The Mindset Moments podcast is designed to provide athletic coaches with subject-matter training in performance mindset, personality awareness, and emotional intelligence to help with coach-athlete connections, empowerment, mental toughness, and much, much more.The podcast is hosted and facilitated by, Human Behavior Specialist, Author, career athletic coach, and business entrepreneur, Gord MacFarlane. Personal discussions with guest coaches, players, and specialists will help inform, inspire, and motivate you to build stronger relationships, as well as trust, and confidence to perform with excellence. The goal is to enlighten, transform and energize you! Enjoy the journey…
Success comes to those who plan....! You can't just wing it...! If you fail to plan, you plan to fail... Take a TIME OUT with me and get some insights on the 3 P's to success. Thanks for tuning in... Enjoy...!
How do emotions affect your performance? Emotions are extremely important to understand if you want to build the right culture in any organization or team. Informative insights and details await you in this TIME OUT message. Thanks for tuning in and enjoy the insights...!
What is the role of the Servant Leader and what are the characteristics they possess...? This TIME OUT message will look to provide some answers and give you insight into this kind of leader. Thanks for tuning in...Enjoy...!
To be a successful and influential leader do you need to have charisma...? Take a TIME OUT with me and let's find out...! Thanks for joining me and enjoy the insights...!
How Do You Develop a Leadership Mindset? This message will provide a 3G Mindset Model with details of how to line it up... Take an 8.5 minute TIME OUT and check it out. Thanks for tuning in... Enjoy!
Learning about Toxic Leadership can actually help you change the way you lead for the better. Learn some of the signs to be aware of so you can be aware. Thanks for tuning in... Enjoy!
Connected to The Power of Accountability Podcast... here are some Skills to practice raising your Accountability Effectiveness... Enjoy & Thanks for the Support...!!
Welcome... Would you like to be more consistent, be more productive, and get better results in everything you do...? You may need the Power of Accountability...! Tune in and see what you can learn and take your performance to the next level...! Enjoy...
Do you have an Ownership Mindset...? Listen in, take note and see how you stack up and maybe you can change your performance outcomes tremendously by adjusting your mindset...? Thanks for tuning in...Enjoy...!
We all strive for success in life but it's always nice to have some Cues & Clues to help along the way so we can navigate through our days with people. Knowing your RFP with People will enhance your people connections and raise your awareness...! Tune in and enjoy... Thanks for your support!
Leadership Development Coach, Chris DePirero is my guest this week. Chris has won multiple championships as a Head Coach and GM, notably winning a Stanley Cup ring from being a member of the scouting staff of the Pittsburgh Penguins from 2012-2016. Great insights and information from a championship coach. Enjoy
The VICTORY MINDSET of Graeme Bonar... an NHL, Montreal Canadiens Draft pick in 1984 who shares his story of recovery and victory. 6'3" Graeme "Bones" Bonar is my special guest on the podcast... “You don't worry about yesterday, you don't worry about tomorrow, you just worry about today. I take pride today in being kind and gentle and trying to be the best person I can be. Those are my goals every single day.” Graeme is a great human being with a great story...Enjoy...!!
Did you know there is ONE WORD that can make all the difference if you know what to do with it...? Take a TIME OUT and have a listen to a message that can change everything for you... Enjoy...!
Welcome to your TIME OUT... Here are the CUES and CLUES to Leadership Longevity... Enjoy...! Thanks for tuning in, I appreciate your support.
Resolutions will not come to fruition without effective goalsetting and knowing the right behavior to make them happen... We go you covered, for the right mindset, TUNE IN & WIN IN 2022...!
Happy New Year to you... and THANKS for tuning in...! Think of this message as a New Year's Lighthouse message to steer you away from the top reasons why resolutions fail. Listen in and make your 2022 the best year ever. Enjoy...!
According to Business.com, empowerment in a business organization is described as giving your people a certain degree of responsibility for decision making and allowing them to have a voice. Empowerment is key to having full motivation and engagement in a workplace. This Time Out will provide some keys to learn and apply. Thanks for tuning in... enjoy!
Welcome to your Weekly TIME OUT... What are the key drivers that will help accelerate engagement in people so they can perform better and more consistently...? Tune in and discover some cool insights. Thanks for joining me... Enjoy...!
