Could Your Personal Brand Benefit From Mental Toughness?

Summary:

In this podcast episode, Dr. Ellen Reed discusses the importance of mental toughness in personal branding with Karen Tiber Leland. They explore techniques to interrupt problem-centric thoughts and cultivate mental resilience, providing practical steps like implementing the Relentless Solution Focus tool and daily practices such as the centering breath and success log. Dr. Reed, with expertise in mental training across various domains, emphasizes the role of optimism and persistence in achieving peak performance.

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A personal brand can be as challenging to build as a business brand.  I spoke with Dr. Ellen Reed, the co-author of Relentless Solution Focus to get her take on how mental toughness impacts personal branding. Dr. Reed has 15 years of extensive experience in cultivating mental toughness for consistency, accountability, and execution in business, athletics, academics, and the performing arts.
She joins the Thought Talk show today for an in-depth discussion on the impact mental focus has on achievement, performance and personal brand. We will touch on the topic of how our brains are wired for seeing problems (problem-centric thought) and share tips on how to cultivate mental toughness in both our business and personal brands. 

Tips to Build a Stronger Personal Brand Through Mental Toughness

• Interrupt problem-centric thought patterns with the Relentless Solution Focus (RSF) tool — a ‘living’ question to ask yourself in the face of any problem: what is one thing I can do that could help make this better?
• To build a stronger personal brand with mental toughness — follow these three-steps

1. Recognize when your mind is focused on a problem — anytime you experience a negative emotion it is a clue that you are focusing on a problem.
2. Replace — use the RSF tool to find one thing you can do to make it better.
3. Retrain — use the two following tools every day:
   1. The centering breath: breathe in for six seconds, hold for two and out for seven.
   2. Daily success log, write down:

• • • Three things you did well in the last 24 hours
    • One thing you want to improve in the next 24 hours
    • One thing you can do to make that improvement

About Karen Tiber Leland, Personal Brand Strategist 

Karen Tiber Leland is the founder of Sterling Marketing Group, a New York City branding, marketing, and color strategy and implementation firm helping CEOs, executives, and entrepreneurs develop stronger personal, business, and team brands. Her clients include Cisco, American Express, Marriott Hotels, Apple Computer, LinkedIn, and Twitter
She is also the best-selling author of nine traditionally-published business books that have sold over 400,000 copies and been translated into 10 languages. Her most recent book is The Brand Mapping Strategy: Design, Build and Accelerate Your Brand. She regularly writes for Inc.com and Entrepreneur.com and has had articles published in Self, The Los Angeles Times, American Way, The Boston Globe, and many others.
Karen has spoken for Harvard, The AMA, Direct Marketing Association, and Stanford, among others. She has been interviewed on The Today Show, CNN, CNBC, and Oprah.
Get in touch with Karen on Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook

About Our Guest

Dr. Ellen Reed has worked side by side with Dr. Jason Selk for over 10 years, and she has extensive experience in mental training for consistency, accountability, and execution in business, athletics, academics, and the performing arts. Dr. Reed helps numerous athletes, students, and business leaders reach their peak performance through developing the mental toughness necessary for success.
Dr. Reed utilizes her in-depth knowledge and experience in athletics and the performing arts to help athletes and teams from the student to the professional level overcome obstacles and outperform the competition. Dr. Reed also has substantial teaching experience in the University setting, and her background in both academia and the performing arts allows her to apply mental training techniques to success in business and academics.
You can learn more about Dr. Ellen Reed on her Website|LinkedIn|Facebook

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Tweetables and Quotes to Share

“Relentless Solution Focus is about the mind’s ability to stay focused, especially in the face of adversity. — Dr. Ellen Reed” PODCAST: https://bit.ly/3n0K9QP @KarenFLeland
“Optimism isn’t about turning a blind eye to your problem, it’s about getting to a solution faster. — Dr. Ellen Reed” PODCAST: https://bit.ly/3n0K9QP @KarenFLeland
“Problem-centric thought is normal, mental toughness is abnormal. — Dr. Ellen Reed” PODCAST: https://bit.ly/3n0K9QP @KarenFLeland
“If you allow problems and self-doubt to consume your thoughts, you’re not broken, you’re normal. — Dr. Ellen Reed” PODCAST: https://bit.ly/3n0K9QP @KarenFLeland
“60 seconds is long enough to recognize that your mind is focused on a problem. — Dr. Ellen Reed” PODCAST: https://bit.ly/3n0K9QP @KarenFLeland
“People get so consumed trying to take in the entirety of the problem that learned helplessness sets in and people don’t even get to the first step. — Dr. Ellen Reed” PODCAST: https://bit.ly/3n0K9QP @KarenFLeland
“Cortisol at moderate levels does some beneficial things for our performance, but at higher doses, it has a negative effect on our health and on our happiness. — Dr. Ellen Reed” PODCAST: https://bit.ly/3n0K9QP @KarenFLeland

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