Cafe Machina

Cafe Machina

A show that's got racers talking. With drinks.

Episodes

  1. 01/22/2020

    #13 - The 2nd cup

    You know that feeling when you get too busy to think about something for 2 years? Sometimes when you look back at your life, you realize things. In our case, we forgot to do that until now. You see it's not so much as we stopped doing cafe machina, but something more along the lines of "we forgot to record a podcast for 2 years". The act of stopping would require outright ACTion.... which as I've eluded to, is not what we did. We realize we've made a grave mistake. But 2020 C'MON it has a ring to it, something in the air full of possibility. It gave us clarity. Racing is our lives, this is our year. Maybe it was the beaming hope of a new decade- cuddling us with shiny new "partnership opportunities" and a group of resolutions to soon neglect. Or possibly the lasik blurs finally subsiding. Whatever it was, WE'RE BACK. And we promise we won't leave. This is our new home and it just so happens you live here too... because we're sleeping on your couch. To make it all up to you, we're going to pretend like nothing ever happened. And continue on as if we're back at the counter mugging our denny's waiter down for a 2nd cup of joe. First loser, 2nd fastest, if you ain't first your last: however you deal with losing, consider this the start of our 2nd season. Our sophomore slump. A rookie year hardly worth mentioning has come to a close and somehow, that guy who was running midfield, the one posting about "his jubilation for cracking the top 10 tonight", well that guy is us and we somehow scrapped a ride together convincing some poor soul to give us another shot. And now you see us, we're just up the road ahead parking it at the apex to ruin your purple bedazzled flying lap. It's like a train wreck. It will be a disaster, but by golly, you can't look away.. because we're in your way. And unintentionally blocking now. And you certainly can't pass because you know the inevitable blind man's chop is coming. And so you wait and you listen, and THAT is Cafe Machina. *We do talk about fun and helpful stuff so please give her a go. Indycar preview, driver development, overthrowing the hierarchy of traditional american motorsport marketing, it's all there. Rate it if you feel so compelled, rant at us PLEASE, we'll answer it on the show. We need the adversity in our lives. Subscribe on YouTube, follow us @cafemachina. Do all the things.

    1h 14m
  2. #12 - Suck Less, Think Better with Dr. Jacques Dallaire

    03/24/2018

    #12 - Suck Less, Think Better with Dr. Jacques Dallaire

    "Nobody in the history of performance based settings has ever said - I want to fail. I really want to suck at this, could you show me how to be worse than I already am?. The more we invest in understanding how we think, the more likely we are to control the way we think. And that has a huge impact on performance." In this episode we were able to sit down with mental performance expert and author of Performance Thinking, Dr. Jacques Dallaire during the 12 hours of Sebring race event in Florida. Jacques has worked with drivers such as Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell, and Helio Castroneves to name a few. If you are in a performance setting or better yet, a racing driver, looking to improve your mental game - this episode is for you. We were stoked to have the time with him. Highlighting a few topics, we covered: * The Focus Paradox: “If you would just focus more!!” * Your dominant thought shapes your reality. What’s yours? * The crippling side effects of pursuing success: Fear of Failure * Imagery, visualization, but better We urge everyone to go check out Jacque’s website http://www.performanceprime.com/ and buy his book. His strategies apply to many facets of life, even outside of racing, and I can’t say enough good things about his approach. If you'd like to support the podcast, click through our amazon portal on: www.cafemachina.com Subscribe to Cafe Machina Podcast on iTunes: http://bit.ly/CafeMachina AND please, if you're digging this show or have some feedback for us, let us know in the reviews on iTunes.

    42 min

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A show that's got racers talking. With drinks.