BITESIZE #23 Mauricio Pochettino: Attitude is everything

Before we had even released a podcast, we were invited to Mauricio’s house with the warmest welcome and the most incredible ATTITUDE! Mauricio shook our hands and judged our energy. An incredible moment we will never forget! Listen to Jake and Damian delve deep into the importance of attitude after we hear a classic clip from the PSG boss. 

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# High-Performance Podcast Episode Summary: Attitude is Everything with Mauricio Pochettino

**Key Points:**

- Attitude is the foundation of success.
- A positive attitude can help you overcome obstacles and achieve your goals.
- A negative attitude can hold you back and prevent you from reaching your full potential.
- You can choose your attitude, regardless of your circumstances.
- A positive attitude can create a positive environment for those around you.
- Helping others feel good about themselves is a key component of leadership.
- True leadership is about empowering others to be the best they can be.

**Summary:**

In this episode, Jake Humphrey and Damian Lewis delve into the importance of attitude after hearing a classic clip from the former Tottenham and current Paris Saint-Germain boss, Mauricio Pochettino. Pochettino emphasizes that attitude is everything in life and that without it, you can achieve nothing. He believes that a positive attitude can bring luck and that a negative attitude can lead to misfortune.

The hosts discuss how Pochettino's attitude was evident when he invited them to his house before they had even released a podcast. They were impressed by his warm welcome and his ability to judge their energy. They also highlight the importance of setting the right tone and tempo as a leader, and how Pochettino does this through his positive attitude.

The conversation then shifts to how we can control our response to other people's behavior. They discuss how we can choose to be positive and not let others' negativity affect us. This is a powerful concept that can help us maintain a positive attitude even in challenging situations.

The hosts also touch on the idea that true leadership is about helping others feel good about themselves and empowering them to be the best they can be. They emphasize that leadership is not about showing people how good you are, but rather about showing them how good they can be.

Overall, this episode provides valuable insights into the importance of attitude and how it can impact our lives and the lives of those around us. Pochettino's philosophy on attitude is inspiring and serves as a reminder that we can choose to be positive, regardless of our circumstances.

