Summit Series: Mastering Your Mindset

About this episode

The episode discusses strategies for enhancing mental toughness and mindset to improve performance.

Feeling overwhelmed and underprepared can create self-limiting thoughts, low-performance, unmet expectations, higher stress, dissatisfaction, and even disillusionment. During this conversation from the fall with the Class of 2024-25 mentors and mentees, we dove into how to strengthen your own mental toughness and mindset to draw out higher performance from others. Looking for more? Read "Mastering Your Mindset" in the May 2025 issue of SAM. Mentors: Ross Boisvert, President and General Manager, McIntyre Ski Area, Manchester, N.H. Shannon Buhler, Vice President and General Manager, Keystone Resort, Colo. Rich Burkley, CEO, Lake Louise Ski Resort & Summer Gondola, Lake Louise, Alberta Ken Rider, General Manager, Brundage Mountain, Idaho Mentees: Josiah Akin, Maintenance and Rental Manager, Mt. Hood Ski Bowl, Ore. Christie Barbour, Lift Operations Manager, Whistler Blackcomb, BC Rob Hallowell, Innovative Environments Manager, Boreal Mountain Resort, Woodward Tahoe, Soda Springs, Calif. Ella Klott, Sales Manager, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Wyo. Sarah Nutt, Assistant Patrol Director, Sunday River Resort, Maine Loryn Roberson, Director of Marketing and Communications, Loveland…

People in this episode

Guests: Ross Boisvert, Shannon Buhler, Rich Burkley, Ken Rider, Josiah Akin, Christie Barbour, Rob Hallowell, Ella Klott, Sarah Nutt, Loryn Roberson, Tim Shannon, Jenny Weaver, Jeremy Wildgoose, Kyle Wilson

Topics covered

• mental toughness
• mindset
• performance
• mentorship

Keywords

• self-limiting thoughts
• stress
• dissatisfaction
• disillusionment

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Mastering Your Mindset

Books & works: Mastering Your Mindset

Places: Manchester, N.H., Lake Louise, Alberta, Idaho, Mt. Hood, Ore., Woodward Tahoe, Soda Springs, Wyo

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