On this week's episode of the Building Championship Mindsets podcast, Dr. Amber Selking discusses the topic of performance excellence. She sheds light on how our identity serves as the cornerstone of excellence and how embracing our true selves can help us achieve our goals, regardless of external outcomes. Listen this week as Dr. Selking talks about personal development in the areas of identity, mindset, and leadership and shares practical tools, and tips for the inside-out process of building performance excellence. About Building Championship Mindsets Welcome to “Building Championship Mindsets. | the Podcast!” From the LockerRoom to the BoardRoom, our purpose is to help individuals, teams, and organizations understand and leverage the power of Mindset and Leadership to drive results and achieve sustainable performance excellence.  As a leader in the field of sports and performance psychology, Dr. Amber Selking has been fiercely devoted to optimizing human performance in people and systems throughout her entire career. Dr. Selking is the founder of Selking Performance Group, a leading performance consulting practice that helps individuals, companies, and sports teams achieve sustainable results. She has served as the Mental Performance Coach for the Notre Dame Football team and as the Vice President of Leadership & Culture Development for Lippert, a global, publicly traded manufacturing company whose corporate vision is to change the model of work, demonstrating that business can and should Be a Force for Good in our World. She has also served as an adjunct professor in the Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame. Dr. Selking holds a Ph.D. in Educational and Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri, a master’s degree in Sport and Performance Psychology from the University of Denver, and an undergraduate degree in Management Consulting from the University of Notre Dame. At ND, Amber played soccer for the Fighting Irish before an injury ended her career, after which she founded Notre Dame Christian Athletes (NDCA) in the ND Athletic Department. She currently resides in South Bend, Indiana, with her husband, Aaron, and their Doberman Pinscher, Rockne. STANDOUT QUOTES "The best of the best know who they are under the jersey, under the suit, under the quarter zip that they're wearing.” Dr. Selking “Success doesn't happen in a vacuum. Even if you play an individual sport, or you're single and building your own life and career right now, you being excellent in the world will only happen if you can get other people aligned, brought in, and energized with you.” -Dr. Amber Selking Championship Mindset Training  Who are you? What are the roles that you play? More importantly, what are the threads of your identity? If you don't know where to start, take some personality assessments.  TIMESTAMPS [00:44] Winning and success  [08:10] The impact of identity on performance  [13:27] Mindsets on pressure: helpful vs unhelpful  [16:48] Leadership starts with leading ourselves  [23:06] Championship Mindset Training Please get on iTunes to rate us and write a review for us! We are excited to share this content with our audience, and your rates and reviews will enable us to continue sharing quality content. Also, please share the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and any other social media that you use so that we can continue Building Championship Mindsets around the world! If...