Mindset Moments Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The Mindset Moments podcast is designed to provide athletic coaches with subject-matter training in performance mindset, personality awareness, and emotional intelligence to help with coach-athlete connections, empowerment, mental toughness, and much, much more. The podcast is hosted and facilitated by, Human Behavior Specialist, Author, career athletic coach, and business entrepreneur, Gord MacFarlane. Personal discussions with guest coaches, players, and specialists will help inform, inspire, and motivate you to build stronger relationships, as well as trust, and confidence to perform with excellence. The goal is to enlighten, transform and energize you! Enjoy the journey…
Success comes to those who plan....! You can't just wing it...! If you fail to plan, you plan to fail... Take a TIME OUT with me and get some insights on the 3 P's to success. Thanks for tuning in... Enjoy...!
How do emotions affect your performance? Emotions are extremely important to understand if you want to build the right culture in any organization or team. Informative insights and details await you in this TIME OUT message. Thanks for tuning in and enjoy the insights...!
What is the role of the Servant Leader and what are the characteristics they possess...? This TIME OUT message will look to provide some answers and give you insight into this kind of leader. Thanks for tuning in...Enjoy...!
To be a successful and influential leader do you need to have charisma...? Take a TIME OUT with me and let's find out...! Thanks for joining me and enjoy the insights...!
How Do You Develop a Leadership Mindset? This message will provide a 3G Mindset Model with details of how to line it up... Take an 8.5 minute TIME OUT and check it out. Thanks for tuning in... Enjoy!
Learning about Toxic Leadership can actually help you change the way you lead for the better. Learn some of the signs to be aware of so you can be aware. Thanks for tuning in... Enjoy!
Connected to The Power of Accountability Podcast... here are some Skills to practice raising your Accountability Effectiveness... Enjoy & Thanks for the Support...!!
Welcome... Would you like to be more consistent, be more productive, and get better results in everything you do...? You may need the Power of Accountability...! Tune in and see what you can learn and take your performance to the next level...! Enjoy...
Do you have an Ownership Mindset...? Listen in, take note and see how you stack up and maybe you can change your performance outcomes tremendously by adjusting your mindset...? Thanks for tuning in...Enjoy...!
We all strive for success in life but it's always nice to have some Cues & Clues to help along the way so we can navigate through our days with people. Knowing your RFP with People will enhance your people connections and raise your awareness...! Tune in and enjoy... Thanks for your support!
Leadership Development Coach, Chris DePirero is my guest this week. Chris has won multiple championships as a Head Coach and GM, notably winning a Stanley Cup ring from being a member of the scouting staff of the Pittsburgh Penguins from 2012-2016. Great insights and information from a championship coach. Enjoy
The VICTORY MINDSET of Graeme Bonar... an NHL, Montreal Canadiens Draft pick in 1984 who shares his story of recovery and victory. 6'3" Graeme "Bones" Bonar is my special guest on the podcast... “You don’t worry about yesterday, you don’t worry about tomorrow, you just worry about today. I take pride today in being kind and gentle and trying to be the best person I can be. Those are my goals every single day.” Graeme is a great human being with a great story...Enjoy...!!
Did you know there is ONE WORD that can make all the difference if you know what to do with it...? Take a TIME OUT and have a listen to a message that can change everything for you... Enjoy...!
Welcome to your TIME OUT... Here are the CUES and CLUES to Leadership Longevity... Enjoy...! Thanks for tuning in, I appreciate your support.
Resolutions will not come to fruition without effective goalsetting and knowing the right behavior to make them happen... We go you covered, for the right mindset, TUNE IN & WIN IN 2022...!
Happy New Year to you... and THANKS for tuning in...! Think of this message as a New Year's Lighthouse message to steer you away from the top reasons why resolutions fail. Listen in and make your 2022 the best year ever. Enjoy...!
According to Business.com, empowerment in a business organization is described as giving your people a certain degree of responsibility for decision making and allowing them to have a voice. Empowerment is key to having full motivation and engagement in a workplace. This Time Out will provide some keys to learn and apply. Thanks for tuning in... enjoy!
Welcome to your Weekly TIME OUT... What are the key drivers that will help accelerate engagement in people so they can perform better and more consistently...? Tune in and discover some cool insights. Thanks for joining me... Enjoy...!
Are you an On-Purpose person or do you just let life happen and take it as it comes...? Why is knowing your life purpose important? ... Purpose can guide your daily life decisions, influence your behavior, shape goals that provide the meaning to direct your life. Take your time out and see how you can be more on purpose! Thanks for tuning in...!
Research tells us that it is estimated that the average adult makes more than 35,000 decisions on an average day. That is a lot of decisions...! Decision-making is not only about the act of making a decision, but there is a process. If you are not using a process to help you decide on things, trust me your decision-making will be a whole lot harder. Tune in and learn about one process that may help you tremendously. Thanks, and enjoy...!
Welcome to your Time Out...! Why is Momentum so important and sought after in athletics...? When your team has momentum, you feel like everything is going your way and you are rolling over and through your competition. It is very desirable to get but is not so easy to acquire. Momentum can play a critical role in your team’s success and today's podcast will look at some of the ways to get it and then try to keep it. Thanks for tuning in...Enjoy...!
