Minds&More’s Post

Perfectionism is a beast. I can't seem to run from it no matter how hard in my life I have tried to. The only way to live with perfectionism and actually get somewhere is to have these kinds of mind gymnastics I can turn to and use in moments like this. Sure, I have tons of content online spanning the last 10 years... but it doesn't mean that my standards for myself are not higher than ever. What I do know is that it's a battle worth fighting because the consequences are not what I want. #leadershipdevelopment #womeninbusiness #emotionalintelligence #worklifebalance #executiveleadership #professionalgrowth #womenempoweringwomen #careerdevelopment #mentalhealthatwork #workplacewellbeing #executivecoaching #womenintech

Reading Coach Christopher Sommers - former US National Team gymnastics coach and the creator of Gymnastic Bodies email to Tim Ferriss - the following section deeply resonated with me - "In fact, this impatience in dealing with frustration is the primary reason that most people fail to achieve their goals. Unreasonable expectations timewise, resulting in unnecessary frustration, due to a perceived feeling of failure. Achieving the extraordinary is not a linear process. The secret is to show up, do the work, and go home. A blue collar work ethic married to indomitable will. It is literally that simple. Nothing interferes. Nothing can sway you from your purpose. Once the decision is made, simply refuse to budge. Refuse to compromise. And accept that quality long-term results require quality long-term focus. No emotion. No drama. No beating yourself up over small bumps in the road. Learn to enjoy and appreciate the process. This is especially important because you are going to spend far more time on the actual journey than with those all too brief moments of triumph at the end. Certainly celebrate the moments of triumph when they occur. More importantly, learn from defeats when they happen. In fact, if you are not encountering defeat on a fairly regular basis, you are not trying hard enough. And absolutely refuse to accept less than your best. Throw out a timeline. It will take what it takes." Thank you Tim for sharing. #weekendthoughts #lifelessons #Enjoythejourney #BeYourBest

Do you remember when Simone Biles stepped down from the vaulting podium at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020? She received so much criticism: How could she have just given up? How could she have abandoned her team? How could she be so weak? Even after opting out of an event, Simone still came home with a Silver Olympic Medal. And she has won the most World Championship Gold Medals in Gymnastics. A feat she may not have been able to achieve if she hadn’t stepped down that day. I’ve been pretty vocal about the importance of knowing when to step down or stand back — especially when it comes to your physical and mental health. I don’t see Biles standing down as a weakness. It’s a strength to know when to prioritize your health over glory. Another strength? Knowing when to ask for help - something Simone Biles is now making headlines for. At the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, she won yet another gold medal, which can be partially credited to an insanely difficult vault, which has since been named the Biles II. The judges deducted a half point because her coach, Laurent Landi, spotted her on the mat. Simone and her coach knew how difficult this vault was to land. So much so that she could have been paralyzed or died had just one tiny thing gone wrong. It’s not just important to ask for help. It’s important to ask for help when you know you’ll need it most. When we stretch outside our comfort zones, we reach BIG. Having a support system there to catch us when we fall allows us to constantly shift our beliefs of what’s possible. Asking for and surrounding yourself with support is not a sign of weakness but of strength. It is good for our well-being. It develops our confidence in a MUCH deeper and longer-lasting way than it would with quick successes. Support helps us stretch outside of our comfort zones and reach BIG. I know I say this a lot, but I would NOT be where I am today or who I am today without the circle of support I surround myself with to this day. Together, we're not just individuals; we're a collective force for change, empowering each other to reach new heights of success and fulfillment. ⭐️ #emergingwomen #femininepower #strongertogether #livethetruthofwhoyouare #simonebiles

About the Olympics, but not about David Popovici. On Complexity vs Perfection. I was reading the other day about Simone Biles’s performance. We all know how good she is, and what a phenomenon. But the article on that day was about how the scores are calculated in gymnastics. And something is surprising about it: You can win gold and make several mistakes in execution. This is how Simone Biles does it. The final score in gymnastics is a combination of a mark for complexity and one for execution. Every gymnast starts from a 10 and then points are added or subtracted for each element, for artistic appearance (for some of the apparatus), for connecting the elements, and for how well they are performed. Everyone knows that Simone Biles is so very good because we read it in the press. But watching her, if you are not gymnastics savvy, the first thing you notice is how there are small mistakes in how she lands, for example. And then you wonder: how come she still gets the gold? Well because she executes some elements that are so complex, that they didn’t even exist before her. She invented them. And she has such power and speed that sometimes the landing it’s not so perfect… That’s one woman who’s not afraid of not doing it “perfectly”. She aims to challenge herself to the limit and add more and more difficulty in her job so that she continues learning and growing. In which areas of your life you are so focused on “perfection” and controlling the process, that you stagnated? (Picture source: CNBC.com) #performance #growthmindset #searchforthedifficult #olympics #growth #learning

