In this episode of Building Championship Mindsets, Dr. Amber Selking talks about the concept of savoring and to pause and really experience a moment. She discusses the four types of savoring and shares five ways to enhance them. Listen as she reminds us to take a moment and allow yourself to savor.

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. 

Selking Performance Group serves as the Mental Performance Consultant for Head Coach Brian Kelly and the Notre Dame Football team, and does speaking and training for sports teams and business organizations around the globe. She is the Vice President of Leadership & Culture Development at Lippert Components, Inc., a 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.

Dr. Selking has also served as an adjunct professor in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, where she taught Strategic Human Resource Management at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Selking received her PhD in Applied Sport Psychology from the University of Missouri under Dr. Rick McGuire, her master’s degree in Sport and Performance Psychology from the University of Denver, and her bachelor’s degree in Management Consulting from the University of Notre Dame. At ND, Amber played soccer for the Fighting Irish before 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.

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• Savor delight in moments. Feel a sense of pride in yourself, even if it’s just for doing this.

STANDOUT QUOTES

• “Despite whether you’ve lost a lot of people and it’s difficult or whether you’re in a season of life that you’re just grinding, find moments to savor because it goes by so, so quickly.” -Dr. Amber Selking  [02:30]
• “Man, give some people some praise and if you get praise, just let yourself bask in it. You’re working really hard. You’re doing really good things. Don’t forget to celebrate that.” -Dr. Amber Selking  [05:44]
• “Bring somebody else you know is going to marvel in the experience, that you know is going to really appreciate something, because when you can see something that maybe you get to do quite frequently through the lens, the novel lens of somebody else, it just makes you so appreciate and soak in everything about it.” -Dr. Amber Selking  [10:52]
• “When we take moments to savor, we don’t regret.” -Dr. Amber Selking  [13:53]

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Additional Links:

Email me to schedule a speaking engagement! amber@selkingperformance.com

Check out our TWO E-BOOKS! "A Dream Come True: the Buzz on Greatness" “Winner's Circle" 

Selking Performance Group (SPG) Website: www.selkingperformance.com

Follow SPG on Twitter: @ChampMindsets

Check us out on Instagram: @champmindsets

Like SPG on Facebook: Selking Performance Group

Email me to become a podcast partner through sponsorship: amber@selkingperformance.com

Check out Dr. Selking’s TEDxTalk entitled, “Think Like a Champion Today” to learn more about the power of your mind to drive excellence in all areas of your life!

TIMESTAMPS

[00:02] Intro

[01:07] What is to savor

[02:16] Find moments to savor

[04:53] Four types of savoring and five ways to enhance

[11:28] Give yourself permission to savor a moment

[14:59] This week’s Championship Mindset Training

In this episode of Building Championship Mindsets, Dr. Amber Selking talks about practicing altruism, which means to take actions that support the well-being of others. With Thanksgiving this week, listen as Dr. Selking discusses why we should search for ways to practice random acts of kindness and make practicing altruism part of how we operate.

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. 

Selking Performance Group serves as the Mental Performance Consultant for Head Coach Brian Kelly and the Notre Dame Football team, and does speaking and training for sports teams and business organizations around the globe. She is the Vice President of Leadership & Culture Development at Lippert Components, Inc., a 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.

Dr. Selking has also served as an adjunct professor in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, where she taught Strategic Human Resource Management at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Selking received her PhD in Applied Sport Psychology from the University of Missouri under Dr. Rick McGuire, her master’s degree in Sport and Performance Psychology from the University of Denver, and her bachelor’s degree in Management Consulting from the University of Notre Dame. At ND, Amber played soccer for the Fighting Irish before 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.

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• Practice random acts of kindness. See how that elevates your own life, energy and perspective. Search for ways that you can practice random acts of kindness and make practicing altruism part of how you operate.

STANDOUT QUOTES

• “Altruism is acting on feelings of compassion for others, so it’s not just saying like ‘Man, I feel for you. I’ll be praying for you.’ It’s literally acting on that. It’s actions that support the wellbeing of others.” -Dr. Amber Selking  [03:19]
• “When you’re going through something like that, to have people that have been where you’ve been and but years ahead, and willing to jump back with you and lock arms and help you figure out how to tackle it, it was incredibly meaningful.” -Dr. Amber Selking  [04:58]
• “Not everybody’s in a position to be altruistic all the time in every different situation or scenario. But the thing is if you are and you take that one extra step of like taking action for people, it’s powerful in how people can show up.” -Dr. Amber Selking  [05:21]
• “Taking actions that support the well-being of other people is good for us as humans, and then it’s good for the communities where we live, work and play.” -Dr. Amber Selking  [10:01]

Please get on iTunes to rate us and write a review for us! We are excited to complementarity share this content with our audience, and your rates and reviews will enable us to continue sharing quality content. Also, please share the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and any other social media that you use, so we can continue Building Championship Mindsets around the world! If you are interested in being a sponsor of this podcast, please contact Dr. Selking directly.

