The Mindful Athlete || George Mumford
The Psychology Podcast
iHeartPodcasts
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 July 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Today we welcome George Mumford to the podcast. George is a globally recognized speaker, teacher, and coach. Since 1989, he’s been honing his gentle, but groundbreaking mindfulness techniques with people from locker rooms to boardrooms. Michael Jordan credits George with transforming his on-court leadership, helping the Bulls to six NBA championships. George has also worked with Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, and countless other NBA players, Olympians, executives, and artists. He is the author of The Mindful Athlete and Unlocked.
In this episode, I talk to George Mumford about peak performance. How does one consistently perform at a high level? Whether it be work, sports, art or any other craft, George believes that everyone has the potential to excel. To unlock greatness, we must cultivate mental toughness, love, and learn to stay in the flow state. George talks about his experience coaching the Chicago Bulls, helping the team thrive on and off the court. We also touch on the topics of mindfulness, resilience, forgiveness, and joy.
Website: georgemumford.com
Twitter: @gtmumford
Topics
01:47 George’s background & expertise
06:53 Basketball with Julius Erving
09:36 Performance whisperer
14:01 Being unlocked
23:55 Coaching the Chicago Bulls
31:01 Staying in the flow state
35:04 Mental toughness, love, forgiveness
36:56 The Mamba Mentality
41:02 Being breathed
45:37 No struggle, no swag
49:58 Recover your true self
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| 0:00.0 | Because that's it. No struggle, no swag. And that's it. |
| 0:03.0 | Hey, buddy wants swag, but are you willing to struggle for it? |
| 0:06.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:07.0 | But that's how you get it. |
| 0:08.0 | You get it out of the struggle. |
| 0:09.0 | People don't understand this. |
| 0:10.0 | The struggle is when our latent ability to express itself. |
| 0:14.0 | So things are going smooth and it's nothing happening. |
| 0:17.0 | When we're in our comfort zone, then we're not really going to learn |
| 0:20.0 | as much as we will learn if we keep pushing that envelope |
| 0:24.0 | in a compassionate way. |
| 0:30.0 | Hello and welcome to the Psychology Podcast. |
| 0:32.0 | Today we welcome George Mumford to the show. |
| 0:35.0 | George is a globally recognized speaker, teacher, and coach. |
| 0:39.0 | Since 1989, he's been honing his gentle but groundbreaking mindfulness techniques |
| 0:44.0 | with people from locker rooms to boardrooms. |
| 0:46.0 | Michael Jordan credits George with transforming his on-court leadership, |
| 0:50.0 | helping the bulls to six NBA championships. |
| 0:53.0 | George has also worked with Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neill, |
| 0:56.0 | and countless other NBA players, Olympians, executives, and artists. |
| 0:59.0 | He is the author of the Mindful Athlete and most recently, Unlocked. |
| 1:04.0 | In this episode, I talked to George Mumford about peak performance. |
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