BITESIZE # 17 | Frank Lampard: Have conviction and a willingness to learn

Great leaders have a conviction in their beliefs but show a willingness to learn.

In our chat with Frank Lampard, he described the importance to seek advice from a wide variety of ideas, arguments, and information in order to think rationally and come up with effective solutions.

Frank spoke about gaining the advice of his wife Christine to give him a rounded perspective.

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In this episode, the podcast delves into the significance of seeking advice and perspectives from diverse sources to make informed decisions and solve problems effectively. Frank Lampard, a former professional footballer and manager, emphasizes the importance of consulting his wife, Christine, for a well-rounded perspective.

The podcast stresses the value of open-mindedness and willingness to learn from various viewpoints. It highlights the need to avoid echo chambers, where individuals surround themselves with like-minded people, leading to a lack of cognitive diversity and potentially stifling innovation.

The discussion also touches upon the concept of cognitive dissonance, where individuals tend to dismiss or ignore information that contradicts their existing beliefs. The podcast encourages listeners to be receptive to different opinions, even if they disagree with them, as it can lead to personal and professional growth.

The episode concludes with the idea that growth and learning can be found in many places, and it is essential to explore different paths and perspectives to discover one's unique path to success.

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[03:32.400 -> 03:35.920] I might give you a great headline out of this podcast if one of the papers nick this but
[03:35.920 -> 03:40.560] because I do throw a lot of things off Christine and it's that she's not like picking what fullback
[03:40.560 -> 03:44.160] we're going to apply the weekend but at the same time if I have certain issues which are
[03:44.160 -> 03:45.000] life issues,
[03:45.000 -> 03:47.080] or, and actually football issues sometimes,
[03:47.080 -> 03:48.560] I can definitely go home.
[03:48.560 -> 03:49.400] I'm fortunate to have that
[03:49.400 -> 03:51.760] because I think she's very work orientated.
[03:51.760 -> 03:53.240] I love the fact that I have somebody there
[03:53.240 -> 03:54.680] that gets work in environments,
[03:54.680 -> 03:57.320] and I love to bounce because it's a different view.
[03:57.320 -> 03:58.640] It's great sometimes to go,
[03:58.640 -> 03:59.800] Kristen, what do you think about this problem?
[03:59.800 -> 04:00.640] I've got a player here,
[04:00.640 -> 04:02.800] and he didn't turn up for training yesterday,
[04:02.800 -> 04:04.520] but I still probably need him at the weekend.
[04:04.520 -> 04:06.160] What do you think? She might go, yeah, but has he got
[04:06.160 -> 04:09.600] a girlfriend, wife, is there a problem? Have you spoken to them? Maybe you should speak
[04:09.600 -> 04:13.920] to them. And I'm like, yeah, you know, like, so she's not my life coach as such, but I'm
[04:13.920 -> 04:18.960] very fortunate to have someone to bounce things off at home.
[04:18.960 -> 04:32.840] You know, I think Damien, before I started working with you and doing these interviews, I kind of assumed that unless you worked in sport, it had to come from within. And I think the conversations that we've had
[04:32.840 -> 04:36.680] with people who are not currently professional sports people, including people like Frank,
[04:36.680 -> 04:43.240] who used to be professional sports people, is that the coaching that we could all have
[04:43.240 -> 04:47.000] can come from anywhere. And it's something that we should all be looking for. Ond y gallwn ni gyd weithio o unrhyw le, ac mae'n rhywbeth y byddwn i gyd yn ei arwain.
[04:47.000 -> 04:51.000] Iawn, yn siŵr. Rwy'n credu, os ydym yn cyfathru bod y gweithio'n gallu ein hybrydo ni,
[04:51.000 -> 04:55.000] y cwestiwn y mae'n ei ddangos i ni yw, pa mor gweithiol ydych chi?
[04:55.000 -> 04:58.000] Felly fel y mae Frank yn ei ddweud yno, mae'n siarad gyda'i ffyrdd,
[04:58.000 -> 05:02.000] ac mae bod yn agor i ddifrifiaeth gwahanol, mae'n gallu.
[05:02.000 -> 05:06.000] Mae gennych chi'n clywed leoedd gwych o busnes, fel Richard Branson, sy'n caru pwll-drewn ar ei gilydd
[05:06.000 -> 05:08.000] pan oedd yn ymwneud â'i gyrraedd ar ei fflotwyr
[05:08.000 -> 05:10.000] a'i gofyn i'w cwmni, beth y gallwn ni'n gwella?
[05:10.000 -> 05:12.000] Beth y gallwn ni'n gwneud yn well?
[05:12.000 -> 05:14.000] Mae'n meddwl cyfathrebu.
[05:14.000 -> 05:16.000] Rydyn ni wedi clywed hwn o Suzy Marr,
[05:16.000 -> 05:18.000] rydyn ni wedi clywed hwn o Michelle Moan
[05:18.000 -> 05:20.000] pan ddweud ynghylch fynd allan i'r De Cymru
[05:20.000 -> 05:22.000] i ddatblygu ei hun
[05:22.000 -> 05:24.000] ar y ddewis o'r crisi.
