140: Tim Grover - What It Takes to Win in Life
The Natural State with Dr. Anthony Gustin
Dr. Anthony Gustin
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🗓️ 28 June 2021
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
What does the mindset of an elite athlete look like?
Tim Grover, best-selling author, speaker, and personal trainer to many top athletes, not only has a peek into the mental state of top performers, he also helps shape them and creates a victory mentality and he comes on the show to share all about this.
Tim dives into what a victory mentality looks like, the definition of winning, the victim mentality and how to overcome this, and how to stack momentum.
Tim also shares tips for how you can change your life, why you should focus on the uncontrollable things that come at you, using routines, and the huge difference between trying your best and doing your best.
You’ll also hear Tim’s thoughts on finding balance, the separation between emotions and performance, and what to do if you’re in a rut.
If you don’t know Tim Grover, he’s a best-selling author, keynote speaker, and personal trainer who has worked with incredible athletes such as Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and more.
He’s created his Relentless System for helping people reach unimaginable heights personally and professionally so that they can be their absolute best.
As for his background, he earned a Master’s degree in Exercise Science and he was a former NCAA Division I basketball player.
He’s also been inducted into the UIC Hall of Fame with the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.
You may have even seen him on the docuseries The Last Dance.
Tim’s a super great guy who knows what it takes to achieve a victory mentality and he comes on the show to share this and dissect how he works with top athletes and more.
Tune in and enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | On the podcast today, I have Tim Grover, who is a special guest. |
| 0:09.9 | You may have seen him if you watched the Ducky series The Last Dance, which I've actually |
| 0:14.0 | talked about on this podcast before. |
| 0:16.0 | Incredible series on HBO, documented what it took for the Chicago Bulls to achieve their |
| 0:22.0 | dynasty in the 90s. |
| 0:23.6 | And Tim was the personal trainer for Michael Jordan for many years, as well as Kobe Bryant |
| 0:28.4 | and tons of other really top athletes in the world. |
| 0:31.6 | So we chat a lot about what he considers winning, and a lot of misconceptions about the |
| 0:36.3 | word and how it can be misconstrued and how he thinks about it. |
| 0:39.3 | And I think that this is just, if you're trying to make any change in your life, let alone |
| 0:43.2 | something about health or anything else, mindset, how you approach things and how you |
| 0:48.2 | sort of stack momentum is extremely important to get where you want to go, no matter where |
| 0:51.4 | that is. |
| 0:52.4 | So we dissect a lot of how he used to work with a lot of all the top athletes in the |
| 0:57.8 | world to achieve the same thing. |
| 0:59.4 | So maybe he's a little intimidating at first and can be a little masculine, but trust me, |
| 1:05.2 | there are some certain knowledge drops in this one and Tim is a super great guy. |
| 1:10.0 | So tune in and I hope you guys enjoy. |
| 1:12.4 | This episode of The Natural State is sponsored by Ned. |
| 1:16.9 | Ned is an incredible company that makes a lot of CBD products. |
| 1:21.3 | And you guys can probably go back to some of my episodes and realize that I have been |
| 1:26.2 | as CBD skeptic for a very long time. |
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