Welcome to your weekly Time Out message...! This week I will provide valuable insights to earning Trust Credibility and Respect which are 3 key ingredients to being highly influential in leadership and coaching... Thanks for tuning in...!
When it comes to how you and I view the world, most of us fall into one of two categories... we are either an optimist or a pessimist. If pessimism is part of mindset entrapment, today's TIME OUT will provide insights to help you to navigate into the brighter world of positive thinking and develop an optimistic mindset. Thanks for tuning in... Enjoy...!
Excellent, high-performance teams are not born, they are created and developed through consistent and deliberate action. Many more teams would be excellent if they were proactive to deliberately block Artificial Harmony and adopt the courage to invest time and commitment into the process of cultivating a team’s comfort level with healthy conflict. Amazing results are usually achieved in environments where there is open trust, diversity, and transparency… traits that are not typical in all teams and need to be adopted, embraced, and nurtured. Welcome to your TIME OUT... Enjoy!
Would you like MORE ENERGY... MORE FOCUS... & BETTER BALANCE...? You are NOT going to want to MISS what my next guest, Kevin Duguay is going to reveal to you in this interview...!! An amazing breakthrough in Human Performance Technology for athletics and even for your daily routine. What he has to share will impact you in ways you never thought possible. Grab a coffee and listen in on Kevin sharing his wisdom and passion for helping people. Enjoy...!
To rise above our circumstances and redefine our lives we must make wise and informed choices that will take us to a place of resolve and clarity. Our circumstances and struggles refine us, but they don't have to define us... have the mindset to RISE ABOVE. Thanks for taking a TIME OUT and tuning in...
How do you strive for excellence has a lot to do with how you define excellence. This week I will not only define "excellence" for you, but I am also going to provide the KEY Factors that DRIVE excellence in us to be and do our best...! Thanks for joining me, enjoy...!
Why would you do a Personality Profile Assessment...? The knowledge benefits gained from completing a personality and behaviour profile are numerous. Profiles provide access to the knowledge of human behaviour and how that can be translated into skill sets that increase everyone's ability to enhance their personal levels of productivity and efficiency. This TIME OUT will share the different kinds of profiles and some of the great additional benefits... as well as a SPECIAL OFFER... Enjoy...!
Many times when people are looking to achieve a goal they will often face adversity or challenges that will place pressure on them to quit. But the temptation to quit almost ALWAYS seems to be greatest just before you are about to succeed. So perhaps changing your MINDSET to Quit Tomorrow can help you stay at it just a little longer and that can help you hit your objectives and change your outcomes. Enjoy the message!
Whether it is an idea, your visions, your passion, or even yourself, everyone sells something. Life is selling. You sell yourself to work, to a potential life partner, friends, and even people you barely know. Selling is a survival instinct that is deeply ingrained in us. Some use it to their advantage others suppress it but the reality is... when we interact with others we sell. Because selling is life and life is selling! Enjoy..
You NEED a strong commitment if you want to achieve your goals and succeed. Is it a natural trait or one that needs to be learned and developed as part of your personal development? Take a short Time Out and learn the keys that will help guide you to greater consistency in your commitment.
TIME OUT - TOP PODCAST REPLAY Coach Gord is taking a personal TIME OUT and will be releasing a top downloaded podcast or two from early 2020... Thanks for all your ongoing support and enjoy these again or for the first time...! It is quite easy to define your value or worth based on what you do in life because we equate power with position and title. For most people, it can be easy to get caught up in the things that are visible for everyone to see whether you are a star athlete, a real estate investor or business owner etc... We sometimes have to remind ourselves that who we ARE is actually more important than what we do. This simple statement is easy to forget, but it’s something we could all use as a daily reminder. In my own personal journey, there have been times when I put more value on what I am able to do as a coach and as a mindset specialist than celebrating who I am as a person. Enjoy this short message with some thoughts and reminders I hope will bring you back to who you are...
TIME OUT - TOP PODCAST REPLAY Coach Gord is taking a personal TIME OUT and will be releasing a top downloaded podcast or two from early 2020... Thanks for all your ongoing support and enjoy these again or for the first time...!
Whether in sports or in business, mental toughness may often appear to be instinctive in top performers but it’s actually a set of skills and tools that anyone can learn and develop. You must have the right MINDSET if you want to have success in anything. It doesn’t matter if you are trying to create a championship team or start a successful business; the behavioral and psychological principles are always the same. Average performers tend to quit long before they ever reach their goals and dreams. They allow discouragement, fear and self-doubt to keep them from achieving their true potential. The common denominator amongst those who fail consistently is a lack of mental toughness and a fixed mindset. This week's Time Out message shares the secret to developing more mental toughness in your life so more of your objectives, goals, and dreams become a reality...! Thanks for joining me. Make it a great day...!
So how do you get out of the trap of TUNNEL VISION...? You need to make a deliberate decision and press forward with a conscious effort to change your perspective. Here are 5 ways you can do that... Take a short TIME OUT and GET UNSTUCK...! Welcome to freedom... Enjoy...!
To be the best version of yourself and strive for excellence every day, it helps to have a plan to keep yourself on track. Here are 5 Mindset Practices for Daily Success. Take a short TIME OUT with me and prime yourself to get better... Enjoy...!