Are you an On-Purpose person or do you just let life happen and take it as it comes...? Why is knowing your life purpose important? ... Purpose can guide your daily life decisions, influence your behavior, shape goals that provide the meaning to direct your life. Take your time out and see how you can be more on purpose! Thanks for tuning in...!
Research tells us that it is estimated that the average adult makes more than 35,000 decisions on an average day. That is a lot of decisions...! Decision-making is not only about the act of making a decision, but there is a process. If you are not using a process to help you decide on things, trust me your decision-making will be a whole lot harder. Tune in and learn about one process that may help you tremendously. Thanks, and enjoy...!
Welcome to your Time Out...! Why is Momentum so important and sought after in athletics...? When your team has momentum, you feel like everything is going your way and you are rolling over and through your competition. It is very desirable to get but is not so easy to acquire. Momentum can play a critical role in your team's success and today's podcast will look at some of the ways to get it and then try to keep it. Thanks for tuning in...Enjoy...!
Welcome to your weekly Time Out message...! This week I will provide valuable insights to earning Trust Credibility and Respect which are 3 key ingredients to being highly influential in leadership and coaching... Thanks for tuning in...!
When it comes to how you and I view the world, most of us fall into one of two categories... we are either an optimist or a pessimist. If pessimism is part of mindset entrapment, today's TIME OUT will provide insights to help you to navigate into the brighter world of positive thinking and develop an optimistic mindset. Thanks for tuning in... Enjoy...!
Excellent, high-performance teams are not born, they are created and developed through consistent and deliberate action. Many more teams would be excellent if they were proactive to deliberately block Artificial Harmony and adopt the courage to invest time and commitment into the process of cultivating a team's comfort level with healthy conflict. Amazing results are usually achieved in environments where there is open trust, diversity, and transparency… traits that are not typical in all teams and need to be adopted, embraced, and nurtured. Welcome to your TIME OUT... Enjoy!
Would you like MORE ENERGY... MORE FOCUS... & BETTER BALANCE...? You are NOT going to want to MISS what my next guest, Kevin Duguay is going to reveal to you in this interview...!! An amazing breakthrough in Human Performance Technology for athletics and even for your daily routine. What he has to share will impact you in ways you never thought possible. Grab a coffee and listen in on Kevin sharing his wisdom and passion for helping people. Enjoy...!
To rise above our circumstances and redefine our lives we must make wise and informed choices that will take us to a place of resolve and clarity. Our circumstances and struggles refine us, but they don't have to define us... have the mindset to RISE ABOVE. Thanks for taking a TIME OUT and tuning in...
How do you strive for excellence has a lot to do with how you define excellence. This week I will not only define "excellence" for you, but I am also going to provide the KEY Factors that DRIVE excellence in us to be and do our best...! Thanks for joining me, enjoy...!
Why would you do a Personality Profile Assessment...? The knowledge benefits gained from completing a personality and behaviour profile are numerous. Profiles provide access to the knowledge of human behaviour and how that can be translated into skill sets that increase everyone's ability to enhance their personal levels of productivity and efficiency. This TIME OUT will share the different kinds of profiles and some of the great additional benefits... as well as a SPECIAL OFFER... Enjoy...!
Many times when people are looking to achieve a goal they will often face adversity or challenges that will place pressure on them to quit. But the temptation to quit almost ALWAYS seems to be greatest just before you are about to succeed. So perhaps changing your MINDSET to Quit Tomorrow can help you stay at it just a little longer and that can help you hit your objectives and change your outcomes. Enjoy the message!
Whether it is an idea, your visions, your passion, or even yourself, everyone sells something. Life is selling. You sell yourself to work, to a potential life partner, friends, and even people you barely know. Selling is a survival instinct that is deeply ingrained in us. Some use it to their advantage others suppress it but the reality is... when we interact with others we sell. Because selling is life and life is selling! Enjoy..
You NEED a strong commitment if you want to achieve your goals and succeed. Is it a natural trait or one that needs to be learned and developed as part of your personal development? Take a short Time Out and learn the keys that will help guide you to greater consistency in your commitment.
