The Power of a Word | Prioritize

Building Championship Mindsets

Episode Summary

In this episode, Dr. Amber Selking kicks off Season 9 titled “The Power of a Word,” focusing on one word that will help you become a high performer through the year. Dr. Selking will bring in people to share the word they find deeply meaningful. Listen to how the power of a word can build a mindset to become the best version of ourselves. This week, she starts with her word, “prioritize,” which asks her to look at how she prioritizes her life, her work, her relationships and her health.

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.

Selking Performance Group serves as the Mental Performance Consultant for Head Coach Brian Kelly and the Notre Dame Football team, and does speaking and training for sports teams and business organizations around the globe. She is the Vice President of Leadership & Culture Development at Lippert Components, Inc., a 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.

Dr. Selking has also served as an adjunct professor in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, where she taught Strategic Human Resource Management at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Selking received her PhD in Applied Sport Psychology from the University of Missouri under Dr. Rick McGuire, her master’s degree in Sport and Performance Psychology from the University of Denver, and her bachelor’s degree in Management Consulting from the University of Notre Dame. At ND, Amber played soccer for the Fighting Irish before 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

• Think about how you are going to prioritize your life this year. What are the things that are the most important to you? Does your schedule match what you say is really important to you?

STANDOUT QUOTES

• “If we can understand the power of our thoughts and how we think and what that does for us, then all of the sudden, we’re going to start to shift how we live our own lives and then therefore how we start to impact those around us.” -Dr. Amber Selking [05:31]
• “We can’t keep pouring out if we’re not filled up.” -Dr. Amber Selking [12:31]
• “If we can prioritize our days, our weeks, our months in alignment with who we’re trying to become and what we’re trying to accomplish, man, that’s when you can start to make some greatness.” -Dr. Amber Selking [19:39]

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TIMESTAMPS

[00:02] Intro

[00:54] Kicking off Season 9

[02:24] Meet Dr. Amber Selking

[06:06] It starts with our thoughts

[08:09] What to expect this season

[09:00] Dr. Selking’s word of the year: Prioritize

[14:45] A tangible example in Dr. Selking’s professional life

[18:02] Next week’s guest

[18:56] This week’s Championship Mindset Training

[21:08] Outro