Life is a numbers game... How we see life and how we then respond or react to the opportunities and challenges that are presented will ultimately determine our outcomes. Where we are in the 1 out of 3 principle could ultimately determine our path. The good news is we get to decide which 1 out of 3 we will be and then set your course. Opportunity awaits... choose wisely! Thanks for tuning in!
How do we live our BEST LIFE...? It would be one filled with confidence and no fears. It would be truly grand if we could all live a life without FEAR. Well, there is a way to make that happen, but it requires a mindset shift along with an attitude and behavioral adjustment. So, take a TIME OUT with me and hear about the 4 ways that I have helped 1000s of people overcome their fears. If they can do it, you can do it too...! Let's roll...
Learning HOW to engage other people started the day we began to interact a few months into life when we gained control of our physical motor functions... As a baby, we would pull hair or even bite others without knowing it was not the way to engage other humans. As we got older the same thing, don't say that and don't do that, and so on. To have good relationships and influence with others, it's not that you engage, it's HOW you engage people...! Take a TIME OUT and see what I mean... Thanks for tuning in, enjoy. leave a comment and a like if you would please... Merci...!
This week our performance mindset message comes from the High School football fields of the great state of Texas... Like Friday Night Lights, 1982 State Championship HS Coach Steve Lopez is my guest. Coach Steve was a career professional HS coach who will share his mindset insights and inspiring stories of playing for and then coaching his HS team in Eastland TX. He also had the privilege of coaching his son Anthony at Westwood HS, while his daughter Nikki was on the cheerleading team and his wife Julie was a faithful Friday night fan. Thanks Coach, you are a true champion...! Enjoy the interview.
Everyone on the planet is blessed with a unique influential superpower but they do NOT realize it...! This power is often untapped and certainly an underutilized character trait. This TIME OUT will uncover and share what I know to be an untapped superpower in every person. When people start to leverage its amazing Influence, it could literally change the world, one person at a time...! I hope you subscribe to this understanding and begin to tap into its incredible power and make a difference...! Thanks for tuning in and Enjoy...!
My very special guest on the podcast is Sandy MacFarlane. She is a Member of the Concordia University Sports Hall of Fame 1982 Women's Hockey Team. Sandy is a professional educator with a major in Psychology and Recreation Leisure Program Studies and as well she is a Level 2, Certified Human Behavior Specialist. Sandy happens to also be my awesome wife and the mother of our 4 beautiful daughters. Tune in for stories and insights into mindset and her daily drive for excellence. Enjoy...!
When we think of a Mindset, most people associate that with the different ways that people think and behave to process their thoughts to live their daily lives. A person’s mindset is usually a set of beliefs, methods, or ideas to establish an individual personal pathway, philosophy of life and/or how they view the world. Your Mindset declaration to being “Growth” or “Fixed” is your recognition of the set of learned behaviors that outline your philosophy of life and is an ongoing journey. Establishing and learning a Mindset Continuum simplifies the journey by understanding how to develop a pathway to becoming progressively more growth-oriented in your Mindset. Welcome to this week’s TIME OUT and the Mindset Continuum… what is it and how to leverage it… Thanks for tuning in… Enjoy…!
Mental Health and Wellness has been a very big focal point of discussion, especially in the past 4-5 years. It seems to have a very big effect on athletics, business, family life, and school as well there seems to be no discrimination. With a growing number of people experiencing a decline in their mental health, society is becoming much more aware and much better equipped to respond to the needs of people who suffer from this affliction. However, the stigma around mental illness and seeking specific help remains. This is our TIME OUT subject matter today BUT just a few points to get us started... Let's make a difference and END THE STIGMAS connected to Mental Health... Thanks for tuning in...!
We don’t like to be uncomfortable and we certainly don’t like to hurt. But, as an interesting quirk of human psychology, we can’t achieve our maximum levels of personal life satisfaction without growth, and growth only ever comes through effort and sometimes that hurts. Success requires us to pay a price... If you know the price to pay it won't be that painful, but if you don't act on what you want to do or say to be successful you could regret it forever...and that's painful! Let's take a TIME OUT and talk about the 2 Pains and what they're all about... Thanks for tuning in...Enjoy.
Hard work, passion, perseverance, and attention to detail often lead to success in business and in athletics and builds what we call the BIG MO...momentum. Many do not realize this, but Celebration is the key to continuing the momentum that has been created and the momentum is further enhanced by celebrating victories no matter how big or how small. Whatever your successes are, practicing gratitude and celebrate them! Thanks for tuning in and enjoy the TIME OUT
My guest to the podcast this week is a young superstar, hockey goaltender, and Quebec-born, Francis Marotte. Frank as I know him, played on the Junior A hockey team I was the Performance Mindset Coach for in the CCHL in Ottawa. Maximizing his opportunity in Junior hockey, he went on to have 4 strong years of stellar goaltending in NCAA, Division 1 hockey. He was recognized and rewarded for his hard work and is now officially a professional athlete after signing with the NHL New Your Islanders organization. I am so happy for his success which he has invested a lot of time earning. Thanks for tuning in for Frankie's interview as he shares stories and insights on his experience with the game and performance mindset training. Bravo Frank...!
