About Sam Obitz

Sam Obitz is a mental performance coach to athletes, executives, sports teams and corporations. He has over 20 years of experience helping people perform at their peak on a consistent basis. Whether it is high level athletic performance, creating the best environment for business success or simply personal satisfaction and well being. Sam helps people use their minds in complementary ways instead of allowing their minds to use them. Sam’s work is completely process oriented. He believes that focusing on results is a pitfall that befalls most individuals and companies. Sam teaches his clients how to eliminate all the uncontrollable factors individuals chronically waste their time on and teaches them how to focus on ways of thinking and approaching things that will serve them in all areas of their life.

The Ghosting Epidemic

Ghosting is defined as the practice of ending a personal relationship with someone suddenly and without explanation by withdrawing from all communication. In short, Ghosting is the modern term for what was previously referred to as shunning. The main difference is that today you are not only shunned- but often [...]

By |2026-04-15T16:08:35+00:00April 29, 2022|Mental Skills & Well Being|

Your Time is Now!

With the Final Four Men’s and Women’s collegiate basketball championship starting this weekend I decided to share something I wrote for one of my clients to share with his team before their game. I often tell my clients that the difference between winners and losers is that losers wait for [...]

By |2026-04-19T15:23:52+00:00March 30, 2022|Mental Performance|

Walking Your Talk – Leadership

It’s easy to talk the talk, but much more difficult to walk your talk. By walking your talk, I mean putting actions that match your words behind them, and living your life in a way that is consistent with your words. If you want to be a truly great coach [...]

By |2026-04-15T16:14:52+00:00February 15, 2022|Leadership|

Knowledge vs. Wisdom

Many people make the mistake of equating knowledge with intelligence. Similarly, people often assume that if you get good grades or attend a prestigious school you must be smart. I agree that knowledge is a good thing to have, and that if you get good grades or attend a prestigious [...]

By |2026-04-19T15:25:39+00:00November 3, 2021|Mental Skills & Well Being|

Time To Revisit Some Old Blogs

The first one originally appeared here in August of 2015. Since football season is underway, I figured now would be a good time to revisit one of the characteristics that is shared by many of the most successful football coaches... You can read the full story here. The second article was published [...]

By |2026-04-15T16:16:37+00:00September 29, 2021|Legacy Reads|
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