Dr. Torrie Higgins, a performance coach, shares her journey and expertise in working with high-performing individuals in intense environments. She emphasizes the importance of mindset and how it can be trained and cultivated. Torrie discusses the use of neuroscience in developing coaching programs and tools, and highlights the significance of understanding chronobiology and designing one's day for peak performance. She also emphasizes the need for regular mindset practice and the importance of questioning negative beliefs and challenging the internal voice of anxiety. In this conversation, Dr. Torrie Higgins discusses the importance of managing limiting beliefs and fears in order to build confidence and resilience. She suggests writing down these limiting beliefs and double-clicking on them to gain distance and objectivity. Dr. Higgins also introduces the concept of the flexibility sequence, which involves asking oneself what the situation demands, what tools are needed, and creating a feedback loop to determine if the chosen tools are effective. She emphasizes the need for vulnerability and open communication in high-performance environments. Additionally, Dr. Higgins highlights the significance of managing energy and the three types of energy: physical, cognitive, and emotional. She recommends reframing discomfort cues and optimizing recovery breaks to maximize performance.

Takeaways

• Mindset is a core belief system that shapes how we process the world around us.
• A resilient mindset includes optimism, a challenge orientation, and confidence in coping with stress.
• Understanding chronobiology and designing one's day based on optimal energy levels can enhance productivity and performance.
• Effective recovery breaks should activate the parasympathetic nervous system, drive a physiological shift, and create a cognitive shift.
• Mindset cultivation is an ongoing practice that requires questioning negative beliefs and regularly recalibrating.
• Companies are recognizing the importance of mindset and are creating cultures that allow for autonomy in designing workdays. Write down limiting beliefs and fears to gain distance and objectivity.
• Double-click on limiting beliefs to explore and challenge them.
• Use the flexibility sequence to determine what the situation demands and which tools to deploy.
• Create a feedback loop to assess the effectiveness of chosen tools.
• Practice vulnerability and open communication in high-performance environments.
• Manage physical, cognitive, and emotional energy.
• Reframe discomfort cues to change their meaning.
• Optimize recovery breaks to recharge mentally and physically.

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