Success for life has basic rules and standards to live by. If we want to make good connections with others and be successful in just about anything we do following these rules will help a whole lot! It's not complicated but it's not always easy as well. Being responsible takes discipline, being resilient takes courage and to earn respect you have to give it. Take a short TIME OUT with me and enjoy this message on the 3 R's... thanks for tuning in...!
My good friend, Junior A and High School Coach, Oak Moser sits with me to discuss the mindset angle in hockey from his perspective. Oak has a deep passion for the game of hockey but is also pretty passionate about baseball as well. In fact Oak will passionately debate anyone who thinks baseball is not a team sport, as World Series ring holder Dr. Robert Rohm and former Multiple Championship Coach/Scout Dan Marshall suggests...! Don't get him started... LOL. Enjoy our discussion.
This week's TIME OUT message is an outline for what I believe are 5 1/2 good rules for success in life... Now there are many rules for living that have been provided by many people perhaps more accomplished than I but I wanted to add my 2 cents based on my life experiences, my training, and the people who have invested into me. Let me know if you think my 5 1/2 rules are worthy of consideration...? Thanks for tuning in, hope you enjoy the message...!?
My wonderful guest on the podcast is a fellow coach for whom I have a great deal of admiration. 4-time Author, Rachel Slayton-Tucker is a powerhouse of motivation, passion, and inspiration...! She has a positive-championship mindset and a can-do, get er done attitude...! She is a shaker and a mover and is totally awesome! Thanks for tuning in...!
It's no secret that increasing levels of engagement will directly impact performance. Engaged workers can help drive productivity in business and boost morale. In athletics, it can keep your athletes inspired and motivated to achieve incredible goals. The key is to know HOW to get people engaged and to keep them engaged. This TIME OUT message has a few ideas that should encourage and empower you. Thanks for tuning in... enjoy...!
Long time, former NCAA head coach Brian Idalski of the North Dakota women's ice hockey team provides great insights, stories and great perspectives on mindset in athletics. Brian who was born in Michigan is currently a pro Head Coach under contract with a Chinese women's team, the Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays. He is also a former pro player and college husky player as well. Thanks for tuning in and enjoying the interview.
As much as 90% of an elite athlete’s time is spent preparing and just 10% to actually perform. So, this would suggest that the art of preparing is more important than the performance itself. This week's TIME OUT message will outline some of the mindset practices you can use to prepare to perform... enjoy...!
This week I have Michelle and Kadyn Garcia, a great mother-son, power-pack combo as my guests on the podcast. Michelle was an elite NCAA championship swimmer and all-around athletic competitor and her son Kadyn is an elite hockey player at the age of 14 and has already competed with a Select U12 and Select U14 USA team overseas. Together they will share mindset insights and stories to inspire and motivate you. Thanks for tuning in.
The generation known as the millennials are the largest age group to emerge since the baby-boom generation. Organizations are going to have to make some major adjustments in the way they engage millennials. There needs to be a new focus to meet them at their behavioral needs but also equally to target their cultural values. Millennials are creating a change in how work gets done. They prefer to work more in collaborative teams and use technology more frequently. This allows them to be innovative and creative as a socially connected group to achieve the objective. Thanks for tuning in, it's great to have your support...!
This week's podcast interview guest is Josh Aycock who is a a former junior hockey goaltender turned goaltending coach. Josh is also a hockey school director and a cross-fit enthusiast. He has been a strong supporter of the performance mindset training program for goaltender and is a protege coach of Steve Briere, goalie coach for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He has recently been part of the coaching staff of a National Championship team in the NAHL. Enjoy the insights and stories.
This week's Time Out message, Communication Keys is a follow up to the very recent and great interview with Dr Rohm. I have received dozens of listener requests to share some information about the DISC Model of Human Behavior, so here it is... A brief and succinct 11-minute teaching of the model that optimizes and accelerates human connections, and as a result, changes lives for the better. Thanks for tuning in and enjoy the DISCovery...!
Professional hockey player, (very recently retired) Drew MacIntyre is my guest on this week's interview selection of the podcast. This Canadian-born, PEI Native provides great mindset insights on the game of hockey, faith, and life. Thanks for tuning in and enjoy the interview.
Just as physical fitness is important to keep our bodies in good working order, our mind needs to also be engaged in a fitness program to keep it sharp and clear to perform to our best potential. This TIME OUT message will provide the mindset fitness keys to keeping your mind sharp and clear to stay on target for your best results. Thanks so much for tuning in... enjoy the message.
Welcome to Episode 100... This is the 1 YEAR Anniversary of the Mindset Moments Podcast. My special guest is Dr. Robert Rohm who was my first interview recording for the podcast launch in April of 2020. Dr. Rohm is Best Selling author of 20 books and is a world-class speaker and trainer. The Subject matter topic is: Don't Curse the Darkness, Turn on the Light... Enjoy the content, please comment and follow the podcast. Contact email for Dr. Rohm's Tip: "DISC and the Corona Virus" Email: pmcgordo@gmail.com
Very few Coaches or Leaders rise to be recognized as an elite-level coaches. Many aspire to this level of recognition but only a few ever obtain that status. In this TIME OUT message, I will share with you some of the things you can do (but one in particular) to help take you to the elite level of your coaching or leadership influence... Thanks for tuning in... enjoy the message.