Additional Links:

Email me to schedule a speaking engagement! amber@selkingperformance.com

Check out our TWO E-BOOKS! "A Dream Come True: the Buzz on Greatness" “Winner's Circle" 

Selking Performance Group (SPG) Website: www.selkingperformance.com

Follow SPG on Twitter: @ChampMindsets

Check us out on Instagram: @champmindsets

Like SPG on Facebook: Selking Performance Group

Email me to become a podcast partner through sponsorship: amber@selkingperformance.com

Check out Dr. Selking’s TEDxTalk entitled, “Think Like a Champion Today” to learn more about the power of your mind to drive excellence in all areas of your life!

TIMESTAMPS

[00:02] Intro

[02:17] What is altruism

[05:36] Practice altruism

[08:19] Lippert gives back to the community

[10:43] This week’s Championship Mindset Training

In this episode of Building Championship Mindsets, Dr. Amber Selking talks about leaning into social support, either by providing emotional support or through the willingness of others to offer time and other tangible assistance as you navigate through life. 

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. 

Selking Performance Group serves as the Mental Performance Consultant for Head Coach Brian Kelly and the Notre Dame Football team, and does speaking and training for sports teams and business organizations around the globe. She is the Vice President of Leadership & Culture Development at Lippert Components, Inc., a 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.

Dr. Selking has also served as an adjunct professor in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, where she taught Strategic Human Resource Management at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Selking received her PhD in Applied Sport Psychology from the University of Missouri under Dr. Rick McGuire, her master’s degree in Sport and Performance Psychology from the University of Denver, and her bachelor’s degree in Management Consulting from the University of Notre Dame. At ND, Amber played soccer for the Fighting Irish before 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.

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• Cultivate virtuous friendship connections. Allow yourself to be that kind of friend as well as receive that kind of friendship. How can you do that? How can you be that person to somebody else?

STANDOUT QUOTES

• “You’ll remember that. ‘When I is replaced with we, even illness becomes wellness.’” -Dr. Amber Selking  [03:16]
• “Man, I remember when I lost my career. I was raised... Listen, we don’t tell people our problems, ok? We’re tough. We’re strong. You keep this stuff in the family. I still believe that, right? But you gotta find who your family is.” -Dr. Amber Selking  [08:06]
• “Find the people that in those hard moments that you do trust and learn to lean into your social support.” -Dr. Amber Selking  [08:49]
• “It’s those virtuous friendships that can cultivate a stronger sense of well-being as we continue to navigate the world around us.” -Dr. Amber Selking  [12:18]

Please get on iTunes to rate us and write a review for us! We are excited to complementarity share this content with our audience, and your rates and reviews will enable us to continue sharing quality content. Also, please share the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and any other social media that you use, so we can continue Building Championship Mindsets around the world! If you are interested in being a sponsor of this podcast, please contact Dr. Selking directly.

Additional Links:

Email me to schedule a speaking engagement! amber@selkingperformance.com

Check out our TWO E-BOOKS! "A Dream Come True: the Buzz on Greatness" “Winner's Circle" 

Selking Performance Group (SPG) Website: www.selkingperformance.com

Follow SPG on Twitter: @ChampMindsets

Check us out on Instagram: @champmindsets

Like SPG on Facebook: Selking Performance Group

Email me to become a podcast partner through sponsorship: amber@selkingperformance.com

Check out Dr. Selking’s TEDxTalk entitled, “Think Like a Champion Today” to learn more about the power of your mind to drive excellence in all areas of your life!

TIMESTAMPS

[00:02] Intro

[01:41] Lean into social support

[05:50] An opportunity to build resilience

[10:10] Three types of friends

[11:30] This week’s Championship Mindset Training

In this episode of Building Championship Mindsets, Dr. Amber Selking talks about exercising psychological flexibility, which is being willing and able to adapt or persist in behavior that aligns with our values and goals despite current or immediate challenges. She discusses the four components that contribute to psychological flexibility. 

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. 

Selking Performance Group serves as the Mental Performance Consultant for Head Coach Brian Kelly and the Notre Dame Football team, and does speaking and training for sports teams and business organizations around the globe. She is the Vice President of Leadership & Culture Development at Lippert Components, Inc., a 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.

Dr. Selking has also served as an adjunct professor in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, where she taught Strategic Human Resource Management at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Selking received her PhD in Applied Sport Psychology from the University of Missouri under Dr. Rick McGuire, her master’s degree in Sport and Performance Psychology from the University of Denver, and her bachelor’s degree in Management Consulting from the University of Notre Dame. At ND, Amber played soccer for the Fighting Irish before 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.

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• Put a rubber band on your wrist to serve as a reminder to be mentally flexible. When you find yourself being rigid, locked in your own perspective or angry that something is not turning out the way you want it to, look at the rubber band. If you have to, snap yourself to remind yourself that there’s always a different perspective.

