When his swimming career ended, David could not recreate the success that he had as a swimmer in the business world. He spent more than five years working in wealth management and banking firms in Zürich. He was so used to getting immediate and direct feedback from sports, so he never fully developed that mechanism to cope with the more complex and indirect nature of the workforce. After several years of David feeling powerless, he gave up his need for control and thereby created the space for his intuition to emerge.

Nowadays he helps professional athletes and their coaches to stop overthinking and prepare for the grounds for intense peak performance experience. David recalls a particular need for help among sporting professionals that prompted him to become a mindset coach and create his company.

“When I looked around, I saw that even the best athletes in the world often don’t have an effective support system to grow their mindset on a consistent basis,” he says, noting that ultimately, consistency remains paramount and a key ingredient of long-term success. “We become what we do every day. And I absolutely know that even the best athletes need accountability and support; even the best athletes need direction. They all know how important the mental game is and will often tell me that 90% of it is in their head. When I ask them what they do every day to upgrade their mindset, usually there’s a long pause,” Karasek says.