One of the top General Managers in the OHL with a championship pedigree is my guest on the podcast this week... The GM for one of the OHL's premier franchises, the Ottawa 67s, James Boyd. James will share his amazing insights, stories and hockey insider approaches to leading and developing championship hockey teams. Grab a coffee and soak it all up... thanks for tuning in...!
Welcome to your weekly TIME OUT (with Special Guest Comments from Paul Grech)... Coaches and Leaders are always on the lookout for top performers they can add to their organizations. They are hard to find and even harder to train because it takes time. There is one quality that seems to be consistent with all top performers without exception. If you know the elements of how to train people and equip them with this skill, your people will thrive and your organization will also. Thanks for tuning in...!
This week's guest coach is a long-time friend, Peter Goulet who I coached against and coached with and have a lot of respect for. He just seems to create winning teams everywhere he goes...! Coach Goulet knows hockey and has a deep passion for the game like few others I know. Grab a coffee, listen to and enjoy some great insights and stories he will share. As always, thanks for tuning in...!
Every day, we are regularly trying to figure things out and make sense of the world around us. We read magazines, and books, we listen to podcasts, and we watch the news and documentaries to inform and educate ourselves. On a more social level, we talk to people, ask them what they think, or what they would do in our situation all to make more sense of life; we want things to ADD UP...! This week's TIME OUT message is about LIFE MATH and helping you make more sense of things through the principles of math... Thanks for tuning in and enjoy...!
I have a treat for you this week with a born and bred Brooklyn New Yorker on the podcast, Former NYPD Police Officer, all-around great hockey guy, and please to call him my friend, Coach John Sacco. What a pleasure to have a person with his experience on the program with his vast background to share his insights and stories with us. Thanks for tuning in...Enjoy.
There are many skills that can be acquired throughout our lives to live life to the fullest. In this week's TIME OUT message, I am going to share what I believe to be the Number 1 Life Skill we can possess to be truly successful. Do you think you might know what it is...? Well, hit PLAY, have a listen and see if we align... ! Thanks for tuning in, and enjoy!
My long-time friend and coach-mentor Mickey Goulet is my guest on the podcast this week. Coach Mickey is a legend in the game and started coaching over 50 years ago. The NCAA, CIS, the Italian National team and Hockey Canada are all part of his coaching legacy. Mickey gave me my start in NCAA coaching in 1982 at Colby College when he brought me in as his goalie coach for 5 seasons. I am so pleased to have Coach Goulet share his wisdom and insights on Mindset Moments. Enjoy...
To be a Problem Solver is a highly valuable skill to possess. Employers and organizations covet problem solvers as important assets to their day-to-day activities and performance interactions. As Leaders and Coaches being a problem solver provides a distinct advantage and enables them to transition challenges quicker, and optimize team performance just to name a couple of things. This TIME OUT message provides the 5 things to consider doing to become a better problem solver in your day-to-day endeavors. Thanks for tuning in, enjoy...!
Championship Coach and WIAC Coach of the Year in 2019-20 Coach Erik Strand is my guest on the podcast this week. Erik just seems to win wherever he goes. He was part of the coaching staff that won the Div III National Championship in 2013 with Wisconsin Eau-Claire and went on to coach the women team to multiple divisional championships... and did it again this season! Thanks for tuning in and enjoy listening to Coach Strand share his insights.
OZ never did give nothing to the TINMAN, that he didn't already have...! Great coaches and leaders bring out the gifts and superpower we have inside of us when we sometimes don't even know we have.. This week's TIME OUT message is about the lessons that were learned on the Yellow Brick Road in the land of OZ in the 1939 movie The Wizard of OZ. Come, take the journey and see if what they learned is what we can learn also. Our Life is a JOURNEY and we can learn so much if we just pay attention... Thanks for joining me...Enjoy...!
BIG10 Championship and Veteran Coach, Andy Slaggert is my guest this week on the podcast. Coach Andy is the Associate Head Coach of the NCAA Division 1, University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish hockey team and is in his 28th season this year. Both his sons Graham, and Landon play for the Fighting Irish as well. Coach Andy is one of the top recruiters in college hockey and is an ACHA award-winning coach. Great to have Coach Slags on the program...enjoy...!!
Building a HIGH-PERFORMANCE CULTURE: Organizations that focus on the performance output and the health and wellness of their teams are bound to be more successful and are much more likely to deliver better overall results. Many believe that good, sound leadership is the answer to high-performance and that is partly true... however, managing people and team performance is much more than simply utilizing and applying practices of good leadership. You must establish a plan of action for influencing a change in organizational behavior, and, implementing a shared-values-based culture. In my 20+ years of implementing this practice, I know that doing this will always lead to high-performance. Thanks for tuning in... enjoy the message.
My Friend, Coach Chris is a PURE Hockey guy who has a passion for the great game of ice hockey. From his playing days at Niagara University and also in the Finnish Pro Liiga as a player, Chris definitely invests his heart and soul into his work. This is a solid, mindset interview with UCONN, Div 1, Head Coach, Chris MacKenzie. Thanks for tuning in and enjoy the interview.
GRIT is important because it is a foundational ingredient for achievement and success. Being naturally smart and talented are great, but to really excel and thrive, we need the ability to persevere. If you don't possess a good measure of GRIT, talent, intelligence and skill may not serve you as well as you think and you will fall way short of your potential...! Welcome to the Grittiest message this year... enjoy...!
