EP50 Mindset Monday - I Am

This is the empowered athlete podcast Mindset Monday. 10 minutes with Kari Schneider to learn new mindset tactics and tricks to optimize your performance in sport, business and life. Let me take you back to the summer of 2008. It was my first summer not playing for the national team. I had it off. And I got to train the entire summer with Kari on a specifically made program that was tailored to me, my injuries, my body and my goals for that next upcoming season. And I was 34 years old. Well, the result went back over to Turkey and won a European cup in incredible physical condition. Thank you to that program setting me up for the perfect season. Well, now you have access to the exact same thing. Hit email ksompowerconditioning.com that's KS for Kari Schneider. And get started on one of Kari's incredible online training programs. The program is tailored to you, has video of each exercise you're doing so you know what you're doing. Your reps are laid out, the sets are laid out. You can't go wrong. Reach out now to reach your best.

So in working with this person, it wasn't someone who was a client. It's someone who I hadn't met ever before. And with these health goals and weight goals that they were working on, I immediately dove into where their mindset was. Because by knowing what the mindset was, that's what would guide me into what direction to take any of their physical actions. Because here's what I know unequivocally with any athlete, any person looking for better health journey, any person that has a goal, if their mindset does not match their physical reality, their physical reality will go back to whatever their mindset is. Does that make sense? So if, for instance, someone is trying to earn more money in their career, but they have a scarcity mindset, their mindset is stuck at a place that says, oh, I earn $30,000 annually. Then they earn, say, $50,000 or $60,000. And when that happens, they will feel amazing. That will be awesome. They'll feel like they're going to stick with that, but inevitably they will go back down to the previous earning that they had before if their mindset is still at that place. That's the same true for your career, same true for weight or health or relationship goals, all of those things. This holds true every single time in working with thousands of people, high performance athletes, private clients, you name it, all types of people. This happens over and over. I see it personally. I've felt it personally, had it happen personally. So what you Think of yourself. How you perceive yourself is critical for you to be able to reach your next goals. So I'm going to help walk you through how to do this. So, number one, if you think about what your goal is, I've written some notes here that I'm checking off. If you think about what your goal is, visualize what that goal looks like. Now, when you think of that goal, what does? Picture it in detail. Do you have a different lifestyle? Do you do different things? Are you around different people? What does it look like for you in that goal? So say it's weight loss, for instance. Are you a different size? What clothes do you, do you wear? How does it feel to put your socks on? How does it feel to pull things up? What does that goal feel like? Very, very specifically, get down to the details. Step two is thinking of yourself. Or if you're having a hard time visualizing yourself, think of someone else who has that goal, who has that. They've made it to the Olympics. Maybe it's a sport goal. Who has, is or has attained that weight loss goal. And think of someone. Maybe it's yourself, but think of someone or a mentor who has achieved that goal. What are their attributes? What do they talk like? How do they move? What do they do on the day to day basis? What kind of qualities or characteristics do they have? Are they enthusiastic? Are they happy? Do they interact with other people? Are they energetic? Do they have a lot of vitality? Are they vital? Do they spend time with their family? Ask yourself what are their characteristics? What are their attributes? And visualize that person or yourself at that goal. So that's number two. Number three, ask yourself the question. In that goal, who do you have to be? So who do I have to be as that person? Am I healthy? Active? Go into all of those characteristics that you visualized for that mentor or for yourself. Go into all of those characteristics. Am I a contributor? Am I a connector? Am I someone who's become a foodie? Am I a chef? A little personal hobby chef? What are all of those things? Now on number four or sorry, number three, while you're doing that, place them into I am statements. I am statements are critical. So this is where, when you're thinking about all those characteristics and all of those attributes, put it into an I am statement. Once you understand that that's who you want to be in the real physical realm, that's who you want to be. It's just not there for you yet. You're visualizing it all you. It's not there for you. But if you were there, what would you be saying as I am statements. So if I look at the person who I was thinking of just a little while ago, who I worked with, one of the things we did in this exercise is starting to go through those I am statements. And he came up with some I am statements. But this is what happened, and this is critical to point out. He started to say, I, I am healthier, I am stronger. But it can't be, I am healthier, I am stronger. It has to be, I am healthy, I am strong. When your brain associates something that isn't in existence, so, oh, I