High Performance Mindset | Learn from World-Class Leaders, Consultants, Athletes & Coaches about Mindset - 246: 3 Lessons From the Masters

Episode Date: April 25, 2019

“Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is to keep going  when you really feel like giving up.”    High performers keep going. They stay the course and stay gritty and resilient. While doing so, they also remain humble knowing the can keep learning and growing.    Phrase this Week: “I stay gritty and resilient. I stay the course.”

Welcome to High Performance Mindset with Dr. Sindra Kampoff. Do you want to reach your full potential, live a life of passion, go after your dreams? Each week we bring you strategies and interviews to help you ignite your mindset. Let's bring on Sindra. It is time for High Performance Mindset on The Country Club with Dr. Sindra Kampoff. Good morning, Sindra.

Good morning. It's great to be here. Have a nice Easter. I had a great Easter. Lots of family time. Yeah, it was beautiful weather and yes, the family time thing was big

So sometimes we sit here and think What do we want to talk about week to week? And other times the topics stack up And we have to spread them out So last week we had a topic And we're like, oh, we kind of want to talk about this Tiger Woods thing And we said, well, let's just hold on to that And so we're going to do that this week

I know the Masters wasn't this weekend It was was the previous weekend. And we're talking about three lessons from the Masters. Let's start with that quote for today. All right. It's an anonymous quote. Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is to keep going when you feel like giving up. And your example? So the example is actually from Tiger Woods and his comeback win last Sunday, winning the Masters. I think he was 43 years old. He hasn't won a major since 2008. And we were just in awe just watching it. My family, we just loved it.

And we were at a basketball tournament. We were, you know, watching it at home. Then we had to go play basketball and then came back and watched the finish. It was amazing. I think there were a lot of people that were doing that too. I know Lisa was saying that they were off doing something, but people would sneak away to catch a look at what was going on. And I was at home and I was watching on TV and grilling some stuff and Logan called and what are you doing? Oh, I'm watching the Masters. I said, I know I'm not crying. You're crying. And it was very emotional and just a great

comeback from Tiger. Like him or not, obviously there's been some personal issues, and we'll kind of get into that. But what are we talking about today when it comes to the three lessons from the Masters? Yeah, we're talking about what we can learn from Tiger's win. And I think golf is so interesting because it is much like life. It's played on this uneven surface. Everything seems to be up to you. There's good bounces and bad bounces,

sometimes like self-inflicted mistakes that are built into the game. And so, you know, so much of success is like golf. What are you going to do with those bad and good bounces? Are you going to quit? You know, are you going to blame others like your caddy or the people you're playing with? If you have a caddy that is, are you going to cheat? Are you going to stay gritty and keep going? You mean the foot wedge isn't a thing? Yeah, exactly. Pull that one out from time to time at the golf course. So what do you think it took for Tiger to get this win? It's been a long time, and it's all eyes on him all the time.

Yeah, you know, I think because of his personal mistakes and the way we saw them everywhere in the media, I really think it took a lot in terms of him working on his self-image. I remember watching him come back after the 2009 incident that went throughout the world, and he wasn't even looking at his fans. He couldn't even make eye contact with them. And it's because he knew that they knew. And so I think it took a lot of work on his belief in himself, his self-image,

what he thought about himself. And sometimes when we're playing a sport, you can see people are struggling with internally just by watching them. What else did it take for him? I think it also took like the moment actually of coming back, you know, he's overcome some back surgeries. And I think it took a lot of grit and resilience. It's not something that he has to do. Right. But I could tell that he started playing with something that he wanted to do instead. And, you know, I like this quote by Gary Player. He said, the more I practice, the luckier I get. And I think we can all relate to that as well.

Like the more we practice at our craft and get better at our craft, the luckier we get. I like it. What else did you learn from him? I learned that he also had humility. You know, like this is the first time that I've really seen him be humble after he won. And I think when he was younger, he had so much, maybe a little bit of cockiness in his game and his demeanor.

But instead, I really saw him connected to his fans and humble. And I think that's really what the best do is they have humble confidence. They're not arrogant. All right. Is there a final point that you have? Yeah.

So I'd say, you know, that this really today is about how golf is a lot like life. And, you know, it's really up to us. You know, every round is really a journey in golf and it's not a straight line. So it's really up to us to have been able to maneuver those mistakes that are sometimes self-inflicted and discover ourselves. And, you know, that's what I'd encourage everyone to do is to kind of what the three lessons would be is to continue to work on what you're thinking about yourself to stay gritty and to learn more about yourself in the process.

Let's package this up nicely then. How do you summarize this one for us today if we're thinking how we're going to apply it to ourselves? I'd say high performers, they keep going. They stay the course and they stay gritty and resilient. While doing so, they remain humble, knowing that they can always learn and grow. Awesome. And our power phrase? I stay gritty and resilient. I stay the course. And if we would like to get in touch with you and learn more or get the book or listen to the podcasts, any of those things, where do we get in touch with Sindra Kampoff? You can always head

over to Dr.indra.com and you can find the podcast and the book Beyond Grit, which talks about many of these practices that we mentioned today. Always good stuff and great on a Monday morning on the Country Club. Thank you very much. Thanks for having me. Dr. Sindra Kampoff with us. High Performance Mindset

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