High Performance Mindset | Learn from World-Class Leaders, Consultants, Athletes & Coaches about Mindset - 472: Reflecting on 2021

Episode Date: December 18, 2021

Grit has been described as the #1 predictor of success. Grit is important we keep developing within ourselves because it is connected to our performance in work, school, and sport. We can develop our grit as we reflect on the year and ask ourselves, “What did we learn? How did we fail? And what do we want in 2022 that might be similar or different from 2021?”  This Week’s Power Phrase: “I am gritty. I am passionate and have a clear vision of the life.”  

Hi friends, my name is Dr. Sindra Kampoff, a national leader in the field of sport and performance psychology. Every week I'm on the local radio sharing my top tips on exactly how to develop the mindset of the world's best, so you can accomplish all your dreams. Get ready for a jammed, packed episode focused on practical tips to help you get after your goals and step out of your comfort zone. Let's go. We check in with Cinder Kampoff this morning. How are you doing, Cinder?

Great. How are you, Lisa? Excellent. We talk to you every week and you usually start us off with some kind of a quote. What's our quote this week? This is a great quote by Abraham Lincoln. He said, the best way to predict the future is to create it. Create the future. I like that. So we're kind of reflecting on the year past as we move kind of reflecting on the year past as we move forward. What inspired the topic? Well, today we're talking about reflecting on the

year and to help us continue to develop our grit. And I think developing our grit is even more important than ever before, because we have to stay passionate about what we're doing. And there's so much negativity and uncertainty in the world. And really what I mean by grit is having passion and purpose and perseverance for our long term goals. So our ability to stick with things even when they're difficult or when we experience obstacles. So you titled today Reflecting on 2021. What do you exactly mean by that? Well, so what I mean is when we think about developing our grit, by the way, grit has been described as the number one predictor of our success because in business, we're more engaged when we're grittier. We actually earn more and in sport, we have a better performance. And in

education, grit has been connected to our GPA and graduation rate. So today we're reflecting on 2021 to help us develop our grit. And so we stay focused on our goals for 2022 and think about what they are and so that we continue to learn and grow from this year. And so as we wrap up this year, it's really important to reflect on the year to help us continue to develop our grit. So, Cinder, what's the first question that we can ask ourselves as we are wrapping up our 2021? So the first question you can think about is like, what did you learn this year? You know, what are the lessons that you want to take with you to 2022? And as we think about developing our grit, we need to keep going and keep learning about ourselves and to consider what the goals are that we really want. And so,

as I think, Lisa, about this year, what I've learned in my own business, in my own career, is like relationships are essential. And that's one way to continue to level up your impact is just by continuing to build others up. And I also learned the importance of pivoting and adjusting my own business in the pandemic. Yeah, I think we all learned a little bit about how to be flexible in that way with the last couple of years that we've lived through here.

So what's another question that we can ask ourselves? A second question you could ask yourself is how did you fail this year? And that's probably an interesting question. You're thinking, wow, why should I think about failure? But developing our grid is really important. We need to keep growing from failure and embracing the failure. And I love the story about Sarah Blakely, who started the company called Spanx, who's just like $5,000 of her own money. And she became the U.S.'s youngest self-made female billionaire. And she credits part of her success to her dad. And her dad would always ask this question around the

dinner table, the same question every night. And it was, how did you fail this week? And so she learned to not be paralyzed by fear of failure. And that really defines failure as something that you don't try instead of not achieving the right outcome. So I think when you think about how did we fail or what did we learn from it this year? What is the final question that we can ask ourselves as we wrap up our year? So we can ask ourselves, what do we want in 2022 that might be similar or different from this year in 2021? So grit really starts with considering what do we really, really want? And most people don't really have thought about that at a deep level or a consistent level. So getting clear on what you really want is important. So the desire comes first and then the how follows. So you can ask yourself, what do you really want next year that might be similar or different to this year? Cinder, how can you summarize today for us?

Well, GRIT has been described as the number one predictor of our own success. So it's really essential that we develop it because it's connected to our own performance in sports and in work and in school. So we can develop it this year by asking ourselves, you know, what did we learn in 2021 and how did we fail? And then what do we want in 2022 that might be similar or different than this year? You usually finish up our day and our time together with a power phrase, a quote that can take us through the day. What is today's power phrase? I am gritty and I am passionate about and have a clear vision for my own future. I love it.

Cindra, how can people get in touch with you, follow along, maybe get your book or follow along when the next new book comes out? Yeah, you can head over to Dr. Cindra, so D-R-C-I-N, so drcindra.com. And I talk about grit in my book, Beyond Grit. You can find that more information over there at drsindra.com. Way to go for finishing another episode of the High Performance Mindset. I'm giving you a virtual fist pump. Holy cow, did that go by way too fast for anyone else? If you want more, remember to subscribe and you can head over to Dr. Sindhra for show notes and to join my exclusive community for high performers where you get access to videos about mindset each week. So again, you can head over to Dr. Sindhra.

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