Disappointment in Dog Sports: Mindset With Olympian Greg Louganis #84
Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett
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4.8 • 679 Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2021
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Have you ever had disappointing results in your dog training, in sport, or life in general? One of the toughest things that any of us have to do is recover from disappointment. I'm joined by my friend, Olympic gold medallist Greg Louganis, for a conversation centered on overcoming disappointing results in sport as well as in life. Greg has been called both "the greatest American diver" and "probably the greatest diver in history", but he is also one of the best experts on the recovery mindset.
In the episode you'll hear:
• How disappointment can impact our well-being.
• What happened to Greg Louganis at the Olympics and how he recovered.
• How we all feel scared.
• Why we need time to process.
• The reason to acknowledge how we feel.
• How we all are not successful a lot of the time.
• Inspiration gained from Frances Louganis.
• Why to embrace the things in life that are meant for you.
• How we all practice courage every day.
• The importance of acknowledging effort.
Resources:
• Agility Nation - https://www.agility-nation.com/
• *Book: Mindset – Changing the Way You Think to Fulfil Your Potential by Carol Dweck - https://geni.us/mindset-book
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• Meditation in Motion with Greg Louganis - https://greglouganis.com/mim-enrollment/
• Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube - https://youtu.be/8Sbsi3aQGuA
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| 0:00.0 | One of the toughest things that any of us have to do is recover from disappointment. |
| 0:15.7 | And a lot of times that disappointment, it's a ratio on what our expectations are of a situation and the |
| 0:23.3 | outcomes that we get. So if our expectations are low and the outcomes are amazing, |
| 0:27.6 | well, we're happy. But if our expectations are high and the outcomes are not as good, |
| 0:32.6 | well, then disappointment can lead to depression. And it actually can affect our enjoyment of what we're doing. |
| 0:40.0 | A lot of people quit activities because of their disappointment in themselves or that they're |
| 0:45.6 | disappointing others. That is the focus of today's podcast. And I'm super excited because I'm like, |
| 0:51.8 | who would be better to talk about disappointment than somebody who's won seven Olympic gold medals? |
| 0:57.7 | And you're going to say, well, it sounds like this person's won a lot. |
| 1:02.0 | But he's also had to overcome a lot of disappointment. |
| 1:05.1 | So I'm so thrilled to introduce you all to my very good friend, the one and only Greg Lugainis. |
| 1:12.6 | So welcome, Greg. |
| 1:14.8 | Thank you. |
| 1:15.9 | And you gave me a few more Olympics. |
| 1:19.1 | Oh, I always give you two extra. |
| 1:20.9 | I always give you two extra. |
| 1:23.0 | I don't know where, but you know what? |
| 1:24.4 | Those were the boycotted ones. |
| 1:26.2 | Right. |
| 1:26.5 | I know you're going to get double gold there. |
| 1:28.5 | So whenever I'm talking about you, I always say seven and people look you up on Wikipedia. |
| 1:32.2 | I think this dude only got five. |
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