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	Podcast:		Fit for Work
	Episode:		013 Become a corporate athlete
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:00:00
	Publish Date:		2017-01-21 12:00:14
	Description:		BECOME A CORPORATE ATHLETE What do elite cricketers have in common with elite corporates? How does focusing on what’s RIGHT with you and your organisation boost performance? What tools can you add to your toolkit to become a corporate athlete? Welcome to episode 13 of the Fit for Work Podcast. Today I’m speaking with Rory Darkins who draws upon learnings from his research on Elite Athlete Wellbeing and shows comparisons with the Corporate athlete. Rory has qualifications in Psychology and has been an international speaker at the Canadian and Australian Positive Psychology Conferences. According to Rory, Success is a product of your true nature in action. He’s a fan of keeping perspective, focusing on strengths, pursuing positive psychology and harmonious passion. In this interview, Rory debunks the myths of ‘hard work’ and that ‘success brings happiness’. Instead he shows us alternative ways we can succeed and shares stories of elite athletes in their pursuit of success. Listen in to learn how you can have the mind set of an athlete, in life and WORK. Key learnings from the interview with Rory… FRAMEWORK OF WELLBEING ‘PERMA’ acronym: 1. Positive emotions Emotions Relationships Meaning Accomplishments *There is a reciprocal relationship where wellbeing is a platform for performance and performance influences wellbeing* LINK BETWEEN ELITE ATHLETES AND ELITE CORPORATES Sport is just a context for performance just like the workplace is a context for performance Keep perspective: sport or work are not life or death situations regardless of how invested you are in them. We need to separate identity with our work. Be others focused: You’re at your best when you’re focused on other people not just yourself Martin Seligman says the definition of wellbeing is 2 words: Others focused Live out your passion WITH a higher purpose. Example of Eloise Wellings Olympic runner and co-founder of Love Mercy Uganda: *Runs for Love and Runs WITH Love.* Contribute to team success: these moments will be what you remember in the years to come, not individual achievements. Example of Legend of Australian Cricket shared that *“The essence of cricket is about being with your mates and trying to achieve something together”.* POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY APPICATION IN THE WORKPLACE Definition of Positive Psychology: *Science of optimal functioning* It’s NOT just positive thinking It’s about peak wellbeing and peak performance It’s about relationships and cooperation It’s about being mindful and present It’s about having empathy It’s about responding rather than reacting It’s about focusing on focusing on strengths rather than deficits. It’s about appreciative enquiry and asking GREAT questions Organisations move in the direction of the questions you ask Questions we can ask to promote positive psychology: What’s RIGHT with me? Where am I my best? What are my/my teams strengths? What’s GREAT about us? What’s life-giving about this organisation? Tools to discover strengths: Gallup StrengthsFinder or VIA Character Strengths TOOLS TO ADD TO YOUR CORPORATE ATHLETE TOOLKIT Mindfulness Presence Acceptance Meditation Yoga Why is wellbeing compromised in the Corporate Athlete ‘Hard work’ is important to get to a certain point. But there’s a tipping point where ‘hard work’ can be counterproductive eg. Workaholism, not being able to switch off, poor health, which can lead to a downward spiral. Long hours and not ‘switching off’ is a false currency and doesn’t lead to higher performance. 2 TYPES OF PASSION 1. Obsessive Passion – the activity has the control over you > leads to burnout, energy-sapping, poor health, negativity, compromised performance. 2. Harmonious Passion – YOU have the control over the activity > energy-giving, engagement, positivity, high performance. Being in FLOW means being engaged and using your highest strengths to meet a challenge in the present moment. But no one is ‘in flow’ 24/7. So we need to be aware if you’re in harmonious or obsessive passion. Why Elite Athletes compromise their wellbeing after ‘retiring’ Transitioning out of elite sport is associated with increased mental illness, increased substance abuse and ‘lost identity’. It’s important to have a sense of identity that transcendent of what you do. Its not dependent on what you do – being an athlete, being a CEO, being an engineer etc. Who are you at your core that’s independent of any circumstance? WE NEED TO FLIP THE DEFINITION OF SUCCESS: We think that ‘Success brings wellbeing’ but we need to flip it ‘Wellbeing brings success’. It’s the PROCESS that nourishes us NOT the outcome as a sustainable high performing platform. *It’s about the journey NOT the destination* Rory’s favourite Joke What do you call a deer with no eyes? No eye deer J Quote Success is your true nature in action Rorys Thesis findings (link to Thesis COME SOON): Title: Elite Athlete Wellbeing: Lessons from Australian Cricket Legends Link between performance and wellbeing Love of the game Resiliently engage in the present moment Balance in life and mind Invest in relationships inside and outside of sport/work Resources Peter Phillpot – spin bowling coach Jock Campbell – cricket conditioning and high performance Martin Seligman – The New era of positive psychology TED Talk Eloise Wellings Love Mercy Uganda Gallup StrengthsFinder VIA Character Strengths Kelee Meditation – Matt Griggs Advance Australia Where – Hugh Mackay Barbara Fredrickson – Positive Emotions Protein Bar recommend Titan and Dee McCarthy’s Protein Balls Shaun Acre – Ted Talk, ‘The Happiness advantage’ and ‘Before happiness’ George Mumford – The Mindful Athlete Connect with Rory rorydarkins36@gmail.com LinkedIn I’m so happy to be bringing you this thought leadership and I trust you got a lot of value out of todays episode with Rory. Until next time, continue being part of the solution in taking your workplace from good to great… Continue the conversation at www.fitforworkaustralia.com.au, say hi on LinkedIn or flick us a personal note at sally@fitforworkaustralia.com.au. I’d be so grateful if you could jump onto iTunes or Stitcher and subscribe, rate and review the Fit for Work Podcast in just 3 easy steps.
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