How to Be Awesome at Your Job

980: Building the Habits of Mentally Strong Leaders with Scott Mautz

Jul 22, 2024

Scott Mautz, expert in peak performance, shares on managing doubt, self-acceptance, and resetting negative chatter. Topics include building mental strength, navigating confidence, mental strength assessment for leaders, and tools for success at work.

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Scott Mautz

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Quick takeaways

Confidence involves managing doubt, not eliminating it.

Self-acceptance is key for mental strength, avoid seeking external validation.

Deep dives

Confidence versus Doubt Management

Having confidence is not about eliminating doubt but monitoring your relationship with doubt. When seeking external validation surpasses valuing oneself authentically, confidence becomes an issue. Comparing oneself to others' highlight reels rather than their blooper reels can significantly affect confidence.

Mentally strong leaders possess six key mental muscles that contribute to high a…

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Value yourself based 90% on internal factors and 10% on external validation

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Intro

2min

Building Mental Strength: The Six Core Mental Muscles

12min

Navigating Confidence and Self-Acceptance

18min

Mental Strength Assessment and Leadership Attributes

5min

Tools, Habits, and Challenges for Success at Work

2min

Exploring Gradations of Degradation in Self-Acceptance and the Importance of Early Warning Systems

2min

Scott Mautz shares powerful strategies to stay confident and in control when negativity strikes.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to wisely managed doubt–and confidence

2) The early warning signs of self-acceptance being degraded

3) The three-step solution to reset negative chatter

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— ABOUT SCOTT —

Scott Mautz is a high-octane speaker expert at igniting peak performance and deep employee engagement, motivation, and inspiration. He’s a Procter & Gamble veteran who successfully ran several of the company’s largest multi-billion dollar businesses, an award-winning/best-selling author, faculty at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business for Executive Education, a popular instructor on LinkedIn Learning where his courses have been taken over 1.5 million times, and a frequent national publication and podcast guest.

• Book: The Mentally Strong Leader: Build the Habits to Productively Regulate Your Emotions, Thoughts, and Behaviors

• Website: ScottMautz.com. Listeners can get the Mental Strength Self-Assessment for free at ScottMautz.com/mentallystronggift!

• Article: “Following the 90:10 Rule Will Make You Noticeably More Self-Confident”

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• Book: Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia and Bill Gifford

• Book: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

• Book: The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien

• Previous episode: 270: Reclaiming Workplace Inspiration with Scott Mautz

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