About the Author

Athletes from all over the country have been seeking out Mike Margolies for close to 35 years for his expertise in helping them live up to their potential. He has worked with athletes from professional football to elite level figure skating and every sport in between. They have sought his counsel and unique teaching style to learn about the game within the game, or what sport psychology and mental training can do to help them become the athlete they want to be. He is a former athlete that when he retired from high level competition knew there had to be more than just natural talent and fitness to make athletes successful. He was training professional and elite athletes before he was twenty-two and has helped guide many to world championships and even the Superbowl. One national champion recently called him after thirty years to thank him again for his help. Mike founded Sport Psychology Consultants in 1983 and has helped almost 2000 athletes over the years. Mike has taught at four Universities and completed research at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Mike's passion today is working with high school and college age athletes giving them the mental edge. The quest is not just to get to the Olympics or become a professional athlete. It starts with learning to be the best you can be. Professional sports or the World Championships are only in reach when you are fulfilling your own destiny. When you are the best that you can be, your level of life satisfaction and happiness will lead you to success, and if that is in the competitive arena, then there is little that can hold you back. He feels it is not his position to inspire or motivate athletes to perform to their potential, rather to help them find what it is that will inspire and motivate them from within. You must learn that it is more important to be able to push your own button, than to rely on others to do it for you. Mike's work with teams over the years has enabled him to bring his experiences to the corporate world. He has helped nationally recognized companies build great sales and project teams with the help of the same types of strategies he has used in working with sports teams. He is currently working with Rat City Rollergirls, Seattle's premiere all-female, flat-track roller derby league, and he is helping families of promising young athletes find the right coaching and training their children need to succeed in school and on the playing field.