In this week’s episode of Building Championship Mindsets, Dr. Amber Selking talks about how books can help us create new mindsets and drive success in our lives. She shares ten books that cover a diverse range of topics. Each book has had a profound impact on her career and shaped how she thinks and operates. Dr. Selking also talks about how our thoughts can facilitate success or undermine success and the importance of applying what we read to our lives. 

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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Write a list of 10 books that have impacted your life. Whatever book you are reading currently, allow it to shape you. Ask yourself: “How do I apply this book to my life?”

STANDOUT QUOTES

• “Organizations are successful because of how they are led and how they are stewarded. Ultimately, leadership and stewardship have to lead to impact and value in people’s lives.” -Dr. Amber Selking [01:55]
• “The number one driver of our success is our thoughts. Our thoughts affect our emotions. Our emotions affect our physiological response. Our bodies dictate our performance.” -Dr. Amber Selking [04:11]
• “When we repeat thoughts over and over our mindsets grow. A mindset is s protein pattern that gets woven into your brain and changes how your brain sees the world.” -Dr. Amber Selking [05:25]
• “Be mindful of what books you are reading. They will shape you and influence how you show up in the world. Choose wisely. Let books be a critical driver to your success.” -Dr. Amber Selking [21:59]

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Additional Links:

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Check out our EBooks! "A Dream Come True: the Buzz on Greatness" “Winner's Circle" 

Check out Dr. Selking’s TEDxTalk entitled, “Think Like a Champion Today” to learn more about the power of your mind to drive excellence in all areas of your life!

TIMESTAMPS

[00:42] Intro

[04:12] Thoughts drive success

[21:19] Adding value to the world

[21:33] Mid-week Mental Rep 

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Please rate and review us! We are excited to complementarity share this content with our audience, and engagement will enable us to continue sharing quality content. Also, please share the podcast on social media, so we can continue Building Championship Mindsets around the world! If you are interested in being a sponsor of this podcast, please contact Dr. Selking directly.