{"id":2727,"date":"2017-07-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/vlogs\/taking-center-stage-art-character-building-creating-identity\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:20:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:20:26","slug":"taking-center-stage-art-character-building-creating-identity","status":"publish","type":"vlog","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/taking-center-stage-art-character-building-creating-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit Session: Taking Center Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Taking-center-stage.jpg);\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                Jul 04, 2017                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Videos<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Summit Session: Taking Center Stage<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <section class=\"es-section theme-light hero__sidebar-wrapper container\">\n        <div class=\"hero__sidebar\">\n                            <div class=\"category-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Category<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/category\/human-performance\/\" rel=\"tag\">Human Performance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/category\/summit-session\/\" rel=\"tag\">Summit Session<\/a>                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"share-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Share<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/taking-center-stage-art-character-building-creating-identity\/\">Facebook<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/taking-center-stage-art-character-building-creating-identity\/&#038;text=Summit Session: Taking Center Stage\">Twitter<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Here's a Leaders In Sport article for you &amp;body=Check out this article: Summit Session: Taking Center Stage. https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/taking-center-stage-art-character-building-creating-identity\/\">Email<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"#copyLink\" id=\"copyButton\" class=\"copy-link-clipboard\">Copy Link<\/a>\n                  <div id=\"textToCopy\" class=\"font-hidden\">https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/taking-center-stage-art-character-building-creating-identity\/<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<!-- blocks\/section -->\n<section\n  class=\"es-section flexible-section  text-only theme-light\"\n    >\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                                    <div class=\"bg-striped-pattern__inner section-padding-top section-padding-bottom\">\n                <div class=\"es-section__inner col-parent col-parent--stack-sm\">\n                                            <div class=\"es-section__sidebar es-section__sidebar--sticky col col--12 \">\n                                                            <p class=\"es-section__label es-label es-label--md\">The Art of Character Building and Creating an Identity<\/p>\n                            \n                                                                <div class=\"video video__inline\">\n                                        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/223944011\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n                                    <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"es-section__text content-area\">\n                                    <p><h4>Speakers<\/h4>\n<h4>Miguel Cervantes<\/h4>\n<p>Broadway Actor, Hamilton<\/p>\n<h4><b>Derrick <\/b><b>Agnoletti<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Dancer, Joffrey Ballet<\/p>\n<h4><b>John Baker<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Mental Skills Coordinator, Chicago Cubs<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Our brains spend a significant amount of energy trying to manage what people think of us \u2013 both taking information in and modifying our performance. For athletes, the demand can be increased, when an entire nation may care about the outcome of a single game. To deal with pressure, creating an on-field persona will help athletes keep how they play the game separate from their off field identity. 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