DO YOU BELIEVE...? This week's guest to Mindset Moments has a great story! This is a story of someone who defied the odds and got busy... equipped with a Dream, Resilience, and Determination, Jason LeSage managed to achieve what many believed couldn't be done. My friend and fellow podcaster Jason is living proof, that if you work hard enough and never give up on your dream, you can achieve it...! If the Dream is BIG enough, the facts don't count. Thanks for tuning in, I hope you enjoy the podcast...!
I have heard it said that your PERSONAL BRAND is what people say about you when you’re not in the room. Well if that is true, how many of us have considered what it takes to build our personal brand so that we are always presenting the best version of ourselves where ever we go...? This TIME OUT message will outline what is a brand and how to make yours better...! Thanks for tuning and enjoy..!
This week, yet another Notre Dame Fighting Irish Alumni who hit the coaching ranks... Head Coach Josh Sciba of the Women's Div1 Hockey Team at Union College. Josh has also coached with Team USA internationally and helping guide the team to a gold medal at the 2020 IIHF Under-18 Women's World Championship in Bratislava, Slovakia. Sit back, relax and enjoy this great Mindset Moments interview from a great hockey guy..! Thanks for tuning in.
Many people believe that they are good communicators but often fall way short of the main purpose for communicating... making a good connection. Connecting is the ability to identify with people and relate to them in a way that increases your influence with them. If you can’t find a way to communicate effectively, you will very often be unable to reach your full potential. This week's Time Out message provides a few practical ideas to help increase your ability to connect and validate when you've succeeded. Thanks for connecting with me, enjoy the message...!
My guest on the podcast this week is Whitney Colbert; Coach Whitney has been in the game for many years already and been in some amazing positions in her career. Whitney has been an assistant coach with the Chinese national Olympic women's hockey team. Before that, she spent a combined five seasons as an assistant coach at Division I Union and Division III Connecticut College. She is the new Head Coach of Blake High School Bears in Minneapolis MN. Thanks for tuning in... Enjoy.
In the process of achieving what matters most to you, I think that one of the best ways to set yourself up to succeed is to focus on a few key things that will help you to effectively deliver specific results. Knowing what those things are can make the difference between success and failure. In today's message, I am going to provide what I believe are the most important ones to focus on. No matter what it is you want to achieve, applying these three things will give you a solid foundation on which to build the outcomes that matter most to you in your life, work and play. Thanks for taking a Time Out with me and I hope you enjoy the message.
Welcome to Mindset Moments! My guest this week is a long-time friend of mine, who is a former CFL Pro Football player and College Championship Coach, Larry Ring. Coach Larry played elite level hockey and football prior to playing college football at Bishops University and ultimately pro football. Larry went on to have a very successful Canadian Junior and College coaching career post-pro, winning many championships. Great to have my friend Ringer here to share his mindset insights and elite coaching experiences with you. Thanks for tuning in...Enjoy...! Please LIKE the podcast and leave a short comment.
With the fast pace of life and the need to get things done, it is very easy for a Coach or a Leader to be very busy all the time. Not many people deliberately take a TIME OUT to just sit and THINK. There is always something more to do and somewhere else to go... If you think about it, people really don't have time to think because they are too busy "doing". THOUGHTS are like seeds to a garden, so if thoughts are the seeds for right thinking, we must cultivate the right "seeds" that are planted there. Thanks for taking some Time Out with me to ponder this subject matter, As a Man Thinketh, Enjoy...! Please take a moment to LIKE and think about leaving a COMMENT...!
This week's special guest to Mindset Moments is my friend Mike Hartman, a former NHLer and Stanley Cup Champion. He is a mindset strategist, as well as a leadership development and performance coach. What a great journey Mike has been on, influencing people, making an impact and changing lives in his post-hockey career. You are going to enjoy this interview as much as I did hosting it...! Thanks for joining me...! Please LIKE the podcast and leave a comment... it helps grow our ratings...
When I think of preparation, I cannot help but think of a Hurricane building, momentum out in the ocean heading for dry land. I would always hear the news reporting that coastal residents were busy preparing for the storm's arrival. Life is like that as well, we have to prepare for the storms of life, but we have to prepare for the successes in life also, otherwise they likely won't happen. This Time Out message delivers on the subject matter of preparation and how we can apply certain key principles to be well prepared to succeed in life. Thanks for tuning in and enjoy. Please take a moment to LIKE and leave a comment...!
Welcome to this week's edition of Mindset Moments. My guest is Paul Grech, a very interesting interview and a rather colorful character who has done so many cool things in his life...! We met when I was coaching him as a player with the McGill University Redmen Hockey Team in the late 1980's. After graduating from McGill, he went on to play pro hockey in the UK and went to school there; he also served in the British special forces and became an aviator. He is currently a professional aviator in northern Canada and shares his story and mindset insights with us on the program. Thanks for tuning in...enjoy...!
Everyone would like to think and or believe that they are irreplaceable and of course you are... but to be considered an irreplaceable asset would be an even greater accomplishment. This TIME OUT message will provide you 5 things you can invest yourself in to be that ASSET that is irreplaceable...! Thanks for tuning in and enjoy...!
