I is for Identity
This week on the Building Championship Mindsets podcast, Dr. Selking explores the importance of identity in achieving high performance. Drawing from her personal experience as a soccer player, she emphasizes the need for a grounded sense of identity that goes beyond the roles we play in life. She discusses the definitions of identity and highlights the significance of organizational identity as well.
Listen this week as Dr. Selking reflects on fundamental questions that help us understand our identity and live an authentic life.
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.
Championship Mindset Training | Midweek Mental Rep
Ask yourself these fundamental questions. What actually matters to me? What makes me feel most alive? What drains my energy more than anything? What do I actually think about X?
STANDOUT QUOTES
- "Identity is not what we do. Identity is who we are.” -Dr. Amber Selking [06:04]
- "The world needs you more than ever to know who you are on the inside, and to be able to articulate the thread of your identity that runs through the roles that you play in this world.” -Dr. Amber Selking [14:05]
TIMESTAMPS
01:04 Identity in high performance
08:47 Defining identity
10:20 The importance of organizational identity
13:20 Championship Mindset Training
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