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[02:59.880 -> 03:04.120] Paris Saint-Germain boss Maurizio Pochettino. It was an amazing conversation
[03:04.120 -> 03:05.540] in the very first series
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[03:13.520 -> 03:15.540] In life is everything.
[03:15.540 -> 03:19.320] You can have all the talents that God provide you
[03:19.320 -> 03:24.040] when you born or your mom, your genetic or your dad,
[03:24.040 -> 03:26.920] but without attitude, you are not going to achieve nothing.
[03:27.800 -> 03:30.720] You can dream, but without attitude, nothing.
[03:31.000 -> 03:33.280] You are going to have luck if you have the right attitude.
[03:33.600 -> 03:37.200] You know what, Damien, before we get into the specific conversation about attitude,
[03:37.200 -> 03:39.400] actually, maybe it's about, maybe it kind of,
[03:39.600 -> 03:42.680] it probably is actually on the same topic, his attitude.
[03:42.680 -> 03:45.200] Because when we went to Maurizio's house,
[03:45.200 -> 03:49.280] we hadn't released any of the high-performance podcasts. So I'd love the fact that, you know,
[03:49.280 -> 03:53.520] we get some great conversations on some great guests now, but nine times out of ten,
[03:53.520 -> 03:57.680] they've seen the numbers, they know how popular it is, they look on the charts, they see where we see
[03:57.680 -> 04:01.360] it, they see the conversations and they go, oh yeah, yeah, that would be great for me to be on
[04:01.360 -> 04:07.380] that podcast. And that is fine and it means that we get great content. We'd never released an episode when he invited us
[04:07.380 -> 04:11.640] to North London, opened to the front door of his house, made us a cup of tea and
[04:11.640 -> 04:15.380] sat down and shared the things that he's learned and I think that says an awful
[04:15.380 -> 04:18.840] lot about him and an awful lot about his attitude.
[04:18.840 -> 04:27.000] Yeah, definitely. He uses that phrase, doesn't y'r universia energia, sy'n dweud universal energy.
[04:27.000 -> 04:33.000] Mae'n sylfaenol i'w ddweud, ond mae'n ymddangos bod pob beth o ran ni yn energia.
[04:33.000 -> 04:37.000] Felly, wrth ei chwaraewyr, rydych chi efallai yn dod yn energia positif,
[04:37.000 -> 04:41.000] y gallu atiwd, rydych chi eisiau cael ymgyrchu a gwneud y gwella o sefyllfa,
[04:41.000 -> 04:49.440] neu'r energia negatif, lle rydych chi'n edrych ar beth sy'n gill, beth sy'n brosod, beth sy'n mynd i fod yn ddangos heddiw. Ac rwy'n credu, o'r moment rydyn ni'n ei gwrdd
[04:49.440 -> 04:54.240] pan oedd yn agor y dŵr i ni, roedd yn rhoi'r energia gwybodaeth, oedd o'n i'n dweud, y gwnes i,
[04:54.240 -> 04:58.880] roedd yn rhoi'r dŵr arnom arnom, roedd yn ymdrech arnom, roedd yn gwneud yn dda. Rwy'n credu roedd yn cyd-dewis
[04:58.880 -> 05:04.080] popeth sy'n ei ddweud amdano yn y clip honno. Ac rydyn ni'n ymwneud â pwynt ddiddorol
[05:04.080 -> 05:06.360] yn ein hysbyseb gyda Florence, ein myfyrwyrwyr, achos mae hi nawr yn eith blynedd oed, he spoke about in that clip. And you know, we're at a funny point in our relationship
[05:06.360 -> 05:07.680] with Florence, our eldest daughter,
[05:07.680 -> 05:09.360] because she's now eight years old
[05:09.360 -> 05:11.400] and she's suddenly getting a real awareness
[05:11.400 -> 05:12.760] of the people around her.
[05:12.760 -> 05:14.720] You know, when they're really young, everyone's great
[05:14.720 -> 05:16.420] and they love everyone and everything.
[05:16.420 -> 05:19.620] For the first time, she's seeing other girls at school
[05:19.620 -> 05:21.160] and other people and she's wondering
[05:21.160 -> 05:23.560] whether they're the right kind of people for her.
