Episode Notes: David Levin, founder of the Raise Your Inner Game Sports Academy and author of the book - Raise Your Inner Game, joins the podcast to challenge us to do just that through a mechanics based approach that is easier to teach, coach and practice. David looks at how you can depersonalize errors by asking who is in charge right now: Am I or is this thought? It is critical to become aware when we let the thoughts decide and to be aware that thinking and hearing thoughts are different things. Learn to get cognitive control, emotional self-regulation and impulse control -- master the three domains of performance: thinking, feeling, doing. 

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Episode Notes: Dr. Chris Gehrz, history professor at Bethel University, joins the podcast. He was my introduction to podcasts many years ago, it was only right that he joined me for a discussion. The conversation is wide ranging and connects with what it means to reflect on your current and future place, giving students the license to fail and how being yourself is essential to lead and teach. Dr. Gehrz is an expert at demonstrating what it means to think in public and has taught many of us the secret isn’t what you think.

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Check out Dr. Gehrz’s work:

Charles Lingbergh: A Religious Biography of America’s Most Infamous Pilot

The Pietist Option: Hope for the Renewal of Christianity

Blog: https://pietistschoolman.com/

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Jake Thompson, Chief Encouragement Officer of Compete Every Day, returns for a conversation to challenge us and grow us. Jake challenges us to think about coaching as teaching and how asking great questions unlocks relationships and learning. What does it look like to reach your potential and what did you do today to get there are powerful questions that Jake asks and helps us answer by directing us to think big then simplify whenever possible. He reminds us to not feel bad if we don't think we are doing this leadership thing well, none of us were taught how to do it well. 

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Check out Jake Thompson's first appearance on the Eyes Up Mindset podcast: 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/eyes-up-mindset/id1515392710?i=1000490368836

https://open.spotify.com/episode/75dAlAc8iFerpD0KTcfAoU?si=b0047763cda64010

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Compete Every Day Website

Twitter: @JakeAThompson

Instagram: jakethompsonspeaks

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Episode Notes: Jamie updates the audience on where we are going from here (hint: a short break), then asks some questions about learning and thinking generally. Feel free to reach out with feedback about the things discussed in today's episode. Grow us by being willing to give, even if it's just a little input. 

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Episode Notes: We get the gang back together to discuss the most important of resources: time. John and Jamie talk about the difference between spending time and investing time and how it looks in their lives at this moment. Which leads to an announcement about changes coming for the podcast moving forward.

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Episode Notes: Ben Nylander, head boys coach and Mike Coddington of Jordan (MN) track and field join us today to talk about what makes the track program in Jordan special. From having 200 youth athletes attend a summer track camp to winning high school state championships, the program speaks for itself, but the secret sauce is always the people and the way they think. In this conversation we see how they have gotten to those incredible feats at all levels. Ben and Mike tell us about how passion, organization and student leadership has driven their progress. We dig into the details of that organization and leadership to get the root of how they think about creating excellence in young people and it will stretch you, it did me. 

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Episode Notes: Lauren Ammon was a DI swimmer and worked in the corporate world training leaders and managers. She is now back in athletics where she works with parents and coaches to build effective support systems that attempt to draw out the best possible performance from athletes. Lauren challenges us to get better by talking through how she works with parents, coaches and athletes to ask questions, reflect, get intentional and find flow. We get to talk about performance in a variety of different contexts from sports and parenting to business and personal life. Lauren brings the good juice!

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Episode Notes: Today we re-air our episode with Jalen Brunson from August of 2021. Jalen earned the opportunity to sign a new contract with the New York Knicks last week, after an incredible 2021-22 season and playoffs with the Dallas Mavericks. Jalen is an awesome individual, leader, and teammate. He joins us after being connected by Coach Swan (Swanny) who coached him in high school at Stevenson and coached Jamie and I at Bethel. Small world. Jalen challenges us with many things today and none more important than learning to adapt to different situations/environments, working hard to be the best version of you, and to not compare yourself to others on a different journey.

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Episode Notes: Amy Fast is the high school principal in McMinnville, Oregon and joins us today for a wide ranging conversation about leadership, culture, education, diversity and society. Dr. Fast helps describe the model they use to aspire toward a groundbreaking culture in McMinnville and challenges us to think about how connecting to purpose creates engagement at every level. The opportunity to talk about how schools and kids are the center of our communities, opens the door for us to engage and take steps towards better relationships, communities and leadership in our lives.

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Check out her book: It’s The Mission Not the Mandates: Defining the Purpose of Public Education 

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Episode Notes: On this week is an old friend doing amazing things in Whitefish, MT. Brett Bollweg, a former roommate of Jamie and John, joins us to talk about the transition to Head Coach, putting his stamp on the next era of Whitefish Football, and more importantly how giving of ourselves may be the most important thing we can do. Brett shared the D.O.G.S (Diligence, Ownership, Gratitude, and Service) mantra that this team will embody. As usual we talk way more life and improvement than football. We got better today and you will also.

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