This week Mindset Moments welcomes a double-value interview with not one, but two highly successful, championship coaches from Oswego State University in upstate NY, Coach Ed Gosek and Coach Mark Digby. Oswego was my first Performance Mindset Coaching Client in the NCAA 8 years ago when Ed engaged my services to train them and the Men's hockey team. Mark was his assistant coach back then but is now the Head Coach of the Women's hockey team and they are the dynamic duo of hockey at Oswego State. Thanks for tuning in and enjoy the podcast.
Welcome to your first TIME OUT message for the New Year. I would like to extend to you all the best this New Year, with lots of Success, Prosperity, and Health...! The message today is inspired by some very old-time lesson plans, minding your P's & Q's but this training is revised and geared towards today's leadership and coaching so you should derive great benefit from the content within. Thanks for tuning in... Enjoy...!
My guest to the podcast this week is coach Mario Duhamel. Mario is a former NHL coach, a former QMJHL Head Coach/GM, and he is currently the Associate Head Coach of the OHL, Ottawa 67s, My energetic friend Mario is a championship coach and has been coaching the sport of ice hockey at the highest levels for many years including internationally with Team Canada. Coach Mario has a great deal of experience teaching, motivating, and leading athletes to great levels of successful performance! Thanks for tuning in and enjoy our conversation...!
This week's Time Out message takes on a slightly negative slant with a positive outcome... Things to avoid for leadership and coaching success...! Sometimes you have to beware of something so that you are fully aware. Just doing my part to keep you on the bright side of your mindset. Thanks for tuning in and thank you for the ongoing support for the podcast. Take a moment and subscribe as a follower of the program, I would greatly appreciate it, there is no cost... Enjoy...!
This week my guest is former MLB player development coach for the Toronto Blue Jays, Tad Skelley. Tad was a star ball-player in college and went on to coach several years in the NCAA after his playing career. He earned his way into Major League Baseball and found his way back to the NCAA where has worked with some BIG-TIME college schools. He is now developing student-athletes full time at the prestigious NESCAC school in upstate Maine, Colby College. Welcome to the podcast and enjoy...!
Many people aspire to take their work and sports performance efforts from Good to Great... and that is what is required to be a top performer. High Performance is a deliberate and intentional act and requires a plan and a pathway to follow in order to know which key indicators and markers that are being achieved. Average is unacceptable in the world of High Performance and this week's Time Out message is for those who desire to know what High Performance looks like en route to achieve performance excellence. Great to have you here, enjoy the journey.
Championship NCAA veteran coach Paul Pooley, The Associate Head Coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish hockey team is on the podcast with me this week from South Bend Indiana. Paul played in the NHL with the Winnipeg Jets and is also an AHL Calder Cup Champion. I have had the privilege of working with Paul, the staff, and the team at Notre Dame for the past 6 seasons. Paul is a passionate and very smart hockey man who wins everywhere he goes.! Thanks for tuning in, enjoy the program.
Life is certainly not easy these days, in fact it's tough...! It's even tougher when you have to deal with difficult people at work, on sports teams, and even at home. In this week's Time Out information-podcast, we dive into the world of difficult people and the behaviors they display and I am going to share some insights on how to deal with these agents of the character-building persuasion. Thanks for tuning in, I am glad you are here! Enjoy the program.
19-year-old, Ottawa 67 player and 1st round NHL draft pick Jack Quinn is my special guest to the podcast this week. Here is what HockeyNews.com had to say about him; Ask any NHL scout which prospect rose the most during the 2020 NHL draft season and you'll hear Jack Quinn's name quite a bit. It's not exactly a mystery as to why. A late 2001-born forward, Quinn saw a 57-point increase in offensive output last season with a 52-goal, 89-point campaign in 62 games. Quinn's 34 even-strength goals were the second most among draft-eligible prospects. Jack took some time out with me from the Team Canada, World Junior Hockey training camp in Red Deer AL to speak with me... enjoy the program, and thanks for joining me!
Welcome to this week's Time Out Message, hopefully this is becoming a good habit for you...! More than 80% percent of our daily activities are our habits. That being said, any result you obtained today, regardless good or bad, is the collective product of your habits in the past. Likewise, every result you desire for the future depends on the habits you have and cultivate at this moment and through the day going forward. Let's see if we can start changing and cultivating new habits today and for the next 21 days to make all our tomorrows better. Enjoy the message and thanks for joining me...!
My guest to the program is my long-time friend, Dr. Bruce Smith, the Radio Broadcast voice for the hockey games of the St John's Sea Dogs in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He was the former, radio color commentator for the AHL - St John's Flames; he also dressed as a goaltender for an AHL game and will share his story about that adventure in this interview. Bruce is also the Director of Hockey Ministries International, Atlantic Division, and serves as the Chaplin for the Sea Dogs team and the QMJHL. Enjoy the podcast, Thanks for tuning in...!
Welcome to a special, THANKSGIVING - TIME OUT podcast message for you all this week. This week's message Have an Attitude of Gratitude is applicable to any time of year but I felt it was appropriate to send it out because of the holiday for a large portion of my listening audience is in America...! There are so many things we can be thankful for but I want to encourage you to try and increase your focus of having an attitude of gratitude on more of a daily basis! Today's message will outline the major benefits of doing that and it will surely make a big impact on your life and those around you..! I am thankful for your support and appreciate you all for tuning in... make it a great day...!
