S2E252 You've Got This with Dr. Ivan Joseph
It's a Good Life
Brian Buffini
4.4 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Self-confidence is one of the biggest factors differentiating success from failure, in business and in life. In this episode, Dr. Ivan Joseph shares the traits of self-confident people and explains how anyone can develop more grit, resilience and self-belief.
YOU WILL LEARN:
· Why self-confidence is a skill you can learn.
· How global self-confidence differs from specific self-confidence.
· How you can build more self-confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
“You Got This,” by Dr. Ivan Joseph
“What to Say When You Talk to Yourself,” by Shad Helmstetter
“Awaken the Giant Within,” by Anthony Robbins
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
NOTEWORTHY QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:
“Self-confidence is the genuine belief in your ability to accomplish the task at hand.” – Dr. Ivan Joseph
“Confident people interpret feedback differently.” – Dr. Ivan Joseph
“Confident people have to be willing to accept failure as part of the process and then ask themselves what are they here to learn.” – Dr. Ivan Joseph
“The process of becoming great and becoming confident is filled and grounded in hope and optimism.” – Dr. Ivan Joseph
“Live in the moment and let go of your mistakes.” – Dr. Ivan Joseph
“The Good Life to me means living within your means surrounded by people who love you unconditionally and adding value to the world that you live in.” – Dr. Ivan Joseph
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to It's a Good Life podcast. Today we've got a special treat for you. We're diving into the archives to share one of our favorite episodes from the past. Hope you enjoy. |
| 0:17.0 | Well, the top of the morning to you, we have a very special guest today. Someone who I've been |
| 0:21.6 | planning to talk to for years, don't know why it took so long. We have Dr. Ivan Joseph |
| 0:26.9 | in the house today. His TED talk on self-confidence has been viewed over 26 million times. He's |
| 0:35.5 | worn many hats over the years. He was a professor, soccer coach, |
| 0:39.4 | close to my heart, an athletic director. He's won national titles at both Graysson University |
| 0:44.6 | and Ryerson University, received the NAA IA coach of the year. So excited to talk with him today |
| 0:50.6 | about his book, You Got This, Mastering the Skill of Self-Confidence. |
| 0:56.1 | Ivan, welcome to the show. We're delighted to have you. |
| 0:58.6 | Thanks for having me, Brian. I really appreciate it. Looking forward to the conversation today. |
| 1:02.5 | Great stuff. So let's dive in. We're going to talk about the book, but give the folks a little |
| 1:08.2 | background where you're from, where you grew up, and how you ended up in this line of work. |
| 1:12.6 | Yeah, you know, I was born in Guyana, South America, and like many carabiners, you know, my family immigrated to Canada. |
| 1:20.0 | I grew up a gym rat, a jock, played every sport imaginable, athlete of the year of my high school, went to the states on a soccer scholarship and a track |
| 1:28.4 | scholarship after flunking out a university and hit it from my parents. So there's the confidence |
| 1:34.0 | part comes in. I was lucky enough to win a national championship, met and married my wife |
| 1:38.8 | over there. After that, became a professor. She studied sports psychology, really interested on the mental |
| 1:45.3 | side of the game. That's where confidence comes in, became a director of athletics, |
| 1:50.0 | have coached national teams, Olympians, World Championship teams. And I'm currently the |
| 1:55.2 | vice president of student affairs at Wilford-Lorea University here in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| 2:00.2 | Well, we love Toronto, and we're up there regularly. |
| 2:03.4 | The Irish and the Canadians have a lot in common. |
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