High Performance Mindset | Learn from World-Class Leaders, Consultants, Athletes & Coaches about Mindset - 520: Choosing Courage Daily

Episode Date: November 9, 2022

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than the fear.” Franklin D. Roosevelt  High performers choose courage instead of comfort. To choose courage over comfort, consider what you can do TODAY that is uncomfortable. Courage is a muscle – the more you use it, the better you get at it. Being uncomfortable each day is the fastest way to make your vision for your life a reality and it’s the only way to reach the people you are intended to serve. Discomfort is the price you pay to experience success, step into your destiny and live a meaningful life. What will you do today to be uncomfortable?   This Week's Power Phrase: “I choose courage over comfort. I flex my courage muscle and go for it.” 

Hi friends, my name is Dr. Sindhra 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 today and we're talking about choosing courage daily. Cinder,

start us off with a quote. I love this quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt. He said, courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than the fear. And what inspired this topic? Well, I've been speaking a lot around the U.S., Lisa. So last week I was in Texas and Minneapolis, even Washington. And so I talk about when I'm speaking my 10 practices of high performance. And the 10th one is called choosing courage over comfort. And this is the one that people have both been really talking to me a lot about after my talks. And I think it's because it's really easy to give in to fear, frustration, or doubt. And today we're going to talk about how choosing courage is really important to keep growing in your business, to staying passionate

about what you're doing, and maybe even embracing change in the world that is constantly changing. So what do you exactly mean by courage over comfort? Well, you think about our activities every day in two different zones. One is called our courage zone. The other one is called our comfort zone. And when we stay in our comfort zone, we don't really grow. This is where we play small, we dream small, we might even let fear, doubt, or insecurity get the best of us. And we don't move forward. Many people kind of live in their comfort zone, but not high performers, not intentional leaders, not people who want to make their dreams happen. And your courage zone instead is really a place of self-discovery, of growth,

sometimes failure, right? Because we're really going for it. And I think what Franklin D. Roosevelt said is that courage is not the absence of fear or discomfort. You know, it's the ability to move towards your goals absence of fear or discomfort. You know, it's the ability to move towards your goals despite the fear or discomfort. So what exactly is important that we understand about comfort? Well, I think what's important for us to understand is that our brains are really wired for comfort. You know, it feels really safe and good.

It's comfortable, you know, staying comfortable. But I think what's, you know, what if I told you that the more uncomfortable you get every day, the more quickly you reach your vision, and the more quickly you reach your goals. And I think actually, that's the only way we can reach the people we're intended to serve in this world is if we get uncomfortable. And you can't choose courage and comfort, you know, it's either to courage or comfort. And so I think we can train our minds every day to act more courageously. And that's what I talk about in that 10th practice of Beyond Grit. So why is it important right now to get uncomfortable and choose courage? I think if we

want to be the leader that we can become and reach our goals and build the business that we want to, you know, I think it takes courage and we have to get uncomfortable. I think discomfort is really the price that we pay to step into a meaningful life and experience success. You've already, you know, people who are listening have already done things that are uncomfortable. I just think it's important to keep doing that because it's really a prerequisite for us to reach our goals quicker. And getting uncomfortable every day is what's going to allow us to be our best self. And so how would you encourage us to be uncomfortable every day? I think the way to do that is to ask ourselves each day, what do I need to do today that is uncomfortable? And so for example, in business, maybe an uncomfortable thing is cold calling

a client you want to work with or pivoting your business in a new direction maybe in sport it might be staying passionate even when there's no season right or you're in between seasons or trying a new activity or sport maybe in life it's getting to know someone new personally or applying for a new job maybe engaging in your own self-care and so i'm going to encourage people to take what I call in the book the seven-day challenge. And that means, you know, for seven days this week, ask yourself, what can I do today that's uncomfortable? And then once you do it every day, this week, start over next week. And Sandra, how do you summarize this particular topic for us? Lisa, I would say the world's best choose courage instead of comfort. They choose

courage over comfort and they consider, you know, what they can do today to be uncomfortable. And think about courage like a muscle. The more you use it, the better you get at it. And I think being uncomfortable is really the fastest way to reach our vision and to reach our goals and to, you know, reach the people we're intended to serve. Cinder, what's today's power phrase as we head through the week? I choose courage over comfort. I flex my courage muscle and go for it. All right. And how do people get in touch with you or maybe pick up a copy of your book? Yeah, they can head over to Dr. Cinder, so D-R-C-I-N-D-R-A.com. And the book is called

Beyond Grit. 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.