In this episode, Dr. Bryan Thomsen, assistant superintendent for Moberly Public School District, speaks with Dr. Amber Selking about his word of the year, believe. He shares how he instills belief in people and his students. Listen to his four steps to help build self-efficacy in people.

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.

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• Never limit yourself. If you want to accomplish something, set your mind to it and go for it.

STANDOUT QUOTES

• “If we can get people to believe in themselves and that’s to believe in ourselves, the possibilities are endless.” -Bryan Thomsen [05:19]
• “So we’ve got to be really mindful of that, because just like we can build self-efficacy and belief in people in these four ways, we can also have these four ways that undermine that belief and self-efficacy.” -Dr. Amber Selking [14:44]
• “When you believe that you can do it, guess what you start doing? The things that you need to do to get what you say that you want.” -Dr. Amber Selking [20:42]
• “One thing I always say is limitations are set by the mind.” -Bryan Thomsen [23:02]

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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

[00:02] Intro

[01:03] Today’s guest: Bryan Thomsen

[02:02] Why positive coaching

[04:22] Joe’s word for 2021: believe

[08:29] How he instills belief people

[15:02] Eradicating sarcasm in his schools

[17:52] The importances of a credible witness

[21:06] Contextualizing emotions

[22:16] This week’s Championship Mindset Training

[24:33] How to contact Bryan Thomsen

[24:55] Outro