Chandigarh, India, october 2015 

The current Board of the International Society on Excellence in Sport and Life consists of the following members:

a.) Michel Gagne, Ph.D., Malaysia
b.) Richard Gordin, Ph.D., USA
c.) Jitendra Mohan, Ph.D., India
d.) Nicole Ruysschaert, M.D., Belgium
e.) Bernhard Trenkle, Ph.D., Germany
f.) Lars-Eric Unestahl, Ph.D., Sweden
g.) David Wark, Ph.D., USA

The most recent World Congress on Excellence in Sport and Life, held in Prishtina, Kosovo (22-26 August, 2011) had about 100 delegates from 21 countries who participated in it. The most noted names who attended were as follows along with their keynote addresses:

a.) Jorgen Svenstrup (Denmark) – Coaching for Excellence.
b.) David Wark (USA) – Developmental Hypnosis in non-clinical settings.
c.) Michel Gagne (Malaysia) – Business Coaching.
d.) Richard Gordin (USA) – Excellence, Mental training, and Olympic athletes.
e.) Matts Uldal (Norway) – Thought Field Therapy for Problem Solving and Excellence.
f.) Nicole Ruysschaert (Belgium) – Self Hypnosis as a way to flourish and improve well being.
g.) Bruce Jackson (USA) – The Flow Concept in Sport and Life.

The conference also saw a substantial contribution from the Indian contingent from Panjab University consisting of the following:

a.) Vice Chancellor R.C. Sobti – Balancing Creativity and constraints in University research.
b.) Professor Emeritus Jitendra Mohan – Spirituality and Positive Emotions in Excellence.
c.) Professor Meena Sehgal – Pathways to Excellence in Teaching: An Indian Experience.
d.) Dr. Vipin Sobti – Higher Education in India: The emerging contours.
e.) Diljot Soin – Leaders/Enterpreneurs on Emotional Competence and Psychological Empowerment.
f.) Aastha Sobti – Personality, Oral Health, and Food Habits.
g.) Anupreet Kaur Arora – Jeev Milkha Singh: A Legend Golfer.
h.) Azmat Sidhu – Abhinav Bindra: An Ace Shooter.
i.) Diljot Soin – Indigenous Techniques in Sport and Quality of Life.
j.) Lakhveer Kaur Dullat – Saina Nehwal: The Badminton Sensation.
k.) Sweena Khanna – Portrait of developing Excellence in Music: A.R. Rahman.
l.) Tanvi Pal – India’s World Cup Victory: Journey to Excellence.

The philosophy of this organization is based upon principles of mental training developed by Unestahl. Some of the following principles are indicative of this philosophy:

*Principles behind the way the ideal state of peak performance and wellbeing can be created and identified, developed and controlled.

*Mental abilities can be regarded and treated the same way as physical abilities and can be trained like physical skills

*Mental training is founded on personal growth and not upon comparison to others

*The best solutions for any problem are already within the athlete or person

*The mental trainer has the task to stimulate the solution-focused processes

*Life is a "do yourself project, where no one can change anyone else

*Life long development is based upon daily learning in work and home

*Alternative states of consciousness facilitate the learning of new ways of looking at life

The congress now emphasizes applications in the following areas; sport, performing arts, school and education, work and business, and health and relations. The training that is designed by Lars-Eric Unestahl, can be completed in about four to six months of daily practice. The training begins with basic mental training for the first six weeks followed by self-image training, goal-image training, mental skills training, attitude training and finally emotional training. Over these 135 days the athlete becomes efficient in each area in a systematic way and can then be able to call up these changes with triggers.

The next Congress, titled "7th International Congress on Mental Training and Excellence", will take place in Chandigarh, India at Panjab University hosted by Professor Jitendra Mohan, who has been elected as the President of this congress, in late October 2015. This congress is likely to include the areas of sports, business and management, education, health and well-being, performing arts, and Yoga.

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