It is quite easy to define your value or worth based on what you do in life because we equate power with position and title. For most people, it can be easy to get caught up in the things that are visible for everyone to see whether you are a star athlete, a real estate investor or business owner etc... We sometimes have to remind ourselves that who we ARE is actually more important than what we do. This simple statement is easy to forget, but it's something we could all use as a daily reminder. Personally, in my own journey there have been times when I put more value on what I am able to do as a coach and as a mindset specialist than celebrating who I am as a person. Enjoy this short message with some thoughts and reminders I hope will bring you back to who you are...
TIME OUT - TOP PODCAST REPLAY Coach Gord is taking a personal TIME OUT and will be releasing a top downloaded podcast or two from early 2020... Thanks for all your ongoing support and enjoy these again or for the first time...! Whether in sports or in business, mental toughness may often appear to be instinctive in top performers but it's actually a set of skills and tools that anyone can learn and develop. You must have the right MINDSET if you want to have success in anything. It doesn't matter if you are trying to create a championship team or start a successful business; the behavioral and psychological principles are always the same. Average performers tend to quit long before they ever reach their goals and dreams. They allow discouragement, fear and self-doubt to keep them from achieving their true potential. The common denominator amongst those who fail consistently is a lack of mental toughness and a fixed mindset. This week's Time Out message shares the secret to developing more mental toughness in your life so more of your objectives, goals, and dreams become a reality...! Thanks for joining me. Make it a great day...!
So how do you get out of the trap of TUNNEL VISION...? You need to make a deliberate decision and press forward with a conscious effort to change your perspective. Here are 5 ways you can do that... Take a short TIME OUT and GET UNSTUCK...! Welcome to freedom... Enjoy...!
Take a short TIME OUT with me and prime yourself to get better... Enjoy...!
To be the best version of yourself and strive for excellence every day, it helps to have a plan to keep yourself on track. Here are 5 Mindset Practices for Daily Success. Take a short TIME OUT with me and prime yourself to get better... Enjoy...!
Life is a numbers game... How we see life and how we then respond or react to the opportunities and challenges that are presented will ultimately determine our outcomes. Where we are in the 1 out of 3 principle could ultimately determine our path. The good news is we get to decide which 1 out of 3 we will be and then set your course. Opportunity awaits... choose wisely! Thanks for tuning in!
How do we live our BEST LIFE...? It would be one filled with confidence and no fears. It would be truly grand if we could all live a life without FEAR. Well, there is a way to make that happen, but it requires a mindset shift along with an attitude and behavioral adjustment. So, take a TIME OUT with me and hear about the 4 ways that I have helped 1000s of people overcome their fears. If they can do it, you can do it too...! Let's roll...
Learning HOW to engage other people started the day we began to interact a few months into life when we gained control of our physical motor functions... As a baby, we would pull hair or even bite others without knowing it was not the way to engage other humans. As we got older the same thing, don't say that and don't do that, and so on. To have good relationships and influence with others, it's not that you engage, it's HOW you engage people...! Take a TIME OUT and see what I mean... Thanks for tuning in, enjoy. leave a comment and a like if you would please... Merci...!
This week our performance mindset message comes from the High School football fields of the great state of Texas... Like Friday Night Lights, 1982 State Championship HS Coach Steve Lopez is my guest. Coach Steve was a career professional HS coach who will share his mindset insights and inspiring stories of playing for and then coaching his HS team in Eastland TX. He also had the privilege of coaching his son Anthony at Westwood HS, while his daughter Nikki was on the cheerleading team and his wife Julie was a faithful Friday night fan. Thanks Coach, you are a true champion...! Enjoy the interview.
Everyone on the planet is blessed with a unique influential superpower but they do NOT realize it...! This power is often untapped and certainly an underutilized character trait. This TIME OUT will uncover and share what I know to be an untapped superpower in every person. When people start to leverage its amazing Influence, it could literally change the world, one person at a time...! I hope you subscribe to this understanding and begin to tap into its incredible power and make a difference...! Thanks for tuning in and Enjoy...!
My very special guest on the podcast is Sandy MacFarlane. She is a Member of the Concordia University Sports Hall of Fame 1982 Women's Hockey Team. Sandy is a professional educator with a major in Psychology and Recreation Leisure Program Studies and as well she is a Level 2, Certified Human Behavior Specialist. Sandy happens to also be my awesome wife and the mother of our 4 beautiful daughters. Tune in for stories and insights into mindset and her daily drive for excellence. Enjoy...!
