High Performance Mindset | Learn from World-Class Leaders, Consultants, Athletes & Coaches about Mindset - 313: The Power of Energy

Episode Date: February 26, 2020

“You give life to what you give energy to.” Unknown High performers pay attention to their energy. They watch their thoughts because they are loaded with energy. And when you experience a problem this week – I challenge you to see the opportunity even if it is difficult to do. This week’s Power Phrase:  “I generate energy and positive momentum. I bring energy in each situation. I am full of enthusiasm, energy, purpose, and happiness.”

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. 732 here on this Monday morning, Minnesota 93 mornings. Doc Bartender and Terry T in studio and joined now by the good doctor Syndra Kampoff in studio. Hello. What's going on?

How are you today, Logan? Not too bad. And yourself? I'm doing awesome. Very nice. Can't complain. Monday morning, weather's still unseasonably warm for this time of year. We'll take it as we're getting out of bed here in southern Minnesota. I didn't even wear a jacket in. I'm like, let's go. Absolutely. So what are we talking about today for some Monday motivation? We're talking about our energy, and I have a great quote to start with, Logan. It says, you give life to what you give energy to. You give life to what you give energy to.

Why is this important to us? Well, it's sort of like a power plant. Power plant doesn't have energy. It really generates it. So just you and your family and your team are just the same way. You decide to generate energy. And actually, our energy determines our success and particularly our effectiveness as leaders. So really really the bottom

line is the more energy we have the more successful we'll be that's why it's important we're talking about this today so i suppose you think about um folks first one that comes to mind like for me is like steve jobs had a lot of energy a lot of passion towards the computer world and obviously built a multi-billion dollar empire before he uh for his untimely passing. But do you have another example for us? I do. I think this happens a lot in sport where I've seen energy win games and championships. In my book, Beyond Grid, I talk about it. I call it the law of mojo.

And what I mean by mojo is just motivation. And it's when we have positive changes in motivation, like more optimism or energy and more we feel like we have control over the situation. And in sport, actually research shows that the more positive energy actually increases performance and negative energy decreases performance. Oh, I could see that. Yeah. If you have somebody on your team that's kind of a Debbie Downer about things, it can kind

of spread like a disease in the locker room. And next thing you know, everybody's kind of grumbling and not too thrilled about what's going on and kind of amplifies the negative so what do you recommend we do to increase our energy so i think first is to just decide to be an energy giver not taker okay and this is what i mean like ask yourself do you bring positive energy or do you take it away from a situation um do you notice what's great with your team or your family or your spouse? Or do you notice what's wrong or what's right? And I think about like this morning, you could have woke up and said, oh, you know, another Monday. Here we go. Or you could have said, let's go. It's Monday. So really, we have to take an honest and compassionate look at our focus and decide

to change it if we need to. Change it if we need to. And if we need to change it, what's another way we can change and have more energy? So I would say the most important way to change your energy is our thoughts and our focus determine our energy. So really, energy starts with changing your thoughts and your focus. Is your perception of an event or situation, are you seeing it as something that's low energy, like a problem, or high energy, like an opportunity? So let's say you want to lose weight. Do you see it as an opportunity or a problem? Or do you have a difficulty with a coworker? Do you see it as a problem or an opportunity? Or let's say there's an angry customer that comes in today on Monday. Do you see it as a problem or an opportunity? You can either view it as something that you have to

deal with or something that you get to deal with. Nice. Excellent. An opportunity to sharpen the skills, kind of hone your craft and doesn't have to just be in sport. It can be in everyday life regardless of what you're up to. Absolutely. And I've seen even energy change families and leaders. So, you know, really does apply to everything. So how would you summarize today? I'd say that high performers pay attention to their energy. They watch their thoughts because they're really loaded with energy. And when you experience a situation this week that may be as seen as a problem, I'd challenge you to see it as an opportunity instead. And what is our power phrase for today?

I generate energy and positive momentum. I bring energy in each situation, and I am full of enthusiasm, happiness, and purpose. I like it. Talking about energy this morning with Dr. Sindra Kampoff. Folks, want more information? If they want to check out your book,

maybe check out the podcast. Where can we find all of that? You can head over to Dr. Sindra, so D-R-C-I-N-D-R-A dot com and the book's over there, podcast, whatever you need's over there. Also on Twitter, at Mentally Strong. Yep. So you can find her on Twitter. A great podcasts, whatever you need is over there. Also on Twitter at Mentally Strong.

Yep. So you can find her on Twitter. A great follow, by the way. Thank you. 10 out of 10 would recommend. Dr. Cinder Kampoff, some Monday motivation here on Minnesota 93. Thank you so much. Thanks for having me.

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