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Did you know the influence on your closest friends Did you know the influence on your closest friends?⁣
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I read recently that Dr. David McClellan of Harvard estimates that "the people you habitually associate with will determine as much as 95% (!!!!) of your success or failure in life."⁣
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95%!⁣
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With that big of an influence on our future wins/losses, how often do we evaluate our closest relationships to make sure they...⁣
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👉 Encourages you to live up to the standard you've set.⁣
👉 Challenges you to be accountable when you fall short of the standard.⁣
👉 Speaks life and truth into your life, not just words you want to hear.⁣
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As my pastor says, "Show me your friends & I'll show you your future." Make sure your friends are helping you build the future you want...⁣
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..and if not, it's time to start spring cleaning. ⁣
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I'm cheering for you friends, go win your day 🙌
Imagine how far along you could be if you'd invest Imagine how far along you could be if you'd invested the time you spent looking for shortcuts into actually working toward your goal...⁣
⁣
Just saying 🤷‍♂️⁣
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Get your focus off of "hacks" and your butt into gear doing the work IF YOU WANT TO WIN.⁣
⁣
I'm cheering for you to #CompeteEveryDay 🙌
It doesn't matter what the cowards in the stands s It doesn't matter what the cowards in the stands say about you. It matters how hard you #CompeteEveryDay on the field.⁣
⁣
Don't be distracted by the noise from those who won't go after their own goals.⁣
⁣
I'm cheering for you 🙌 #CompeteEveryDay
My year didn’t start the way I expected but I’ My year didn’t start the way I expected but I’m feeling STRONG today about what’s being built this year 💪⁣
⁣
👉 Hosting a 2-3 hour workshop this week to a client as a follow up to our first session less than 7 months.⁣
⁣
👉 Signed on Friday a 6-program with a major sports brand’s national sales teams after they received great feedback & outcomes from my program with their regional team earlier this year.⁣
⁣
👉 (Finally) got my butt in gear to start the first draft of Book #2⁣
⁣
I ain’t “there” yet, but I’m getting closer every dang day. Watch 👀 out.⁣
⁣
Success isn’t overnight. It’s over NIGHTS. ⁣
⁣
Some days you feel like you’re making headway & others will feel like you’re stuck in mud.⁣
⁣
The trick is to keep showing up & doing a little bit every day to be in a better starting position the following morning.⁣
⁣
It’s not rocket science needed to win. It’s just consistently good effort.⁣
⁣
Be someone willing to keep showing up & competing until you claim that victory you want 💪⁣
⁣
I’m cheering for you to win.⁣
It doesn’t matter how your 2021 started, be committed to finish it STRONG, too 🙌 #CompeteEveryDay
Third time is the... charm?⁣ ⁣ Thanks to @bigg Third time is the... charm?⁣
⁣
Thanks to @biggirlpantspod for having me BACK on their show today to talk about #leadership, winning mindsets, and the importance of focusing on what’s in your control.⁣
⁣
(Oh, and we dove into my @CompeteEveryDay book 📖 and their experience having read it 2-3X each!).⁣
⁣
Biggest takeaway? You can change your mindset, attitude and life when you start asking “how can I help you get to where you want to go?” INSTEAD of only caring about “how can you help me get to my goal?”⁣
⁣
Keep your 👀 and 👂 peeled for when this drops 👉 and give hosts @apriljmelton + @kdshap a follow!⁣
⁣
⁣
I hope you have a great weekend and you KNOW I’m cheering for you to #CompeteEveryDay for your best life 🙌
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Talent is great.... but what you choose to build w Talent is great.... but what you choose to build with it is what really matters.⁣
⁣
Don't rely on what you were born with it. Be relentless in building something even better.⁣
⁣
I'm cheering for you 🙌 #CompeteEveryDay
Did you know the influence on your closest friends Did you know the influence on your closest friends?⁣
⁣
⁣
I read recently that Dr. David McClellan of Harvard estimates that "the people you habitually associate with will determine as much as 95% (!!!!) of your success or failure in life."⁣
⁣
⁣
95%!⁣
⁣
⁣
With that big of an influence on our future wins/losses, how often do we evaluate our closest relationships to make sure they...⁣
⁣
⁣
👉 Encourages you to live up to the standard you've set.⁣
👉 Challenges you to be accountable when you fall short of the standard.⁣
👉 Speaks life and truth into your life, not just words you want to hear.⁣
⁣
⁣
As my pastor says, "Show me your friends & I'll show you your future." Make sure your friends are helping you build the future you want...⁣
⁣
⁣
..and if not, it's time to start spring cleaning. ⁣
⁣
⁣
I'm cheering for you friends, go win your day 🙌
Imagine how far along you could be if you'd invest Imagine how far along you could be if you'd invested the time you spent looking for shortcuts into actually working toward your goal...⁣
⁣
Just saying 🤷‍♂️⁣
⁣
Get your focus off of "hacks" and your butt into gear doing the work IF YOU WANT TO WIN.⁣
⁣
I'm cheering for you to #CompeteEveryDay 🙌
It doesn't matter what the cowards in the stands s It doesn't matter what the cowards in the stands say about you. It matters how hard you #CompeteEveryDay on the field.⁣
⁣
Don't be distracted by the noise from those who won't go after their own goals.⁣
⁣
I'm cheering for you 🙌 #CompeteEveryDay
My year didn’t start the way I expected but I’ My year didn’t start the way I expected but I’m feeling STRONG today about what’s being built this year 💪⁣
⁣
👉 Hosting a 2-3 hour workshop this week to a client as a follow up to our first session less than 7 months.⁣
⁣
👉 Signed on Friday a 6-program with a major sports brand’s national sales teams after they received great feedback & outcomes from my program with their regional team earlier this year.⁣
⁣
👉 (Finally) got my butt in gear to start the first draft of Book #2⁣
⁣
I ain’t “there” yet, but I’m getting closer every dang day. Watch 👀 out.⁣
⁣
Success isn’t overnight. It’s over NIGHTS. ⁣
⁣
Some days you feel like you’re making headway & others will feel like you’re stuck in mud.⁣
⁣
The trick is to keep showing up & doing a little bit every day to be in a better starting position the following morning.⁣
⁣
It’s not rocket science needed to win. It’s just consistently good effort.⁣
⁣
Be someone willing to keep showing up & competing until you claim that victory you want 💪⁣
⁣
I’m cheering for you to win.⁣
It doesn’t matter how your 2021 started, be committed to finish it STRONG, too 🙌 #CompeteEveryDay
Third time is the... charm?⁣ ⁣ Thanks to @bigg Third time is the... charm?⁣
⁣
Thanks to @biggirlpantspod for having me BACK on their show today to talk about #leadership, winning mindsets, and the importance of focusing on what’s in your control.⁣
⁣
(Oh, and we dove into my @CompeteEveryDay book 📖 and their experience having read it 2-3X each!).⁣
⁣
Biggest takeaway? You can change your mindset, attitude and life when you start asking “how can I help you get to where you want to go?” INSTEAD of only caring about “how can you help me get to my goal?”⁣
⁣
Keep your 👀 and 👂 peeled for when this drops 👉 and give hosts @apriljmelton + @kdshap a follow!⁣
⁣
⁣
I hope you have a great weekend and you KNOW I’m cheering for you to #CompeteEveryDay for your best life 🙌
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How to Build a Winning Mindset for Life

