Guest Blog: Building Strength, Building Confidence

Today, we have an awesome guest blog from IFAST client, John Ranalletta.  John is the husband of the one and only Ruth Ranalletta, whom you met a few weeks ago in our client spotlight.  Make sure and read the entire article below because John provides an very cool bonus at the end.

So here’s John:

As a management consultant, I work with hundreds of business clients. Our company provides and supports a personality assessment called The Predictive Index® (PI®).  My job is to train management teams to use the PI® data in every part of the employee life cycle, from candidate assessment and selection to daily supervision.

Ok, that’s what I do, but what does that have to do with building self-confidence?  Well, in a nutshell, PI® measures what people need and how they are likely to behave when trying to meet those needs in the workplace.  It reveals what motivates us; and, more important, it helps us know where people get their self-confidence.

Each of us gets our self-confidence from a different source or combination of sources.  Some of us are naturally self-confident, i.e. we get our self-confidence internally.  Some get it when others we value make us feel special.   For some, self-confidence is enhanced when they are part of group like a family and where the work is process oriented.  Others are the most self-confident when they know they can perform their assigned work perfectly.

High self-confidence is a critical contributor to performance excellence.  When our self-confidence is high, we engage more actively and enthusiastically; generally have higher morale; and look forward to the activity, whether it’s work or play – or strength building at IFAST.

There’s a connection between self-confidence and building strength and fitness at IFAST.  We’re all here for different reasons, but our individual sources of self-confidence likely dictate why we’re here, what we hope to achieve, how we interact (or don’t interact) with others; and how we perform our programs.

In our practice, we teach managers to use this information about themselves and their employees to build individual and team self-confidence.  At IFAST, if your coach knows where you get your self-confidence, your workouts can be more productive as well.

Here are non-scientific scales.  Where do get your self-confidence?

 

I have a definite goal in mind that drives my workouts at IFAST.  I like to be challenged. I attack my program aggressively and have high expectations for my performance.

Definitely Disagree ?

Somewhat Disagree ?

Not Sure ?

Somewhat Agree ?

Definitely Agree ?

 

Working out at IFAST lets me improve and/or maintain the physical image I want to project to others.  I like it when people notice that I’ve gotten lean and more fit.

Definitely Disagree ?

Somewhat Disagree ?

Not Sure ?

Somewhat Agree ?

Definitely Agree ?

 

I enjoy being a member of the IFAST family & the step-by-step nature of my workouts.  It’s important for me to get to know the others in the gym and my coaches.

Definitely Disagree ?

Somewhat Disagree ?

Not Sure ?

Somewhat Agree ?

Definitely Agree ?

 

Building strength & fitness is the “right” thing for me to do now.  It’s very important to meet my coach’s expectations and work through my program as perfectly as possible.

Definitely Disagree ?

Somewhat Disagree ?

Not Sure ?

Somewhat Agree ?

Definitely Agree ?

The first ten IFAST members who want to learn more about their sources of self-confidence, motivators and overall personality characteristics should provide Kirsten with their names and email addresses.  They will receive an invitation to complete an online Predictive Index® Survey which takes about 10 minutes.  I will provide free, private feedback and a written narrative of the results.

 

Alright this is Zach again.  First, I just want to say that I have taken the assessment test explained above and it is very accurate – it explains me perfectly.  I have also been able to see the results of a couple of my IFAST clients and it has greatly helped me to coach them more effectively.  So I would love to see my clients jump at this opportunity, and I am sure Jae would as well.

Lastly, I just wanted to say that if any of our IFAST clients would like to submit a guest blog we would be happy to post it on the site.

Have a great week everyone and thanks again, John!