Volleyball LEGEND Kent Steffes Passionately Reveals How to Have a Winner's Mindset

Volleyball LEGEND Kent Steffes Passionately Reveals How to Have a Winner's Mindset

Author: Aaron Wexler September 29, 2022 Duration: 1:58:47

Kent Steffes: In this episode Kent Steffes discusses a winner's mindset, a championship mindset, "confidence", and so much more. Kent Steffes is a former professional beach volleyball player most known for his gold medal win in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Along with his partner Karch Kiraly, he became the first to win a gold medal in this event. Kent Steffes had the highest winning percentage in the history of the beach volleyball. After attending Stanford University, UCLA, and the Graduate School of Business at Stanford school, he now works in the finance industry.

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In This Episode We Discuss:

  • Inspiration in Kent's life
  • Some of Kent's Writing Process For His Book
  • Having a Winner's Mindset
  • Having a Champion Mindset
  • Confidence/Self Belief
  • Visualization
  • Kent's Thoughts About the Book "The Inner Game of Tennis"- Self one, Self two
  • Having a Strong Voice vs. a Weak Voice
  • How to Push Yourself to Motivation
  • Abundance Mindset
  • Within Volleyball Tips, Strategies, and Experiences!
  • Interpersonal Skills- Contrasting Volleyball Players
  • The Business of Volleyball
  • What Happened in the Volleyball Industry? and Where Should it Go?
  • Betting/Revenue in Volleyball
  • Advise for the Association of Volleyball Professionals Players
  • Discussing Kent's Book- Kings of Summer
  • Ending With What Fulfillment Means to Kent
  • Outro


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