December 24, 2019
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Achieving success is a long journey. Winners understand that the starting point of any achievement is in their minds.

I don’t believe the idea that says “if you believe it’ll happen, it’ll happen” because that’s a false narrative told by society. I am however claiming that if you want to win, you need to build a winning mindset for the challenging road success requires.

This winning mindset is what allows leaders the ability to rebound from setbacks, continually grow, and seemingly be unwavering in their commitment to succeeding. 

Just like your skills, a Winning Mindset isn’t something you’re born with. It’s something you intentionally build every day.

Here are four ways you can build your own Winning Mindset every day:

1. OUTWORK YOUR TALENT.

Talent is what you’re born with. Effort is choice of what you will give. Most of us use “talent” as the excuse to why we’re not succeeding. It’s our way of absolving our own actions and responsibility from the equation.

But as great as talent is, Angela Duckworth points out in GRIT that our effort is TWICE as important. Talent may be nice to have, but every day talented people are passed by less-talented people who give better effort.

If you want to build a winning mindset, commit that you’ll outwork your talent. That means no matter how talented you think you are/aren’t, you’ll show up and give your best efforts every time. Work harder than what you think you need to.

2. CREATE YOUR OWN MOMENTUM.

Most of us wait to feel motivated before we take action. Someone with a Winning Mindset will take action first, knowing that the true key to motivation is that it comes after we start making moves.

There are two ways to create your own momentum:

1. Commit to yourself that you’ll take action even when you don’t feel like it.

2. Don’t miss two days in a row. Put a calendar on your fridge and reward yourself with a giant “X” every day that you take action toward your goal. Make sure that you never have to “Blank” days in a row. If you miss a day, commit that you’ll not miss the next.

3. BUILD A VISION FOR THE LONG-GAME.

The road to success is a long-game that most don’t have the guts to play. A Winning Mindset is when we continually make progress each day toward that goal. Instead of allowing ourselves to be distracted by how far we have to go or how much work we have left to do, choose to instead focus on what you’re going to do today. 

We don’t control tomorrow or yesterday, but we 100% control our attitude, efforts, and actions today. We remain motivated when only focus on what we control in the present, and take action toward it.

This repeated focus on today allows us to keep moving forward in the long-game instead of giving up after realizing what we want to do is going to take more time than we expected.