When we think of a Mindset, most people associate that with the different ways that people think and behave to process their thoughts to live their daily lives. A person's mindset is usually a set of beliefs, methods, or ideas to establish an individual personal pathway, philosophy of life and/or how they view the world. Your Mindset declaration to being “Growth” or “Fixed” is your recognition of the set of learned behaviors that outline your philosophy of life and is an ongoing journey. Establishing and learning a Mindset Continuum simplifies the journey by understanding how to develop a pathway to becoming progressively more growth-oriented in your Mindset. Welcome to this week's TIME OUT and the Mindset Continuum… what is it and how to leverage it… Thanks for tuning in… Enjoy…!
Mental Health and Wellness has been a very big focal point of discussion, especially in the past 4-5 years. It seems to have a very big effect on athletics, business, family life, and school as well there seems to be no discrimination. With a growing number of people experiencing a decline in their mental health, society is becoming much more aware and much better equipped to respond to the needs of people who suffer from this affliction. However, the stigma around mental illness and seeking specific help remains. This is our TIME OUT subject matter today BUT just a few points to get us started... Let's make a difference and END THE STIGMAS connected to Mental Health... Thanks for tuning in...!
We don't like to be uncomfortable and we certainly don't like to hurt. But, as an interesting quirk of human psychology, we can't achieve our maximum levels of personal life satisfaction without growth, and growth only ever comes through effort and sometimes that hurts. Success requires us to pay a price... If you know the price to pay it won't be that painful, but if you don't act on what you want to do or say to be successful you could regret it forever...and that's painful! Let's take a TIME OUT and talk about the 2 Pains and what they're all about... Thanks for tuning in...Enjoy.
Hard work, passion, perseverance, and attention to detail often lead to success in business and in athletics and builds what we call the BIG MO...momentum. Many do not realize this, but Celebration is the key to continuing the momentum that has been created and the momentum is further enhanced by celebrating victories no matter how big or how small. Whatever your successes are, practicing gratitude and celebrate them! Thanks for tuning in and enjoy the TIME OUT
My guest to the podcast this week is a young superstar, hockey goaltender, and Quebec-born, Francis Marotte. Frank as I know him, played on the Junior A hockey team I was the Performance Mindset Coach for in the CCHL in Ottawa. Maximizing his opportunity in Junior hockey, he went on to have 4 strong years of stellar goaltending in NCAA, Division 1 hockey. He was recognized and rewarded for his hard work and is now officially a professional athlete after signing with the NHL New Your Islanders organization. I am so happy for his success which he has invested a lot of time earning. Thanks for tuning in for Frankie's interview as he shares stories and insights on his experience with the game and performance mindset training. Bravo Frank...!
Success for life has basic rules and standards to live by. If we want to make good connections with others and be successful in just about anything we do following these rules will help a whole lot! It's not complicated but it's not always easy as well. Being responsible takes discipline, being resilient takes courage and to earn respect you have to give it. Take a short TIME OUT with me and enjoy this message on the 3 R's... thanks for tuning in...!
My good friend, Junior A and High School Coach, Oak Moser sits with me to discuss the mindset angle in hockey from his perspective. Oak has a deep passion for the game of hockey but is also pretty passionate about baseball as well. In fact Oak will passionately debate anyone who thinks baseball is not a team sport, as World Series ring holder Dr. Robert Rohm and former Multiple Championship Coach/Scout Dan Marshall suggests...! Don't get him started... LOL. Enjoy our discussion.
This week's TIME OUT message is an outline for what I believe are 5 1/2 good rules for success in life... Now there are many rules for living that have been provided by many people perhaps more accomplished than I but I wanted to add my 2 cents based on my life experiences, my training, and the people who have invested into me. Let me know if you think my 5 1/2 rules are worthy of consideration...? Thanks for tuning in, hope you enjoy the message...!?
My wonderful guest on the podcast is a fellow coach for whom I have a great deal of admiration. 4-time Author, Rachel Slayton-Tucker is a powerhouse of motivation, passion, and inspiration...! She has a positive-championship mindset and a can-do, get er done attitude...! She is a shaker and a mover and is totally awesome! Thanks for tuning in...!