Valorie Kondos Field
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140 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 9 Jul
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Are you focusing on the end result, or are you excited to use that time to help your child develop into a champion?
It's very simple.
You will know you're focusing on the end result if you ask questions about the end result.
Did you win?
How many points did you score?
Did you get an A?
If you truly are motivated about helping your child develop into a champion, you will ask questions about the experience and the process, like, what did you learn today?
Did you help a teammate?
And my favorite question, did you figure out how to have fun at working really, really hard?
And then the key is to be very still and listen to their response.
I believe that one of the greatest gifts we can give another human being is to silence our minds from the need to be right or the need to formulate the appropriate response and truly listen when someone else is talking.
And in silencing our minds, we actually hear our own fears and inadequacies, which can help us formulate our response with more clarity and empathy.
Kyla Ross, another one of our gymnasts, is one of the greatest gymnasts in the history of the sport.
She's the only athlete to have earned the trifecta.
She's a national champion, a world champion and an Olympic champion.
She's also not one for small talk.
So I was a bit surprised one day when she came to my office, sat on the couch, and just started talking.
First about her major, then about graduate school, and then about everything else that seemed to pop into her mind.
My inner voice whispered to me that something was on her mind.
And if I was still and gave her enough time, it would come out.
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