F is for Fun
This week on the Building Championship Mindsets podcast, Dr. Selking talks about the importance of having fun in life and how it relates to building a championship mindset. She emphasizes the need for a strong foundation of fundamentals in order to achieve success in any field and shares her own experiences with finding joy and pleasure in the process of work.
Listen this week as Dr. Selking shares how you can prioritize fun while also committing to the hard work of establishing a solid foundation for success.
About Building Championship Mindsets
Welcome to “Building Championship Mindsets. | the Podcast!” From the LockerRoom to the BoardRoom, our purpose is to help individuals, teams, and organizations understand and leverage the power of Mindset and Leadership to drive results and achieve sustainable performance excellence.
As a leader in the field of sports and performance psychology, Dr. Amber Selking has been fiercely devoted to optimizing human performance in people and systems throughout her entire career.
Dr. Selking is the founder of Selking Performance Group, a leading performance consulting practice that helps individuals, companies, and sports teams achieve sustainable results. She has served as the Mental Performance Coach for the Notre Dame Football team and as the Vice President of Leadership & Culture Development for Lippert, a global, publicly-traded manufacturing company whose corporate vision is to change the model of work, demonstrating that business can and should Be a Force for Good in our World. She has also served as an adjunct professor in the Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame.
Dr. Selking holds a Ph.D. in Educational and Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri, a master’s degree in Sport and Performance Psychology from the University of Denver, and an undergraduate degree in Management Consulting from the University of Notre Dame. At ND, Amber played soccer for the Fighting Irish before an injury ended her career, after which she founded Notre Dame Christian Athletes (NDCA) in the ND Athletic Department. She currently resides in South Bend, Indiana, with her husband, Aaron, and their Doberman Pinscher, Rockne.
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Try to infuse a little fun into some day-to-day activities that you have. Bring a light-hearted pleasure to things that you do on a day-to-day basis that could be mundane and seemingly insignificant. Reignite some fun in your life, and as my mom always says: Go out and find fun!
STANDOUT QUOTES
- "Fun unleashes people to bring their best selves to the moment and to be creative. There is no fear when you're having fun doing something. You're not questioning yourself, second guessing yourself, or afraid to bring your ideas to the table.” -Dr. Amber Selking [09:01]
- "We can enjoy the journey and have a light-hearted pleasure about what we do and how we do what we do. My mom always says that fun does not come knocking on your door. You have to go out and find fun.“ -Dr. Amber Selking [06:58]
TIMESTAMPS
00:40 F is for Fun
05:57 Being whimsical
09:59 Championship Mindset Training
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