The Power of a Word | Intentionality

In this episode, Dr. Amber Selking speaks with her mom, Cindy Lattner, about the power of the word intention. Cindy reflects on her parenting skills and how she raised her children to become the best human beings they can be and make the world a better place. She also discusses how raising animals helped her children learn about life.

 

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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.

 

Championship Mindset Training | MidWeek Mental Rep

 

• Be intentional about your thoughts. What are your goals? Then be intentional on how you’re going to achieve them. Focus on what that’s going to look like and develop a time frame to get it done.

 

 

STANDOUT QUOTES

• “When you empower people, you don’t want to be the one that’s being empowered.” -Cindy Lattner [16:44]
• “Learning consequences to decisions that you make I feel like was such a thread that ran through our world and our lives.” -Dr. Amber Selking [19:07]
• “By always living up to what you’re capable of, I think is where you set your bar.” -Cindy Lattner [23:39]
• “Mom and Dad have to be in that whole consistency together, because if one says one thing and the other one says another, pretty soon things start to fall apart.” -Cindy Lattner [29:21]

 

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TIMESTAMPS

[00:02] Intro

[01:24] Today’s guest: Cindy Lattner

[03:39] “How did you do this?”

[06:11] Cindy’s word for 2021: intentionality

[09:01] How Cindy’s parents impacted her life

[10:14] How safety relates to parenting

[15:32] Selflessness, empowerment and trust

[22:55] How to keep getting better

[23:47] The modeling effect

[30:38] This week’s Championship Mindset Training

[32:08] Outro