STANDOUT QUOTES

• “When it’s hard, we can’t tap out. We just can’t say ‘Let’s remove the difficult stimulus in our lives.’ We have to learn to deal with it.” -Dr. Amber Selking  [01:27]
• “That’s really the power of diversity, that it brings different perspectives to the table. It allows us to see things more fully, more completely.” -Dr. Amber Selking  [06:43]
• “Psychological flexibility allows us to not only know that there are different perspectives in any situation, but also see through the lens of others that there is more to the situation or moment or person than might be available to us from our own perspective.” -Dr. Amber Selking  [07:59]
• “If we are psychologically rigid, we are unable to navigate and manage and go through and about those different life demands that we have, the desires that we have, the needs that we have.” -Dr. Amber Selking  [08:35]

Please get on iTunes to rate us and write a review for us! We are excited to complementarity share this content with our audience, and your rates and reviews will enable us to continue sharing quality content. Also, please share the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and any other social media that you use, so we can continue Building Championship Mindsets around the world! If you are interested in being a sponsor of this podcast, please contact Dr. Selking directly.

Additional Links:

Email me to schedule a speaking engagement! amber@selkingperformance.com

Check out our TWO E-BOOKS! "A Dream Come True: the Buzz on Greatness" “Winner's Circle" 

Selking Performance Group (SPG) Website: www.selkingperformance.com

Follow SPG on Twitter: @ChampMindsets

Check us out on Instagram: @champmindsets

Like SPG on Facebook: Selking Performance Group

Email me to become a podcast partner through sponsorship: amber@selkingperformance.com

Check out Dr. Selking’s TEDxTalk entitled, “Think Like a Champion Today” to learn more about the power of your mind to drive excellence in all areas of your life!

TIMESTAMPS

[00:02] Intro

[04:09] Exercise psychological flexibility

[05:33] Four components

[09:28] Reallocate mental resources

[11:23] This week’s Championship Mindset Training

In this episode of Building Championship Mindsets, Dr. Amber Selking talks about practicing mindfulness and bringing quality attention to the present moment. Listen as she walks us through a breathing exercise that helps us take in what’s around us and practice mindfulness.

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. 

Selking Performance Group serves as the Mental Performance Consultant for Head Coach Brian Kelly and the Notre Dame Football team, and does speaking and training for sports teams and business organizations around the globe. She is the Vice President of Leadership & Culture Development at Lippert Components, Inc., a 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.

Dr. Selking has also served as an adjunct professor in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, where she taught Strategic Human Resource Management at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Selking received her PhD in Applied Sport Psychology from the University of Missouri under Dr. Rick McGuire, her master’s degree in Sport and Performance Psychology from the University of Denver, and her bachelor’s degree in Management Consulting from the University of Notre Dame. At ND, Amber played soccer for the Fighting Irish before 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.

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• Take a mindfulness walk. When you walk in your business, classroom or onto your field, be mindful of your entry into that place. Take it in and see what’s actually around you.

STANDOUT QUOTES

• “There’s an art to slow dancing in the fast lane and that is what mindfulness allows us to do.” -Dr. Amber Selking  [05:35]
• “When we get so ingrained in our daily rhythms and our daily routines that we can’t even appreciate what’s going on around us, that’s mindlessness.” -Dr. Amber Selking  [07:02]
• “Really what we’re here to do is find satisfaction in our work, and sometimes we just work and forget the satisfaction part of it with the people that we get to do it with.” -Dr. Amber Selking  [08:10]
• “Whether you’re in a great season or a challenging season, soak it up. Be mindful of where you are, because you won’t be here forever.” -Dr. Amber Selking  [12:52]

Please get on iTunes to rate us and write a review for us! We are excited to complementarity share this content with our audience, and your rates and reviews will enable us to continue sharing quality content. Also, please share the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and any other social media that you use, so we can continue Building Championship Mindsets around the world! If you are interested in being a sponsor of this podcast, please contact Dr. Selking directly.

Additional Links:

Email me to schedule a speaking engagement! amber@selkingperformance.com

Check out our TWO E-BOOKS! "A Dream Come True: the Buzz on Greatness" “Winner's Circle" 

Selking Performance Group (SPG) Website: www.selkingperformance.com

Follow SPG on Twitter: @ChampMindsets

Check us out on Instagram: @selkingperformance

Like SPG on Facebook: Selking Performance Group

Email me to become a podcast partner through sponsorship: amber@selkingperformance.com

Check out Dr. Selking’s TEDxTalk entitled, “Think Like a Champion Today” to learn more about the power of your mind to drive excellence in all areas of your life!

TIMESTAMPS

[00:02] Intro

[01:38] 3x3+1 activity

[04:50] What is mindfulness

[06:02] Mindlessness

[08:19] Three core categories and the art of noticing

[12:11] This week’s Championship Mindset Training