Points of Pivot SPARTAN MIND ep 006
The Hard Way With Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.8 • 874 Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2018
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
We have a lot of power and control to change our own trajectories. We can pivot at any moment though we often get stuck in certain thinking patterns that become barriers to us shifting direction. One of these thinking patterns is something called all-or-nothing thinking. It is a tendency to think in extremes - I'm either all in, or all out. The problem with this type of thinking is that if you start walking down one path you can feel stuck on that path because your mindset makes you believe there is no turning back. Shifting out of all-or-nothing thinking by reminding yourself that you can pivot at any point is a useful tool and it can help you change course with greater ease.
LESSONS:
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There are points of pivot available to you at any moment. You just have to be open.
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All-or-nothing thinking is a pattern of thinking in extremes - All in, or All out.
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Identifying all-or-nothing thinking can help you acknowledge that you have greater control to shift direction.
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Remind yourself that points of pivot are everywhere. One step off course does not mean you have to keep headed down that path.
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Host: Dr. Lara Pence
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spartan Mind, the newest addition to the Spartan Up Podcast family. |
| 0:04.4 | I'm Dr. L, Spartan's chief Mindoc. |
| 0:07.1 | I'm going to be here each Wednesday bringing you back to the couch |
| 0:10.4 | to toughen up your mind to get you super uncomfortable, working you through a little internal barbed wire so that you can increase your physical execution and your performance in life. |
| 0:20.0 | So keep listening to the Spartan Up podcast that you're used to on Tuesdays. |
| 0:24.4 | You'll find me here on Wednesdays and Spartan Way habits on Thursdays. |
| 0:28.6 | Now that's a trifecta. factor. |
| 0:35.0 | Hey Spartans, today we're talking about points of pivot. |
| 0:38.0 | Points of pivot are really just opportunities to shift direction. |
| 0:42.0 | So when we're going in one direction, but we actually... really just opportunities to shift direction. |
| 0:43.0 | So when we're going in one direction, |
| 0:44.5 | but we actually want to shift and move |
| 0:46.0 | and go in a different one, that's a point of pivot. |
| 0:48.4 | OK? |
| 0:49.2 | And one of the things that keeps us stuck from pivoting |
| 0:52.2 | when we're moving in one direction, but we want to go in a different |
| 0:54.6 | one is something called all or nothing thinking. |
| 0:57.6 | You may have heard of it before as black or white thinking. |
| 1:00.4 | All or nothing thinking is the same thing. It's a tendency to live in extremes. So you're |
| 1:04.9 | either all in or you're all out. Let me give you an example. You're excited about a |
| 1:09.6 | one hour workout that you have planned at 5 a.m. but 5 a.m. rolls around and you hit the |
| 1:14.6 | snoo's button twice and you end up getting up at 5.30 and the first thought that |
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