[05:23.560 -> 05:27.100] So we're having to have a similar conversation about this that she said
[05:27.100 -> 05:28.100] to us something the other day, like,
[05:28.100 -> 05:30.200] Oh, yeah, you keep telling me to be really nice,
[05:30.200 -> 05:32.400] but I'm not going to be nice to these people because they're actually not
[05:32.400 -> 05:33.300] very nice to me.
[05:33.600 -> 05:34.200] So then it was like,
[05:34.200 -> 05:35.100] Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on.
[05:35.500 -> 05:39.200] However, they act should have no impact on how you're acting at school.
[05:39.200 -> 05:42.300] So we've had to have this conversation and I think it's similar to the way
[05:42.300 -> 05:42.900] he is.
[05:43.200 -> 05:44.800] He would see his players come in and,
[05:45.120 -> 05:47.880] you know, we noticed, didn't we? He shook our hands and held our hands and put his arms
[05:47.880 -> 05:50.840] around us for a long time as he was kind of gauging our energy,
[05:50.840 -> 05:53.960] which is what he believes in, and all power to him for that.
[05:54.040 -> 05:58.080] But I think that he judges the energy from others,
[05:58.080 -> 06:00.000] but regardless of how that energy is,
[06:00.000 -> 06:02.920] obviously he has to tailor his management to how his players are feeling,
[06:02.920 -> 06:04.800] but the positivity he brings,
[06:04.800 -> 06:08.240] he's totally aware of how he sets the tone and sets the tempo, and I think we all have to understand that, Mae'n rhaid i hi ddod o'r ffordd i'w rheoli i sut mae'r chwaraewyr yn teimlo, ond mae'r positifiaeth y mae'n ei ddod, mae'n ymwybodol o'r ffordd y mae'n sefydlu'r ton a'r tempo.
[06:08.240 -> 06:09.840] Ac rwy'n credu y byddwn i'n rhaid i ni i gyd ddeall hynny.
[06:09.840 -> 06:11.520] Yn aml, rydyn ni'n edrych ar eraill a meddwl,
[06:11.520 -> 06:12.640] pam ydych chi'n mor negatif?
[06:12.640 -> 06:15.840] Wel, rhaid i ni ddod o'r ffordd i ddod o'r ffordd i ddod o'r positif,
[06:15.840 -> 06:16.320] dyna'n ni ddim?
[06:16.320 -> 06:17.280] Yn siŵr.
[06:17.280 -> 06:18.400] Dyma'r technigaeth, rwy'n credu,
[06:18.400 -> 06:20.720] mae llawer o'r cwrs-ddod â llawer o'n gwestiynau,
[06:20.720 -> 06:22.000] ond rwy'n credu
[06:22.000 -> 06:23.800] mae'n fy nghlymu'n fawr o'n sgwrs
[06:23.800 -> 06:25.520] rydyn ni'n cael gyda'n Middleton pan ddewisodd am eilygu llawer o'n sgwrs y gydag Ant Middleton pan
[06:25.520 -> 06:30.480] ddweud am ei hyfforddi yn y Rhyfel Cymru pan ddewisodd er mwynhau'n ddewis
[06:30.480 -> 06:36.240] yn ymwneud â'r ddefiniadau oedd sut y gallwch chi ymateb i'r ffaith.
[06:36.240 -> 06:41.120] Felly, fel y sgwrs y gydag eich bod chi'n ei gael gyda Flo, os yw'r ffaith
[06:41.120 -> 06:45.520] y bydd rhywun eraill yn ddiddorol i chi, sut y gallwch chi ymateb i'w gwaith yw'r ffaith ei bod rhywun arall yn ddiogel i chi, sut rydych chi'n cyrraedd iddo, mae'n llwyr o le i chi.
[06:45.520 -> 06:47.240] Gallwch chi fod yn ddifrifol,
[06:47.240 -> 06:48.440] ac yn ddiffogol, ac yn positif,
[06:48.440 -> 06:49.560] er mwyn i unrhyw un ddewis
[06:49.560 -> 06:52.200] ddewis ddod yn ddiogel fel hynny i chi.
[06:52.200 -> 06:53.040] Rwy'n hoffi hynny,
[06:53.040 -> 06:55.000] oherwydd, os ydym yn drifo,
[06:55.000 -> 06:56.560] yn amlwg, rydych chi'n cael y person
[06:56.560 -> 06:58.280] yn unrhyw car sy'n ddewis i chi
[06:58.280 -> 07:00.720] neu'n ychydig ychydig o ddechrau.
[07:00.720 -> 07:01.760] Ac o'r dydd,
[07:01.760 -> 07:02.600] aeth Harriet i mi a dweud,
[07:02.600 -> 07:03.440] mae'n dweud, well,
[07:03.440 -> 07:04.260] sut dydyn ni ddim yn anodd i chi?
[07:04.260 -> 07:06.840] Ac rwy'n dweud, oherwydd rwy you? And I'm like, well, because I'm literally choosing
