170: Why We Make Excuses And What You Can Do About It with Dr. Robyn Odegaard

In this episode of the No BS Sales School with Walker McKay, Walker talks to performance psychologist Dr Robyn Odegaard. Robyn is an expert on performance psychology, and offers us insight into why we make excuses. For Robyn, making an excuse is part of the human condition. However, he also contends that this instinct can be controlled via intensive therapy from an expert coach. 

HIGHLIGHTS

A traumatic experience that led to performance psychologyYour body is designed to be antifragileWhat's the difference between real and excuse?Making excuses is part of the human conditionGrowth mindset vs Fixed mindsetNot your fault, but your problemBeware of fake coaches

QUOTES

Robyn: "We make excuses to make ourselves feel okay." 

Robyn: "You have to be comfortable with who you are, and who you show up as in the world. And if you have that cognitive dissonance, which is what I believe myself to be and the behavior I'm engaging in are different things, then you have to make an excuse to make it match." 

Robyn: "So much of who we are, how we communicate, how we deal with conflict. I talk about communication fingerprints. So much of that is kind of imprinted on you as a child. Does that mean you're stuck with it? No. It might not be your fault, but it is your problem." 

Robyn: "The best thing you can do is find someone who'll be honest with you and talk to you. And the challenge with that is, so many people want to go to friends and family for that. And your friends and family can't really do that because there's a bidirectional relationship there and they have to be careful about damaging the relationship”.

Where to find Robyn:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/Podcast: https://drrobynodegaard.com/quick-hits-podcast/Website: https://drrobynodegaard.com/

Where to find Walker:

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