practical value.

“And that mantra empowered them to then create a persona that was going on to the performance, getting onto the stage and putting in a businesslike performance. They were there because they had a job to do. There was business to be done by simply saying before they go out there, I have a job to do, not a fear to deal with. It reminded them of the actions and the processes that you have to be focusing on to achieve that performance.”

The speaker directly encourages viewers facing similar issues to adopt the mantra, providing a clear and actionable takeaway.

“So if you're dealing with performance anxiety and you find yourself performing lesser than how you train, then remember when you step out there, you have a job to do, not a fear to deal with.”