Episode 321: Applying the Mindset of an Elite Athlete to Show Up Better in Life
Purple Patch Podcast
Matt Dixon
4.8 • 647 Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to the Purple Patch podcast. In this week's episode, we'll be discussing the traits that deliver high performance.
Our inspiration for this episode came from two sources. Firstly, the incredible achievement in the recent Tour de France, where Mark Cavendish clinched his 35th stage victory. His story embodies passion, joy, and perseverance despite facing numerous obstacles and setbacks. Following a serious injury last year, he made a remarkable comeback and secured a long-awaited win.
The second catalyst was a question received by Matt from an athlete he coaches. This question stemmed from the athlete's observation of the Olympic swimming trials, with the Olympics right around the corner. Watching the returning athletes, many of whom were making their second or third Olympic appearance, left the athlete in awe and sparked thoughts about the mindset of a winner. These seasoned athletes seemed to possess remarkable toughness and composure. Given the stories of comebacks during this year's trials, the athlete wondered if there were lessons that everyday individuals could apply to their own lives.
As it turns out, there are valuable insights to be gained. You don't have to be an elite athlete to draw inspiration from their mindset and the traits that contribute to their success.
In this episode, we'll explore the mindset of high-performance individuals like Mark and discuss the traits that underpin their achievements. Drawing from over 20 years of experience working with elite athletes and organizational leaders, Matt has identified these traits and believes they can be cultivated and developed to enhance our performance in any area of focus.
Episode Timestamps
00:00 - 03:39 - Welcome and Episode Introduction
03:46 - 12:53 - The Meat & Potatoes -Part 1- Sustained high performance
12:54 - 13:59 - Purple Patch Promo 1
14:03 - 20:40 - PART 2 - Defining the traits of high performers
20:43 - 22:46 - Purple Patch Promo 2
22:29 - 35:57 - PART 3 - Developing the traits of high performance for yourself
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast. The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic potential. Through the lens of athletic potential, you reach your human potential. The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere in a great sport into life. |
| 0:24.2 | Imagine what it's like if every day you can bring your best. You feel better. You have stable and high |
| 0:31.7 | energy. You have great cognitive function. That comes with an investment. It's absolutely achievable, where predictably and consistently |
| 0:40.3 | we can bring our very best. One of the tools that we leverage at Purple Pass to try and help refine |
| 0:46.3 | our focus and drive us onto the path of our potential is inside tracker. And that's because by taking a look inside |
| 0:53.0 | and assessing your biometrics, |
| 0:55.2 | you can leverage the insights and recommendations from the team of scientists, receive an action |
| 1:00.2 | plan so that you can filter out much of the contradiction and confusion around where you should |
| 1:05.4 | place your focus and understand what you should do for you to yield the best results. |
| 1:11.7 | Now, beyond that, of course, it takes your commitment, your hard work, |
| 1:15.5 | all of your commitments that are necessary for you to yield success. |
| 1:19.6 | But at least you have precision and specificity of the things that are going to help you relative |
| 1:24.5 | to where you're currently at. |
| 1:26.4 | And that's why we love to leverage it. I use it |
| 1:28.7 | myself. It's really beneficial. I love my athletes to use it and you can benefit too. All you need to do is |
| 1:34.6 | head to insidetracker.com slash purple patch. That's inside tracker.com slash purple patch. And use this |
| 1:40.7 | code, Purple Patch Pro 20. That's going to get you a nice, hefty discount of anything at the store. |
| 1:46.1 | All right, we're talking about high performance today, and so enjoy the show. |
| 1:58.2 | And welcome to the Purple Patch podcast, as ever, your host Matt Dixon. |
| 2:02.8 | And last week, if you're a fan of the Tour de France, we saw one of the greatest achievements ever in sport. |
| 2:10.0 | At least I believe it is, Mark Cavendish winning his 35th stage victory. |
| 2:15.3 | 35 of them is quite amazing. His story is one in which it is an athlete |
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