Things get a whole lot harder as you get older. Growing up, I loved gymnastics. I was always flipping around the house. It was easy. It was fun! Now my 8 year old daughter does gymnastics and watching her learn new skills brings back so many good memories. This past week, I wondered if I could still do some of the skills she’s working on. I used to do back walkovers all the time. They were easy. I figured it would be like riding a bike. Boy was I wrong! It was so much harder than I remembered. It took a few tries and some help from my husband, but I finally did it. They say things don’t change, people do. The skill hasn’t changed at all, but I have changed a lot in almost 30 years! Sometimes we give ourselves outs as we grow up. We say things like “I don’t have to do that anymore” or “I can’t do that thing anymore” or “I’m too old to do that now”. Remember, you might change, but that doesn’t mean those foundational things aren’t important. Off we don’t constantly work on the fundamentals, they will get harder over time. Where do you need to slow down and go back to the basics? #growthmindset #leadership #progressoverperfection

Being a recovering perfectionist myself, and working with so many high-achieving clients, I know how hard it can be to feel calm on the inside—not just appear calm on the outside. So often, we get caught up in mental gymnastics instead of feeling grounded in our bodies. That’s why I created this free mini master class as a bonus for pre-ordering my book: "The Perfectionist’s Dilemma." I offer three exercises designed to help you become a peaceful perfectionist. (Watch during a lunch break!). Try them and share your experience! I also offer a Starter Kit for becoming a happy achiever. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/en2xKwtF #ThePerfectionistsDilemma #PeacefulPerfectionist #SelfCompassion #HighAchievers #MindBodyConnection

❤️𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐁 ❤️ In gymnastics, as in life, things don't always go as planned. We see a gymnast flawlessly maneuvering on a balance beam. Suddenly, she almost loses her balance, but she seamlessly turns it into another move, making it look natural and effortless. This moment is a perfect metaphor for life. Sometimes, despite our best efforts, things don't go as expected. It's in those moments that our true strength is tested. How we handle our Plan B can make all the difference. The key takeaway? 𝙀𝙢𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙥𝙩 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨. 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝. #LifeLessons #PlanB #Motivation #Inspiration

We call it “the David effect” cause there’s really no other way to describe it. #IYKYK David M. M. Taffet is to executive coaching as Simone Biles is to gymnastics. It’s just a whole ‘nother level. Yeah, we said it. 🙌 Don’t take our word for it, though. This client experienced the David effect, and it changed her life.  Our mission is to build #HealthyOrganizations, and David’s direct, highly personal and deeply empathetic approach to coaching is critical to seeing that to fruition. #PersonalDevelopment  #SelfImprovement #GrowthMindset

🤯 Just realized that joining a corporate office is like entering a whole new dimension of mental gymnastics! 🤪 From coffee-fueled mornings ☕ to endless meetings 📊, my brain is getting a workout like never before! 🧠💪 Who else is on this rollercoaster ride with me? 🎢 👉🏻 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 Anishu Kharta 👨💻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲. 🧡 𝗛𝗶𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲, 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲!! 🔖 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 📤 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 💭 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 #CorporateLife #MentalHealthMatters #BrainOverload #HappyFriday

This is from a GOAT... She should know. She is Simone Biles, a GOAT in the field of gymnastics. She had to withdraw from several events at the Tokyo Olympics because it was not fun and also dangerous to lose her spatial awareness and orientation while mid-air. However, she found her mojo and came back even stronger at the Paris Olympics, setting the stage for her to be named a GOAT. Have you taken a step back to find you happiness? Have you chosen to do it? Have you sought out a person who can help you to find your happiness and lead you to your success? Have you done what you need to do? #goat #whatdoyouneed #choose #coachLorChe