[05:24.000 -> 05:27.200] Rwy'n credu bod yn agor e chi i fod yn gyfeillgor, mae'n rhoi'r cyfle i chi
[05:27.200 -> 05:33.200] ddechrau edrych ar gyfer cyfleoedd i wella. Felly sut ydych chi'n agorwch chi i fod yn gyfeillgor?
[05:33.760 -> 05:39.360] Wel, yn gyntaf, mae'n ymwneud â gofyn ar gyfer y bobl iawn, felly yn gyntaf, rwy'n clywed ar y bobl iawn,
[05:39.360 -> 05:49.000] felly nid yn ymwneud â'i wneud ar y cyfieithasau cymdeithasol a chael pobl sy'n ddim yn ymwneud â'r cyfansoddau a'r cyfarwyddau a'r cydweithrediadau. Ac nid yn ymwneud â'i wneud ar y cyfansoddau cymdeithasol ac yn cael pobl sy'n ddim yn ymwneud â'ch
[05:49.000 -> 05:55.000] amgylchedd neu'ch golau. Felly, ymgyrchu'r bobl iawn ac yna gofyn ar gyfer ymgyrchu
[05:55.000 -> 06:00.000] ac mewn gwirionedd, dim ond clywed. Rwy'n credu bod yn ymddygiadwy o'r gwirionedd
[06:00.000 -> 06:27.040] unrhyw un arall yn bwysig iawn. Roedd ystudio wedi'i wneud yn y beld â'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau gyda'r gyfraithau yw'n y chweithio'n ychydig yn y chweithio, y byddwch chi'n barod i fod yn ymddygiadwy o'r ymddygiad o rywun yn dweud
[06:27.040 -> 06:30.800] i chi beth y gallwch chi wneud yn well, neu rhywun yn rhoi'ch adborth ar le y gallwch chi wella.
[06:31.600 -> 06:34.240] Ac rwy'n credu bod un o'r pethau eraill y dylen ni feddwl amdano pan yn caru
[06:34.240 -> 06:39.520] ar gyfer y gweithwyr, yw'r ddifrifiaeth cognitivaeth. Rwy'n credu bod e'n ddifrif iawn, nid? Yn enwedig
[06:39.520 -> 06:43.040] yn y byd y maen ni'n gweithio mewn chambyr eichol, oherwydd rydyn ni wedi'n ymgyrraedd o'n
[06:43.040 -> 06:45.520] teulu sy'n amlwg yn agor â ni neu'n dweud wrthym yr hyn rydyn ni eisiau clywed. where we exist in echo chambers because we're surrounded by a family who will
[06:45.520 -> 06:48.700] often agree with us or tell us what you want to hear. We'll tend to pick the
[06:48.700 -> 06:52.600] friends that agree with us and we like. We'll tend to follow the accounts on
[06:52.600 -> 06:58.180] social media that also aligned with our own thinking already. And suddenly we
[06:58.180 -> 07:02.200] lose cognitive diversity, we lose a difference of opinion and I think the
[07:02.200 -> 07:06.100] way the world is now we're also different opinions get shouted down so quickly.
[07:06.100 -> 07:08.100] We don't spend the time to stop and think,
[07:08.100 -> 07:08.400] hold on,
[07:08.400 -> 07:11.800] is there a value in what that person is saying,
[07:11.800 -> 07:13.000] even if I don't agree with them?
[07:13.200 -> 07:13.700] You know,
[07:14.100 -> 07:16.600] one of the things I often get on these podcasts,
[07:16.600 -> 07:16.900] Damien,
[07:16.900 -> 07:19.400] is I get people sending messages and saying,
[07:19.800 -> 07:20.200] Oh,
[07:20.600 -> 07:21.500] on this week's episode,
[07:21.500 -> 07:24.600] I really didn't agree with this guest and I always make time to
[07:24.600 -> 07:25.640] reply to those ones
[07:25.640 -> 07:26.640] because I always say to them,
[07:26.640 -> 07:28.720] hey, that is brilliant.
[07:28.720 -> 07:31.440] You don't have to agree with everything you hear
[07:31.440 -> 07:33.480] on the High Performance Podcast.
[07:33.480 -> 07:35.240] Just because you don't agree with something
[07:35.240 -> 07:37.520] doesn't mean it isn't good for you to hear that.
[07:37.520 -> 07:38.360] Definitely.
[07:38.360 -> 07:41.440] I think it reminds me of a conversation many years ago
[07:41.440 -> 07:43.400] I had with a head coach of a sports team
[07:43.400 -> 07:44.520] I was doing some work with,
[07:44.520 -> 08:26.000] and he described one of his players to me as a dickhead. ymgyrchu, llaeth o flwyddyn, rydw i wedi cael gyda'r hefydwyr o'r gymdeithas, rydw i wedi gwneud rhai gwaith gyda nhw, ac fe ddewisodd un o'i chwaraewyr i mi fel ddymwyr. Ac roedd fy adroddiad, yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw yw e'n ymdrechu yn ffordd anodd i chi? Ac wrth ddechreu ni edrych arno ac yw e'n ymdrechu'r heriau hynny, mae'n sylweddoli bod y cyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyd-gyddym yn ymdrechu bod dim ond un ffordd o gynhyrchu.
[08:26.000 -> 08:31.000] Rydym yn ymweld â nifer o bobl sydd wedi darganfod eu ffordd eu hunain,
[08:31.000 -> 08:34.000] ac os oes rhan o hyn y gallwch ei ddweud, mae'n briliant.
[08:34.000 -> 08:36.000] Os oes rhan o hyn y gallwch ei ddweud, mae'n briliant hefyd,
[08:36.000 -> 08:39.000] oherwydd mae'n darganfod beth ddim yn gweithio,
[08:39.000 -> 08:44.000] ychydig fel beth ddweud i chi, yw lle rydyn ni'n darganfod ein fath unig.
[08:44.000 -> 08:47.120] Mae'r gweithredu yn llawer o leoedd, does dim? Damien, pa ffordd i'w gael. Diolch yn fawr iawn, mate. is where we discover our own unique path. Growth lies in many places, doesn't it?
[08:47.120 -> 08:48.560] Damien, what a way to end.
[08:48.560 -> 08:49.520] Thank you so much, mate.
[08:49.520 -> 08:50.360] Loved it.
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