Growth Mindset

In today's podcast episode, I grab an impromptu conversation with Peter Jenkins discussing then personal approach to booking start-up sessions. Starting by authentically engaging with members and truly understand what their goal(s) are. Describing how the SUS will help them - What's in it for them? Moving to scheduling that SUS confidently with them.

Some of the most well-known and commonly discussed benefits to exercise can positively impact work performance. Exercise can lead to increased energy, endurance, and self-esteem which clearly lends itself to doing well at work. Exercise also induces measurable chemical responses in the brain, which is accompanied by an boost in BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor), associated with cognitive improvement and the alleviation of depression and anxiety. These are 3 mental processes you may begin to adapt first in your physical fitness routine that will eventually translate into keeping you at your “A” game at work:

Today Dave Berardo and I take on prospecting for ramping trainers along with the transition from ramping to standard.

You literally need the struggle and resistance to change your body. And the same rules apply to changing our brain. And so it's a call to action! Look, getting better isn't pretty and it's not only okay for it to be a bit ugly, it's unnecessary! The same tactics that we use to change our body with fitness and working out... those are the same rules that apply to changing our brain. So many times when we try to learn something, we try it twice, it doesn't work and then we just stop?! That would be the equivalent of doing like one set of curls. And then wake up in the morning like, oh, not bigger. I guess I can't grow. Nobody would do that!! People in the fitness world notice that, like literally, anyone can make any muscle stronger if they work it out! And… the same rules apply to skills. In today’s BPT Podcast I talked with Trevor Ragan from the “Learner Lab” and Train Ugly. Trever interviewed Michael merzenich. He's known as the father of neuro plasticity, which is like, the building blocks for all skill and development. Neuroplasticity shows how when we learn something, we're actually building new connections in our brain. And this guy has been studying the brain since the late 60s, early 70s. And during the conversation, one of the most profound things he said, like, with 100% certainty, absolutely anyone can get better at virtually anything! We know it can bring up a little fear and anxiety to create change… We address that too! Researchers have a technique they call Reappraising fear. Look into the research of fear, anxiety, stress, one of the worst possible things to do with those emotions is to try to suppress them. Yet 91% of people think that that's the best thing to do with them. We assume that something's wrong, that we're not ready, that we're not prepared that this isn't the right thing to do. But the truth is like, that's literally just a part of our brain. It's called our amygdala. And that's its response to anything that takes us out of our comfort zone. And so this tactic of reappraising fear is to help people understand feeling uncomfortable, doesn't mean you're doing something wrong. And it doesn't mean you can't do this. It means you're human. Like literally the human response to anything that stretches us out of our comfort zone is discomfort. And so like that seems simple, but it's like a superpower skill and tool that we can use to help us become better learners. Help us make bigger changes! The essence of a growth mindset is what I believe - I can grow. That's an essential fuel source to making a change the opposite of a fixed mindset that like, I can't learn that I can't do that. If I'm operating from those limiting beliefs, I'm probably not going to take a sustained action that goes for learning... that goes for working out. Now, the interesting thing, and the topic that we're digging into now is how actually the beliefs of the person in charge the beliefs of the leader can also become like self fulfilling, just like the beliefs of the individual. So Trevor interviewed Robert Rosenthal, he's in his 90s he's still a professor in California and he researches what they call the Pygmalion effect. And the Pygmalion effect basically shows how the Applications of the person in charge could become self-fulfilling prophecies. What the hell does that mean??? Check out today’s podcast with Trevor Ragan and find out!

In this weeks episode Chris Grebe and I discuss a new part of our PT Core 1 series Fixed vs. Growth mindset. It's easy to scratch the surface of this concept and move on however, we talk more about the depth of the it and how it can positively impact your coaching. Even more importantly how to actually begin to apply it!

This is our final principle out of the 7 Coaching Principles from John Berardi's book Change Maker.  When we want so badly to help clients, we often find ourselves preaching, lecturing, pushing, cajoling, and prodding. When on the receiving end of all that pressure, clients do what humans do, they push back. That’s why the more we argue for change, the more clients will argue against it. Paradoxically, it’s only when we relax, when we allow non-change, that our clients become more ready, willing, and able to do it. But how do you relax and allow non-change? Check out the following coaching scenarios. They’ll show you how to use questions and curiosity to facilitate the change process, not sabotage it.

One surefire way to increase the probability that clients follow your advice is to confidence test it. This is #6 of “The Super Seven Coaching Principles” - Change Maker by John Berardi Become more Client-Centered, and less Coach-Centered Ask good questions to practice active, compassionate listening Focus on what’s awesome, not what’s awful Set the right kinds of goals Establish the right practices to reach those goals Always confidence test Speak in a way that makes people more likely to change Today's episode we hear from APTM Derek Fox! We'll also hear from a couple of our awesome Brooklyn based CM's. Hear some PT Core 1 feedback and insight into PT Core 2.

This weeks email takes a look into the 5th part of “The Super 7 Coaching Principles” from John Berardi’s book Change Maker. At first glance this email look very long but don’t let that be intimidating this concept is actually pretty straight forward and easy to implement. There’s 2 parts to turning “bad” goals into “good” ones. First there’s the 3 step process: Turn outcome Goals into Behavior goals Turn avoid goals into approach goals Turn performance goals into mastery goals. The second part is to leverage what he calls the 5S formula to create the best daily practices. Also, how coaches can position themselves as a source of strategy, guidance and support with regard to nutritional documentaries like Game Changers.

Part 4 of “The super Seven Coaching Principles” from Dr. John Berardi’s book Change Maker. With APTM Jeff Paul