E147 - Alex Scott: Walking into the light

The High Performance Podcast

High Performance

Sports, Self-improvement, Mindset, Growth Mindset, Health & Fitness, Non-negotiables, Education, Life Lessons, High Performance

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2022

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Alex Scott MBE is a sports presenter, pundit and former professional football player. She played for Arsenal and made 140 appearances for the England women’s national football team. In this episode, Alex reveals how she has dealt with fear from her childhood and through her career - witnessing abuse and being vilified through social media - and how her mindset has enabled her to reach a place of freedom.

She reflects on the most crucial aspects of leadership, teamwork and understanding her self-worth. What is a strong leader? How can leaders create a place where everyone feels valued?

Alex's book 'How (Not) To Be Strong' is out now.

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0:00.0	Please be aware this episode contains content that some listeners may find disturbing, relating to domestic violence.
0:08.5	How's it going? I'm Jake Humphrey. This is High Performance. Our conversation for you every single week.
0:14.7	This podcast reminds you that it's within your ambition, your purpose, your story.
0:20.4	It's all there. We just hope you unlock it by turning the lived experiences of the planet's highest performers into your life lessons.
0:27.4	Myself and Professor Damian Hughes speak to the greatest leaders, thinkers, entrepreneurs, and in this case,
0:33.3	sports stars on the planet so they can be your teacher.
0:36.4	Remember, this is not about high achievement or high success.
0:40.0	It's high happiness, high self-worth, taking you closer to your version of High Performance.
0:46.5	Today, this awaits you.
0:49.7	I think the fear of going to bed every night and trying to listen for sounds to hear if my mum would be okay.
1:00.8	I needed to break some patterns in my life that stemmed yes from my dad and not being able to communicate and that was there in relationships.
1:10.4	I was then tending to get with people that I just wanted to help them, you know, which then in turn wasn't healthy, healthy for myself.
1:18.3	I didn't know that I was a leader or a captain until I went to America.
1:24.4	I literally went from, yeah, I was already a right-backed, wringland, but going to America where people were telling me that
1:31.4	I'm going to be the best right back in the world to believe in it, like these people could see something in me.
1:37.1	When I got to a stage where Lucy Bronze came in at such a young right-back and I knew straight away, once she had a mentality like me,
1:45.1	she was unapologetic and put in the hard work because she wanted to be the best and I absolutely loved her.
1:50.2	And I knew I had to do what Heather Mitz did for me.
1:54.0	I knew I was going to push Lucy, have conversations with her and get her to that place so when ultimately she took my shirt,
2:01.6	it was for all the right reason because she was the best.
2:05.6	You have to live with walking outside your door, taking a nice stroll, which I think is just me switching off and doing something normal,
2:14.4	that somebody might be following you because of the stuff that they've said and the abuse that they've thrown at you
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