High Performance Mindset | Learn from World-Class Leaders, Consultants, Athletes & Coaches about Mindset - 509: Be Present with the Process

Episode Date: August 30, 2022

Thinking about your big vision to give you energy and motivation. But day to day we also need to stay focused on the process because it allows us to be in the present moment. It’s important to stay focused on the daily process and the present moment, as it decreases stress, pressure, and anxiety. Plus, when you stay focused on the process, you are more likely to persist, stay passionate about your work, and have a higher sense of satisfaction. You’ll also think less about failure and be more likely to try new things.  Quote for of the Week: “Fall in love with the process and the results will come.” Eric Thomas  Power Phrase this Week: “I take my goals on step at a time focused on the process.”

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. Time to check in with Cinder Kampoff today. Being present with the process

is our topic. Cinder, start us off with a quote. I love this quote by Eric Thomas. He said, follow love with the process and the results will come. So what exactly is it that we're talking about today being present with the process? Well, I really believe in dreaming big to allow us to step into our potential. But when we're really dreaming big and building our career and pushing forward, it can really be easy to spend too much time planning for the future. And sometimes this future-based thinking can motivate us and excite us, but it also can lead to feeling a lot of pressure and anxiety and fear. For example, I had a client I work with who spent a lot of time thinking about his bold vision,

and his anxiety prevented him just from making progress because his vision felt so far away. So I want to talk about the nuances in that today. Well, you work with the best of the best. So what do you see them doing? I found that the world's best are able to choose when they focus on their vision and their dream. And then when they focus on the process, and they're really strategic about when they apply their energy. And so they're able to tap into their vision for motivation and direction. But day to day, they focus on the small tasks, or today, what we're going to call is the process to help them build their career and their business and even their sport performance. What do you mean by the process? So I mean just these small things that we need to do

to reach our vision or our goals in our life or our business. And the process is what we do day in and day out to be successful. We really want to get clear on that. And to do that, we want to break down our goal and focus on what it takes to get there. And I think this really requires, you know, daily discipline as well as just focusing on the fundamentals, the small things we need to do each day. So do you have like an example for us to learn from? Sure. So here's an example of a financial planner, let's say, who is building their business to reach their year-end goals. And let's say they can win a trip to Hawaii, funded by the corporate office, and if they get a certain amount

of clients during the year. And so the trip and the number of clients is the outcome. That's the future-based goal. That's really what they're working towards. But the daily task is what really they need to implement to get to the end goal. That's the process. And when they need motivation, they can focus on the trip to Hawaii. But if they focus too much on that trip, they might get frustrated because it can feel so far away. So how do we apply that to our lives? Well, the habit of really focusing on the process can be applied to any goal.

So let's say in your job you want to increase revenue or improve employee retention, or let's say you want to go after a big sports goal this fall. So to consider your process, you want to write down your goal for the year or for the season and then why you want it. That's really your desire. And then you want to just choose really outlining the steps to focus on things that you can control. What are the steps you can control? That's the process that you need to follow to achieve your goals. And that's the

daily tasks you need to complete. And why is this important for us to do? Well, I think in general, if we kind of summarize today, we want to think about that big vision to give us energy and motivation, but day-to-day we want to focus on the process because that decreases stress and pressure and anxiety. And when we focus on the process, we're able to be more persistent, more passionate. We're ultimately likely to stay more in the present moment. And I

think you're going to think less about failure and more likely to try new things. You'll be able to stay more courageous in the moment, focused on the process. And what is the power phrase that you'll lead us through this week with? I take my goals one step at a time, focused on the process. Being present with the process, our topic today. Cinder, if people want to get in touch with you or follow along with your work, what's the best place to be? Yes, you can head over to Dr. Cinder, so d-r-c-i-n-d-r-a.com. And I actually have a new book coming out in the next couple of weeks. Elisa, it's called Beyond Grit for Business. And it's about how to apply the 10 practices of the world's best to business. And this is the one page in that book today, what we talked about. So you can head over to beyondgrit.com

and pre-order that book. 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. Sindra 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. Sindra. That's D-R-C-I-N-D-R-A.com. See you next week.