High Performance Mindset | Learn from World-Class Leaders, Consultants, Athletes & Coaches about Mindset - 542: Grit Over Gift

Episode Date: April 24, 2023

You’ll have more energy to sustain you and your goals over years and decades when you cultivate your grit. Success is about sustained performance over time, and cultivating your grit each day is necessary to do so. In this episode, Cindra shares what it means to have grit over gift.  Quote of the Week: “Grit is sticking with your future day in, day out and not just for a week, not just for the month, but for years.” - Angela Duckworth, Professor at University of Pennsylvania    This Week's Power Phrase: “I am gritty. I am passionate and have a clear vision of the life I am building."

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 Cendra Kampoff today and today's topic with Cendra is grit over gift. Let's start off with a quote, Cendra. I like this quote by Angela Duckworth and she said, grit is sticking with your future day in and day out, not just for a week, not just for a month, but for years. So tell us why you chose that

particular quote. Well, I first started really deeply kind of studying and thinking about grit actually after watching Angela Duckworth's TED Talk. And it got me thinking a lot about successful leaders and athletes and entrepreneurs that I work with and how I see them develop their grit over time. And the leaders that I really see crush it. They know what their goals are. They know why they're pursuing in them. And they keep going despite setbacks and adversity. So why is grit really important for us? Well, I think without really understanding what your goals are or why you're going after them, it's really impossible to stay devoted to any pursuit. And so being gritty really means that you don't give up. You don't switch gears when it's hard or you're bored or you're tired.

And your drive keeps you going and focused on your goals. And you can keep going despite setbacks and failures and difficulties. And I think when you have grit, you really have this inner drive and this inner strength to go the extra mile. And if you think about the people that you most admire, I could imagine that that person has grit. Sure. And you've said that grit is the number one predictor for success, but why is that? Well, the research is pretty profound. For example, here's some of the findings just in the research in general about the power of grit. So when we know when we're grittier, we're happier.

We work towards our goals with more satisfaction. Grittier salespeople are more likely to keep their jobs. Grittier high school students are more likely to graduate. Even grittier people are more likely to stay in their marriages, which is surprising. And we know from the research, grittier athletes are more likely to be successful. So that's one of the reasons it's been described as the number one predictor of our success. So we want to be that way, but how do we increase our ability to do that? I think first, you know, getting some clarity on what your goals really are, what are they short term and long term, and, you know, knowing why you're pursuing them.

So also connecting, you know, a reason with that goal. And, you know, it's part of the high performance mindset is really to have this grit. And we know when, you know, two people who are equally talented, the grittier person performs better. And so when you have no more grit, you have more energy to keep going. And that's why, you know, you can see people continue moving forward for long stretches and not throw in the towel really because they have this grit. And the cool thing is that it's not innate. It can be developed. All right, so you titled this Grit Over Gift. What is the title all about?

Well, I think the assumption is that grit is something that we're just born with, but we can develop it, and it just takes practice. So first getting some clarity on where you're really going, what are your goals, and then sticking with them, keeping them front of mind and keeping them somewhere that you can see them is really key. What's your final point today? Well, you have more energy to sustain your goals over time when you cultivate your grit, when you really work to develop it. And I'm going to have everyone just consider how you

might complete the sentence just to kind of get you started thinking about grit. So I am passionate about blank and I need to blank so I can achieve blank. All right. So I am passionate about blank and I need to blank so that I can achieve blank. That's a good one to remember. Do you have a power phrase, too, that we are going to use taking us through the week? Yes, it is this. I am gritty and I am passionate

and have a clear vision for the life I'm building. And Cinder, how do people get in touch with you or if they want to follow along with your work, what's the best way? You can head over to Dr. Cinder, so D-R-C-I-N-D-R-A.com and you can find more information about my coaching, speaking, or my books over there. videos about mindset each week. So again, you can head over to Dr. Sindhra. That's D-R-C-I-N-D-R-A.com. See you next week.