This week I get to host another great guest on the podcast! Coach Mark Morris and 2-time NCAA - ECAC Coach of the Year, former NHL and AHL coach is going to share some great stories as well as some performance mindset insights with us. Coach Mark has many, many championships to his name and was also on staff in the AHL when the NHL Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup in 2012 and 2014. Coach Mark is the only coach in history with over 300 wins in both the college and professional ranks. You are in for a special treat to hear Coach Mark share so thanks for tuning in and enjoy the podcast.
Every leadership role or position includes an element of coaching. A good coach has many of these traits but a great coach has all of them. This week's Time Out episode will help you zero in on what I feel to be the essential traits to be a great coach. There are probably 20 traits in all if you really want to get specific but I have narrowed it down to the traits I have collected from all the coaches I have worked with in my career as a coach of the coaches. I encourage you to work at developing these traits and become a GREAT coach yourself...never stop learning and growing. Thanks for tuning in...!
My guest to the podcast this week is a really great person who loves to help train people to believe in themselves and achieve their personal best. Dean Dorsey was a former pro kicker in the NFL and got the opportunity to play for 2 teams in his career there. As well, he played in the CFL where he truly excelled and holds a number of kicking records...! His playing career led him into a great coaching career and he has also developed a really cool training facility at his personal residence in rural Ottawa. Tune in and listen to this fun and informative interview and catch a few tips on how to be your best. Thanks for joining me... Enjoy!
Finishing strong isn’t only important in sport, or business but also in life. There are specific key traits that may very well be the determining factor between success and failure in our lives. Becoming aware is the first step to understanding. When you decide to do something you must commit to it fully, set your mind, body, heart, and soul to it... look to finish strong, it’s totally, and completely up to you. Thanks for tuning into the program...Enjoy your Time Out...!
My guest on the podcast this week is my good friend Trevor Large, a 14-year coaching veteran in the NCAA, and he is in his fourth season as the Head Coach of the Division 1, Canisius, Golden Griffins hockey program in Buffalo New York. Trevor is the seventh head coach in school history after taking over the reins serving as an assistant for three seasons under former head coach Dave Smith (who was our guest last episode). Trevor has coached at ARMY and AIC prior to Canisius and he played four years of college hockey for Ferris State. He has a championship mindset and you will enjoy his insights on the program today... Thanks so much for joining us!
One of my favorite topics of study and research as well as discussion is influence. Every day we use the powers of influence through connection, rapport persuasion and even selling our ideas to others. Whether you need to get your kids to do their chores or do home work, lead or manage people at work or even sell to customers, getting people to follow your input or trying to get people to change their minds is a valuable skill to possess. I am going to share my 4E Method of Influence that will very likely help you to start winning people to your way of thinking. Grab a pen and paper, take a little Time Out and enjoy the message.
Canadian born and raised, former pro hockey player, and current NCAA coach, Dave Smith is our guest this week on the podcast. Dave was a member of the NHL New York Rangers and played in the AHL, ECHL, and the IHL for 6 seasons. Dave is a 20-year coaching veteran in the NCAA and is a championship coach as well. Coach Smith is an innovative, growth-minded coach and is a strong advocate for the performance mindset training methodology with lots of great insights and perspectives about the game of hockey. Thanks for joining the program, enjoy the discussion...!
Every single person ever born does not have the natural ability to develop and build great relationships with other people. These are called "people skills" or "soft skills" that have to be taught to us over a period of many years when we are younger. Like any other skill, they can be learned and mastered so we can experience regular success at connecting with others. We can ALL become better at building relationships by learning specific connection skills at the front end of our interactions and that will help us to have many solid relationships throughout life. Without good connections, it will be very difficult to build good relationships. This episode will provide 3 simple keys to help us all make better connections. Enjoy your Time Out with Coach Gord and thanks for tuning in...!
My guest to the program this week is my friend and former NHL, AHL, and NCAA coach Troy Ward. Troy had been coaching hockey for many years at the highest levels and most recently in Austria but also has coached in Junior A as well as NCAA Division I and Div III. Troy is also the founder and owner of an amazing summer camp experience called Hockey and Sons which hundreds of fathers and their kids have enjoyed for more than 20 years in Minnesota, the state of hockey. Troy is a wealth of knowledge and a good friend and a great person. Thanks for joining us and enjoy the podcast...!
I have been a coach trainer and mentor for well over 1000 coaches in my 20 plus years of providing mentorship and behavioral insights to athletic coaches. I have also provided leadership and business development for 1000's of business managers and leaders. I have heard the same story from countless athletes and countless employees as well, that they QUIT their team or QUIT their job because they hated their coach or hated their boss. Many times I have heard from dozen and dozens of people (athletes and employees alike) who are all too happy to tell me how rude and awful their coach or boss was, and how they didn't understand them, didn't use them to their full potential, or didn't give them a fair opportunity so they QUIT. So, I did some research to find out what the actual reasons were that made people quit their job or their team. I found the top 5 things that are common for both athletes and employees as to WHY they HATE their coaches or boss and I will give you 5 more bonus things as well. So, take a Time Out and BUCKLE UP, and let's see if you have experienced any of these as well...! Thanks for joining me...!