Todd Herman

Founder, Herman Global Ventures · 1 appearance on the record.

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Todd Herman is a performance coach who trains elite athletes, Olympic competitors, and corporate executives in mental toughness, notably creating the 90 Day Year goal-achievement system. He is best known as the author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling book The Alter Ego Effect.

27statements → 9claims → 6claims resolved → 17%fully supported → 3.89/5average certainty → 2.15/5average debate potential → ≈4.5/5argument clarity, estimated →

1 supported 1 partly supported 4 contradicted 1 not yet assessed 2 not checkable as stated how the 9 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

9 assertions · 3 opinions · 15 insights · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 9 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 6 are resolved, 1 is not yet assessed, and 2 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Todd argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported

The statistically optimal city size for athletic development is 250,000 people

“Statistically speaking, the best size of city or town to live in to develop your sporting skillset is around a quarter of a million people, because at a quarter of a million people, the level of competition can be well above average in that area. The quality o…”

Todd Herman Nov 28, 2023 ▶ 22:42 Todd Herman: Unleashing Your Secret Identity

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted

Approximately 20% of society cannot form visual pictures in their mind

“Reality is there's about 20% of society that can't form visual pictures in their mind.”

Todd Herman Nov 28, 2023 ▶ 1:29:59 Todd Herman: Unleashing Your Secret Identity

How they sound: not measured why? →

We measure speaking style by listening to the audio itself, and a fair number needs at least 2,000 words from one person on tape we have measured. There is too little of Todd Herman on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

What they said27 Episodes1

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Assertion Contradicted

Kobe Bryant kept his 'Black Mamba' alter ego secret for five years

“Even Kobe, we created it in 2004. He didn't tell the world about it until 2009 when he won the world championship, when they, or when they won the NBA championship, even Beyonce with Sasha fierce, wasn't revealed to the world really until 2008 when she was ret…”

Todd Herman Nov 28, 2023 ▶ 1:27:51 Todd Herman: Unleashing Your Secret Identity

Assertion Not checkable as stated

NHL's best breakaway scorer succeeded with only two predictable moves

“The best goal scorer on breakaways in the history of the NHL had two moves. Every single goalie in the NHL knew his two moves, but he could execute those two moves better than every single goalie could possibly save him.”

Todd Herman Nov 28, 2023 ▶ 10:07 Todd Herman: Unleashing Your Secret Identity

Assertion Partly supported

Imposter syndrome originated in 1970s Texas as the 'imposter phenomenon'

“It's actual root where it came from was two ladies in Texas in the 19 seventies. And it was actually called imposter phenomenon.”

Todd Herman Nov 28, 2023 ▶ 26:12 Todd Herman: Unleashing Your Secret Identity

Appearances (1)