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Győző Ákos Fülöp

Sports psychologist, Head of the Sport and Performance Psychology Workshop at the MCCMindset School of Psychology

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Ákos Fülöp is a sports psychologist and health development professional, and the head of the Sport and Performance Psychology Workshop at the MCCMindset School of Psychology. In his private practice, he primarily works with elite athletes; several of his clients have competed at the Tokyo and Paris Olympic Games. Alongside his applied work, he is actively involved in the training of helping professionals as an instructor and participates in international research projects, with a particular focus on mental health and performance psychology. He is the editor and one of the authors of the book Performance Psychology I Human Performance.

His love for sport originates in childhood, and kayaking was an integral part of his life until the Rio Olympic cycle. After his elite athletic career, he gained personal experience in team sports and continued competing as an American football player.

He began his studies in Recreation and Health Promotion at the Hungarian University of Sports Science. Following his elite sports career, he studied psychology at the University of Debrecen, returned to Budapest for his masters degree, and graduated from Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE). He completed his professional specialization through a joint postgraduate program of the Hungarian University of Sports Science and ELTE.

 

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The Psychology of Human Performance
Everness Fesztivál 2026
Thursday, 2026-06-25., 11:00 - 12:15
Awareness
Dominik Sárkány , Győző Ákos Fülöp

In our present erathe capitalist, globalized, and urbanized environment of the 21st centuryperformance has gained increasing value, both on a systemic and an individual level. There is hardly a clearer example of this than our societys fixation on GDP growth, driven by the expectation and vision of continuous expansion. According to this mindset, it is considered desirable to achieve at least 3% annual growth. However, if we apply the principle of compound interest, this would result in an elevenfold increase by the end of the century. On a planet with finite resourceswhere limitations are already clearly visiblethis inevitably raises serious questions.

Returning to the field of psychology, performance psychology is a relatively young discipline, yet one that responds remarkably well to the pressing challenges of our time. Its central focus is human performance.

The aim of this lecture is to map the psychological drivers behind our performance. It seeks to frame and clarify the concepts of peak performance, optimal performance, and performance decline. These ideas are illustrated through a clear, easy-to-use model, enriched with practical insights that participants can begin applying as early as the next day.

The talk also touches on some of todays most prominent topics, such as performance anxiety and performance intelligence. Finally, it explores what we, as everyday individuals, can learn from elite athletesand how knowledge from high-performance sport can be transformed and integrated into daily life.