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The Leader's Mind

Tools and concepts to help you make your mindset your advantage in life and leadership. From author, speaker, consultant and mental performance coach, Kevin DeShazo.

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  1. 103

    106 - Be kind

    Failure is part of the journey. Being harsh with yourself only makes it worse.

  2. 102

    105 - Be a Competitor (lessons from Rafa)

    Shifting your mindset to a different identity

  3. 101

    104 - Clear mind

    A noisy mind is an ineffective mind.

  4. 100

    103 - Curiosity

    How curiosity boosts mental toughness and resilience, with a lesson from Ted Lasso

  5. 99

    102 - Clearing the Mind

    Creating space to give your clarity, confidence and resilience room to grow

  6. 98

    101 - Observe Without Judging

    A process to help you self-assess and make progress

  7. 97

    100 - Be in Process

    Like the rose, we are always full of our potential, and always in the process of becoming.

  8. 96

    099 - Recreating Success

    The past is the past. Even when it's good.

  9. 95

    098 - Imagine the best

    If you can imagine the worst-case scenario, you can imagine the best-case scenario

  10. 94

    097 - Competitive Joy

    What high performance truly looks like.

  11. 93

    096 - Unlearning Fear

    Only 2 fears are natural. The rest we've added on our journey.

  12. 92

    095 - Living from overflow

    We work on ourselves so that we can be at our best for others

  13. 91

    094 - Three Energy Leaks

    The three areas where high performers tend to leak energy

  14. 90

    093 - Disciplined Mind

    What does it mean to be disciplined?

  15. 89

    092 - Forged

    A lesson from a blacksmith about building strength

  16. 88

    091 - OWN it

    You can't change yesterday and you can't worry about tomorrow. All you have is today. OWN it. Own What's Now.

  17. 87

    090 - Deep roots

    Are you rooted in what will sustain you?

  18. 86

    089 - Fear and Identity

    Are you rooting who you are in what you do?

  19. 85

    088 - Who are you becoming?

    Lessons from Eileen Gu on mindset and transformation.

  20. 84

    087 - The 3' Cs of behavior change

    If behaviors follow beliefs, how do we get better beliefs?

  21. 83

    086 - Olympic Mindset

    What we can learn from Olympians about operating under pressure

  22. 82

    085 - Super Bowl Resilience

    What we can learn from the story of Sam Darnold

  23. 81

    084 - The Power of One Word

    How one word can reframe a negative thought to a positive

  24. 80

    083 - Goals and Actions

    What is driving your actions? Fear or Purpose?

  25. 79

    082 - Build the House

    What kind of home are your words building in your mind?

  26. 78

    081 - The Differentiator

    What separates good from great?

  27. 77

    080 - Standards and Goals

    Goals fade. Standards endure.

  28. 76

    079 - Year-End Reflection

    Some questions to help you reflect on 2025 and be ready for 2026

  29. 75

    078 - Credit and Effort

    If you need credit for your effort, you'll never build mental toughness.

  30. 74

    077 - No more BCD

    How blaming, complaining and defending destroy your mindset, progress and influence

  31. 73

    076 - Presence and Learning

    Two questions to ask in the midst of the struggle

  32. 72

    075 - Gratitude

    The power of gratitude on mental toughness, confidence, resilience.

  33. 71

    074 - The Arrival

    Be about the journey, not the destination

  34. 70

    073 - Performance as Learning

    Remove the pressure from performance

  35. 69

    072 - Say Do Challenge

    Honor your commitments to build resilience.

  36. 68

    071 - Because of you

    Flipping your mindset from a victim to an owner

  37. 67

    070 - Required or Recommended

    When you come up against a potential obstacle, what do you do?

  38. 66

    069 - What Do You Control

    Focusing on what you can't control leads to a lack of peace, confidence and progress. Control the controllables is a phrase you hear often, but what are the actual controllables? In this episode we look at 4 things you have 100% control over.

  39. 65

    068 - Thresholds

    What do you need to shed to step into the next season?

  40. 64

    067 - Master the Morning

    Get your mind right before the day begins

  41. 63

    066 - To Be List

    You know what you need to do today.But who do you want to be?

  42. 62

    065 - Work Without Praise

    Can you be your greatest champion?

  43. 61

    064 - Worst Case

    What do you do when everything goes wrong?

  44. 60

    063 - Evidence

    How to rewire your brain to reinforce evidence for confidence, mental toughness, resilience.

  45. 59

    062 - Failure

    How do you view failure?

  46. 58

    061 - Uncommon Pursuit

    Mental toughness is uncommon

  47. 57

    060 - Environments

    How is your environment shaping your habits?

  48. 56

    059 - Hard right thing

    Do what's necessary, not what's easy.

  49. 55

    058 - Next Train Station

    How to overcome paralysis by analysis and making the wrong decision.

  50. 54

    057 - Scottie Scheffler and Identity

    What we can learn from Scottie Scheffler about mental toughness and confidence.

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Tools and concepts to help you make your mindset your advantage in life and leadership. From author, speaker, consultant and mental performance coach, Kevin DeShazo.

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