am healthier than I am right now. So it's a future comment, it's a future statement. When your brain associates something that isn't right now, then it's looking for, oh, well, I'm not that. So it recognizes I'm not that. What you want to identify with is I am that right now. So that your brain starts looking for evidence that you are. And if the evidence doesn't match up, this is critical. If the evidence doesn't match up with what you're saying, you, then your brain will go to work to find ways to make it match up. So that is the critical difference between saying something like I am healthier brain. All brain sees is, oh, well, you're not healthy right now. Too bad for you versus I am healthy. And if it doesn't match with your current physical existence and you keep saying I am healthy, your brain is going to look for the ways that it can help facilitate you being healthy. It is a massive filter. And as soon as you say I am healthier and it isn't in existence and it doesn't align, it's like, oh, you're right, you're not. You're not healthy right now. So that's okay. So understand that critical difference. So the statements need to be I am statements. I am a world champion, I am an Olympian, I am a top athlete. I am a strong person. I am a committed mother. Whatever the things are, say them in the present tense. Say them as if they are right now, even if they're not quite there yet. So I am. And then you start to go into the next one, which is number four. Well, if I am healthy and I am an athlete and I am a winner and I am a contributor, and I am a millionaire and I am a whatever you want to be, whatever those things I am, well, then the question becomes, what does someone do? Who is that? What does someone do who is a top athlete? What does someone do who is vital and healthy? And your brain is going to search for those answers. And that is a critical part. What does someone do who is. Whatever your I am statement is, that is massively important in this step process. And then step five is repeating those I am statements every single freaking day, three times a day. So whatever it is that's so important for you, I am. And if you are stuck with say, you start saying I am a say. It's so far off from where you currently are right now that it's hard for your brain to believe it. Then you have to get towards something that is tangible, something that is, okay, I am an athlete. I am doing athletic things. I am being certain athletic way. So something that you can understand and repeat that over and over and over and your brain is going to look for, what do I have to do to be that? What do I have to do to be that? What do I have to do to be that? Because you're going to filter out the things that aren't in alignment with that. And that is what the most critical part is. If you have a team, you have a family, you have people that you work with and you want them to be performing a certain way, they need to be thinking of themselves as that being, as that person who is going to do those things. They need to understand and resonate with them being that thing. I am a dog lover, a little dog sitting with me. So those are the critical steps. Number one, think about what your goal is. Really, really think about it. Visualize it. What does it look like? Then step into yourself or someone who's a mentor. Visualize either or very, very closely visualize those things in detail. What does that person do? What are the qualities that they have? What are their attributes? What are their characteristics? What are the things that they are like when they are that person who has that goal. Number three, who do I have to be? This is your I am statements. This is the critical part. I am fill in the blank now with the person I worked with, who I didn't know, hadn't worked with before. He started to say, I am stronger, I am healthier. And then we corrected that immediately. It's not, I'm going to try. It's not I am healthier. It's not the something future thing. Your brain will not work with that. So it has to be, I am healthy, I am strong. And then your brain is going to look for ways that you can act to match that. That's the critical part. So those are the I AM statements. And then you start to ask yourself, what does someone do who is healthy, who is strong? What do they do? And then you start filling in those actions. This is how you're going to get to your goal and and align your brain with what you need to think and how you need to respond in being the person who attains that goal. Repeat those I AM statements daily. So this is the five step task to get your brain aligned with the goal that you want to have. But your brain has to change first. You've got to get into that mindset before you're going to see it in physical reality. Otherwise you're always going to go back to wherever your brain set. So I hope that helps you go towards your goals and get your brain caught up or get your brain in place first. Because everything happens three times. It happens first in your mind and then it happens where you're actually doing it, visualizing it, going towards it, and then ultimately the third time it happens in physical reality. So this is the steps. These are the steps how you can get where you want to go. So have a fantastic Monday. I hope that makes a difference for you. Listen in on our podcast, the Empowered Top Performers. Comment on this, ask questions, give me an example. I would love to help out in any way I can and feel free to comment on people's comments too, and supporting other people. Have a fantastic day, guys. We'll talk to you next time.