[07:06.840 -> 07:09.520] not to be annoyed by that guy's anger.
[07:09.520 -> 07:10.600] And she can't get her head around it.
[07:10.600 -> 07:12.080] She's like, yeah, but that must annoy you.
[07:12.080 -> 07:14.000] And so we had this great conversation about,
[07:14.000 -> 07:18.520] yeah, but why would I let him being angry make me angry?
[07:18.520 -> 07:20.800] Because I've got no reason to be angry.
[07:20.800 -> 07:24.160] And I think when we understand that our response
[07:24.160 -> 07:25.000] to other people is entirely within our control, our entire attitude is something that we own. Mae'n rhaid i ni fod yn ffwrdd. Rwy'n credu, pan fyddwn ni'n deall bod ein hysbysu i bobl eraill
[07:25.000 -> 07:27.000] yn ymwneud â'n cyfathrebu,
[07:27.000 -> 07:29.000] mae ein cyfeiriad cyfan yn rhywbeth rydyn ni'n ei ddewis.
[07:29.000 -> 07:31.000] Rydyn ni'n ei gynhyrchu, rydyn ni'n gallu ei ddewis ar ac yn ffwrdd,
[07:31.000 -> 07:33.000] rydyn ni'n gallu ei wneud yn dda neu'n negatif.
[07:33.000 -> 07:35.000] Mae'n llawer iawn.
[07:35.000 -> 07:38.000] Yn fawr iawn. Victor Frankl, rydyn ni wedi'i gysylltu âd ymlaen
[07:38.000 -> 07:40.000] ychydig o gyfathrebu,
[07:40.000 -> 07:42.000] roedd yn ffysiolog,
[07:42.000 -> 07:44.000] a oedd yn ymdrech yn y camau cyfathrebu
[07:44.000 -> 08:07.000] ar gyfer y byd ddiddorol. Roedd yn siarad am y p yn ystod y cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r cyfnodau o'r ar eich gilydd, yw'n cydnabod, yn y paws o'r cyfansodd,
[08:07.000 -> 08:08.400] a sut rydych chi'n cyrraedd,
[08:08.400 -> 08:09.320] rydych chi'n cael penderfyniad,
[08:09.320 -> 08:11.680] ac dyna beth yw'r cyfansodd.
[08:11.680 -> 08:14.040] Mae gen i dda o waith i'w wneud, yng nghrein fy hun,
[08:14.040 -> 08:14.640] oherwydd,
[08:14.640 -> 08:16.640] y cyfarfod a gweithiodd Harry,
[08:16.640 -> 08:17.240] oedd, gadewch i mi,
[08:17.240 -> 08:19.640] felly dywedodd eich bod yn dweud, os yw rhywun yn ddym,
[08:19.640 -> 08:21.000] dydw i ddim yn gallu cael fy nghyflawni o hynny.
[08:21.000 -> 08:21.680] Ac rydw i wedi dweud, ie,
[08:21.680 -> 08:22.680] ac fe wnaeth e,
[08:22.680 -> 08:23.640] gwaith ddiddorol.
[08:23.640 -> 08:26.640] Ac fe gyrraeddwn ni'n ffwrdd. Felly, rydw i went nonsense and we carried on our journey. So I'll
[08:26.640 -> 08:32.000] play this episode to her and I'll I'll quote Viktor Frankl and I'll see how she reacts to that.
[08:32.000 -> 08:37.680] But good luck. So good. Yeah. Thanks, mate. So good to chat to Maurizio. There was a few episodes
[08:37.680 -> 08:42.320] ago. If you want to, you can rewind right now to the first series of the High Performance Podcast
[08:42.320 -> 08:45.440] and you can hear the full conversation with Maurizio Pochettino yno,
[08:45.440 -> 08:47.640] ond rwy'n cofio os oeddwn yn mynd o'i gwastraff, Damian,
[08:47.640 -> 08:49.160] ac roedd amdanyn nhw i gyd,
[08:49.160 -> 08:51.240] rwy'n gobeithio mwynhau mwy o amser gyda'r person hwnnw,
[08:51.240 -> 08:53.040] mae'n gwneud i mi fel yn dda iawn,
[08:53.040 -> 08:55.400] ac dyna'r hyn y gall Attitude wneud.
[08:55.400 -> 08:57.080] Ac dyna'r cwbl i'w cymorth,
[08:57.080 -> 08:59.720] mae'n ymwneud â gwneud i bobl teimlo'n dda.
[08:59.720 -> 09:01.120] Mae'r cwodl gwych yw,
[09:01.120 -> 09:02.960] bod yn cymorthwys nid yw'n ymwneud â ddangos i bobl
[09:02.960 -> 09:03.760] pa mor dda rydych chi,
[09:03.760 -> 09:06.000] mae'n ymwneud â dangos i bobl pa mor dda gallant fod. Ac rwy'n credu dyna sut fe wnaethon ni symud ar ddiwniad hwnnw'n dweud bod y cyflawniad yn dweud na yw'n ymwneud â ddangos i bobl sut y gallwch chi fod yn dda, mae'n ymwneud â dangos i bobl sut y gallent fod yn dda.
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