W is for Work

Building Championship Mindsets

This week on the Building Championship Mindsets podcast, Dr. Selking discusses the role that work plays in our purpose and how it gives it gives meaning and direction to our efforts. She highlights the two extremes of work: those who underestimate the amount of work required to be great and those who overwork and experience diminishing returns. Dr. Selking shares personal experiences and insights on how to find the right balance and allocate time and energy effectively while identifying the physical and mental activities needed to take action.

About Building Championship Mindsets

Welcome to “Building Championship Mindsets. | the Podcast!” From the LockerRoom to the BoardRoom, our purpose is to help individuals, teams, and organizations understand and leverage the power of Mindset and Leadership to drive results and achieve sustainable performance excellence.

As a leader in the field of sports and performance psychology, Dr. Amber Selking has been fiercely devoted to optimizing human performance in people and systems throughout her entire career.

Dr. Selking is the founder of Selking Performance Group, a leading performance consulting practice that helps individuals, companies, and sports teams achieve sustainable results. She has served as the Mental Performance Coach for the Notre Dame Football team and as the Vice President of Leadership & Culture Development for Lippert, a global, publicly-traded manufacturing company whose corporate vision is to change the model of work, demonstrating that business can and should Be a Force for Good in our World. She has also served as an adjunct professor in the Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame.

Dr. Selking holds a Ph.D. in Educational and Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri, a master’s degree in Sport and Performance Psychology from the University of Denver, and an undergraduate degree in Management Consulting from the University of Notre Dame. At ND, Amber played soccer for the Fighting Irish before an injury ended her career, after which she founded Notre Dame Christian Athletes (NDCA) in the ND Athletic Department. She currently resides in South Bend, Indiana, with her husband, Aaron, and their Doberman Pinscher, Rockne.

Championship Mindset Training | Midweek Mental Rep

Identify the physical and/or mental activities that you need to start engaging in immediately to achieve the purpose or result that you are after. Stop talking about it and start doing it!

STANDOUT QUOTES

• "People have a negative connotation of work today because the work that they put in and effort is them spinning their wheels versus their work being directed toward a purpose, result, or an achievement that they are chasing.” -Dr. Amber Selking [02:26]

• "Action creates traction. Clarifying the purpose or the results that we are chasing is so important because it allows our work to accumulate towards a certain end." -Dr. Amber Selking [05:15]

TIMESTAMPS

[01:03] W is for Work

[03:51] Clarifying the purpose of work

[09:46] Overwork: diminishing returns and reallocating time

[11:31] Midweek Mental Rep

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