A winning mindset also says that like #2, we take action every day, even when we’re not motivated because our vision is focused on what’s important in the big picture instead of how we feel in the immediate.

4. DO YOUR BEST, EVERY TIME.

Show up and do your best:

  • When you’re not motivated
  • When you’re tired
  • When you’re not happy with what position you’re in
  • When your boss has been a pain in the ass
  • When things outside of your control are on fire

Show up and do your best with what you control – your attitude, effort and actions. Train yourself to repeatedly choose a good attitude despite the circumstances you’re currently in. Train yourself to choose to give 100% effort, even when it’s not a job you want to be doing. Train yourself to choose to take action to the best of your ability every time.

IT’S ABOUT OUR CHOICES.

A Winning Mindset won’t show up overnight – but it will show up over time with the right choices. Focus on these four key points above and align your choices with them so that you are one choice closer to becoming a Competitor with the Winning Mindset you desire.


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Talent is great.... but what you choose to build w Talent is great.... but what you choose to build with it is what really matters.⁣
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Don't rely on what you were born with it. Be relentless in building something even better.⁣
⁣
I'm cheering for you 🙌 #CompeteEveryDay
Did you know the influence on your closest friends Did you know the influence on your closest friends?⁣
⁣
⁣
I read recently that Dr. David McClellan of Harvard estimates that "the people you habitually associate with will determine as much as 95% (!!!!) of your success or failure in life."⁣
⁣
⁣
95%!⁣
⁣
⁣
With that big of an influence on our future wins/losses, how often do we evaluate our closest relationships to make sure they...⁣
⁣
⁣
👉 Encourages you to live up to the standard you've set.⁣
👉 Challenges you to be accountable when you fall short of the standard.⁣
👉 Speaks life and truth into your life, not just words you want to hear.⁣
⁣
⁣
As my pastor says, "Show me your friends & I'll show you your future." Make sure your friends are helping you build the future you want...⁣
⁣
⁣
..and if not, it's time to start spring cleaning. ⁣
⁣
⁣
I'm cheering for you friends, go win your day 🙌
Imagine how far along you could be if you'd invest Imagine how far along you could be if you'd invested the time you spent looking for shortcuts into actually working toward your goal...⁣
⁣
Just saying 🤷‍♂️⁣
⁣
Get your focus off of "hacks" and your butt into gear doing the work IF YOU WANT TO WIN.⁣
⁣
I'm cheering for you to #CompeteEveryDay 🙌
It doesn't matter what the cowards in the stands s It doesn't matter what the cowards in the stands say about you. It matters how hard you #CompeteEveryDay on the field.⁣
⁣
Don't be distracted by the noise from those who won't go after their own goals.⁣
⁣
I'm cheering for you 🙌 #CompeteEveryDay
My year didn’t start the way I expected but I’ My year didn’t start the way I expected but I’m feeling STRONG today about what’s being built this year 💪⁣
⁣
👉 Hosting a 2-3 hour workshop this week to a client as a follow up to our first session less than 7 months.⁣
⁣
👉 Signed on Friday a 6-program with a major sports brand’s national sales teams after they received great feedback & outcomes from my program with their regional team earlier this year.⁣
⁣
👉 (Finally) got my butt in gear to start the first draft of Book #2⁣
⁣
I ain’t “there” yet, but I’m getting closer every dang day. Watch 👀 out.⁣
⁣
Success isn’t overnight. It’s over NIGHTS. ⁣
⁣
Some days you feel like you’re making headway & others will feel like you’re stuck in mud.⁣
⁣
The trick is to keep showing up & doing a little bit every day to be in a better starting position the following morning.⁣
⁣
It’s not rocket science needed to win. It’s just consistently good effort.⁣
⁣
Be someone willing to keep showing up & competing until you claim that victory you want 💪⁣
⁣
I’m cheering for you to win.⁣
It doesn’t matter how your 2021 started, be committed to finish it STRONG, too 🙌 #CompeteEveryDay
Third time is the... charm?⁣ ⁣ Thanks to @bigg Third time is the... charm?⁣
⁣
Thanks to @biggirlpantspod for having me BACK on their show today to talk about #leadership, winning mindsets, and the importance of focusing on what’s in your control.⁣
⁣
(Oh, and we dove into my @CompeteEveryDay book 📖 and their experience having read it 2-3X each!).⁣
⁣
Biggest takeaway? You can change your mindset, attitude and life when you start asking “how can I help you get to where you want to go?” INSTEAD of only caring about “how can you help me get to my goal?”⁣
⁣
Keep your 👀 and 👂 peeled for when this drops 👉 and give hosts @apriljmelton + @kdshap a follow!⁣
⁣
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I hope you have a great weekend and you KNOW I’m cheering for you to #CompeteEveryDay for your best life 🙌
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