WEBVTT - Quick Win: Crafting Your Power Phrase with Libby Trickett

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<v Speaker 1>Do you ever find yourself overwhelmed by doubt or distraction,

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<v Speaker 1>struggling to focus on what truly matters. In today's Quick

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<v Speaker 1>Win episode, we are joined by Olympic gold medalist Libby Trickett,

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<v Speaker 1>who shares the transformative advice she received as a young athlete,

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<v Speaker 1>discover how a simple power phrase cannot only guide you

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<v Speaker 1>through the pressures of elite sport, but also be pretty

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<v Speaker 1>damn helpful if you don't happen to be an Olympic athlete.

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<v Speaker 1>My name is doctor amanthe Immer. I'm an organizational psychologist

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<v Speaker 1>and the founder of behavioral science consultancy Inventium, and this

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<v Speaker 1>is how I work a show about how to help

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<v Speaker 1>you do your best work. On today's quick Win episode,

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<v Speaker 1>we go back to an interview from the past and

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<v Speaker 1>I pick out a quick win that you can apply today.

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<v Speaker 1>In today's show, I speak with Libby Trickett about one

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<v Speaker 1>of the best pieces of advice she has ever received. So, Libby,

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<v Speaker 1>what's a piece of advice that you have received and

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<v Speaker 1>applied that has immeasurably improved your life.

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<v Speaker 2>I think something that I've realized just recently that I

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<v Speaker 2>actually the advice I received probably when I was about

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<v Speaker 2>eighteen from my swimming coach, and I was just competing

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<v Speaker 2>at my first World Championships as my first A Shane team.

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<v Speaker 1>And.

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<v Speaker 2>I actually dealt a lot with asthma as a swimmer.

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<v Speaker 2>I not as much injury, but I had definitely a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of asthma and bronchial infections and things like that.

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<v Speaker 2>So when I was going to my first World Championships,

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<v Speaker 2>I was really sick. I had a really bad bronchiitis infection.

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<v Speaker 2>I was dealing with a pool environment that was not

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<v Speaker 2>really congutive to goog good asthma standards, I guess. And

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<v Speaker 2>so in that process, my coach kind of gave me

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<v Speaker 2>the advice of creating a power phrase. And so, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>other people might call it affirmations, some people might call

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<v Speaker 2>it mantras. We called it a powerphrase because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>athletes are cooler, and so we, yeah, together we kind

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<v Speaker 2>of created this powerphrase, which was I'm strong, I'm fit,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm healthy, therefore I'm fast. And so when I started

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<v Speaker 2>to have that self doubt creep in, when I started

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<v Speaker 2>to worry about how my asthma was going to be managed,

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<v Speaker 2>how I was going to be able to perform, I

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<v Speaker 2>just kept diving in and repeating that power phrase in

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<v Speaker 2>my head, and that eventually grew over time. Two in

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<v Speaker 2>two thousand and six, I added I'm strong, I'm fit,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm healthy, therefore I'm fast, no doubts, no regrets. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just here to have fun. And I just think it

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<v Speaker 2>took me a while to kind of work out a

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<v Speaker 2>new power phrase for after swimming, but once I started

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<v Speaker 2>to kind of translate that work into life after sport,

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<v Speaker 2>you just realize the power that having something simple to

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<v Speaker 2>repeat to yourself when you're feeling that doubt, when you're

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<v Speaker 2>feeling down on yourself or overwhelmed or whatever it looks

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<v Speaker 2>like for you, that that can, for one block out

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<v Speaker 2>the noise. I don't know if other people get this,

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<v Speaker 2>but I get quite noisy in my head sometimes, and

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<v Speaker 2>so to be able to just focus on one positive

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<v Speaker 2>thought really helps lift my mood and helps me focus

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<v Speaker 2>on what needs to be done at this stage.

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<v Speaker 1>So what's your current power phrase?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, good question. So at the start of the year,

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<v Speaker 2>I actually created a new one. So it's currently I

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<v Speaker 2>am light with my being and I'm intentional with my energy.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's just those reminders. Right, So, like life is

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<v Speaker 2>so hard at times, it's so busy, it's so overwhelming.

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<v Speaker 2>There's so many moving parts that I just want to

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<v Speaker 2>be able to focus on what I need to which

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<v Speaker 2>is what that intentional with my energy. You know, we

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<v Speaker 2>get we can get so distracted, But how do you

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<v Speaker 2>want to spend your time? How do you want to

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<v Speaker 2>intentionally create the life that you want to live.

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