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Contact Information:
Dr. Jason Selk, author 314-341-9496 office / 314-365-2119 cell / jason.selk1
Suzanna Gratz, PR 415-250-1380 cell
Dr. Jason Selk LPC, NCC is the Director of Mental Training for the St. Louis Cardinals, and author of 10-Minute Toughness and the newly released book titled Executive Toughness, The Mental-Training Program to Increase Your Leadership Performance (McGraw-Hill, Nov 2011).
Jason is a regular contributor to ABC, CBS, ESPN, and NBC radio and television and has been featured in Muscle and Fitness, Shape, and Fitness Magazine. Jason uses his in-depth knowledge and experience of working with the world’s finest athletes, coaches and business leaders to help individuals and organizations outperform their competition.
In the last ten years Jason has established himself as one of the top sport psychology consultants in the country. In 2006, serving as Director of Sport Psychology for the St Louis Cardinals, Dr. Selk helped the team win their first World Series in over 20 years.
Since that time he has seen a tremendous increase in speaking requests to work with sports organizations and corporate teams. In 2010 he gave 32 speeches to such clients as The St Louis Cardinals, The University of Illinois athletics, University of Minnesota athletics, University of Louisville athletics, UBS Financial, Edward Jones, Northwestern Mutual and Enterprise Holdings to name a few.
In 2011 with the release of his second book, Dr. Selk hopes to continue to increase his platform through professional speaking engagements having somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 speeches.
Additional information including a speaking demo can be found at
VIDEO link 100-second strategy
Suggested Talking Points
• What is “Mental Toughness” – does it require us to develop a thicker skin and feel competitive with our colleagues?
• Do you find that woman benefit from Mental Toughness as much as men?
• How does a person develop Mental Toughness?
• What are the similarities / parallels between sport and business?
• What are the Four Levels of Accountability?
• You discuss how to avoid the “PCT disadvantage”. Can you tell us a little about this?
• What is the RSF Tool-Motivation how does it replace negative thinking?
• Do you feel that our economic conditions require us to develop mental toughness?
• Does mental toughness really help people become happier, healthier and more successful?
• What is “expectancy theory” and why is it so important for controlling success?
• How come telling someone "don't be negative" doesn't work?
• Do you think it is better for us to develop these skills individually or organizationally?
• Do you see any spill over from business to home life with these skills? How does it affect the family?
• You’re a father – how would you instill Mental Toughness to your children?
• How do we find out more about you, Dr. Selk? Do you offer public speaking engagements or are you strictly working in the corporate market? Who are some of your clients?
• You have a great 4-minute instructional video called your 100-Second Mental Workout that you’d like to share with our listeners. They can go to and then click on the book jacket to access this freebie.
References / Testimonials
“What first drew me to Jason’s perspective, first as a professional but ultimately as a friend, was that his approach to success empowered his clients not only to succeed in life more often but also to enjoy the success they created.”
Andy Hill, Former President, CBS Television
“Jason is incredibly engaging and his success fundamentals give you the tools to be successful today and for your entire career. Using the Executive Toughness fundamentals helped propel me from a top 40 managing partner to the top 20 within six months.”
John Ertz, Managing Partner at Northwestern Mutual
“We had Dr. Selk speak at our national leadership meeting and he really brought it! The value our company will get from RSF is invaluable. It is the second time we have used him as a speaker and there is no doubt that Enterprise will be using him again.”
Tom Chelew, VP Fleet Sales for Enterprise Holdings
Applying Jason’s principles have helped tremendously in my own work as well as with the executives I am coaching. Thanks Dr. Selk, Coach Wooden would be proud!”
Tom Bartow, Former Broker and Corporate Trainer
“Jason helps individuals develop the mental toughness needed for success; he has great passion and energy, he is a real asset to any organization”
Walt Jocketty, General Manager, 2006 World Champion St. Louis Cardinals and 2010 Executive of the Year for MLB
“Regardless of the economic climate, if you are looking to improve results, Dr. Jason Selk is your man”
Steve Carani, Principal - FA development at Edward Jones
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