{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Leadership Sovereignty Podcast: Career Growth and Promotion","title":"The Enemy Always Attacks You Mentally First: How Faith, Risk, and Self-Talk Determine Your Outcome (Part 5 of 7)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1444,"description":"The enemy always attacks you mentally first. That is where the self-talk comes in.In Part 5 of 7 of the Leadership Sovereignty Podcast's Speaking Truth to Power series, Phillip McKibbins shifts from survival to strategy. Coming off the most personal episode of the series — the brain tumor — Phillip now reveals what carried him through it and every other challenge in his career: a faith that moves, a self-talk that speaks truth, and a willingness to take risks that most people call reckless and Phillip calls calculated.He shares the story of coaching a JV football team with a pail of rocks, a sword, and a shield — and leading a group of underdogs to beat a team they had no business beating. He also addresses directly what it means to be called a DEI hire — and gives one of the most powerful responses in the series: \"Why did it take until I was 62 to get here? That ain't a DEI hire.\"What you will learn in this episode:- Why every major battle you face will be mental before it is physical or professional- How to use faith as a self-talk framework that changes your outcome- Why managing risk is not the same as avoiding it — and how to tell the difference- The David and Goliath principle applied to career challenges and workplace adversity- How to respond to being dismissed or underestimated with confidence and without angerThis episode is for you if:- You are in a high-pressure role and need a framework for managing the mental battle- You have been overlooked, underestimated, or called something you are not- You want to understand the difference between confidence and arrogance from someone who has navigated both- You are ready to take a risk you have been talking yourself out of👤 View Phillip McKibbins' guest profile, resources, and contact informationChapters00:00 The Role of Self-Talk in Confidence03:29 Using Symbols to Combat Fear09:34 Taking Calculated Risks16:34 Navigating Workplace Dynamics and Self-Validation23:01 The Journey of Persistence and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/q11oXTiPmdD5f3NFX1fMBTw124PYDXNyA3FwNLM8bZ8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yMWQz/ZDlhNWI3N2IyOGZj/MTFlOTYwM2RkNGEz/NjA3Zi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}