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In Conversation - Christo Hall Top Five Mindset Tips From Professional Surfing and How To Apply Them To Succeed in Business

Rael Bricker and Lindsay Adams Season 2 Episode 102

“Your life depends on your focus. If you can't really sit down and focus, you know your results will suffer.” 

Christo Hall Top Five Mindset Tips From Professional Surfing and How to Apply Them To Succeed in Business 

1. Working with your inner critique. Your biggest competitor in business is usually yourself. 

2. How to get a deeper level of focus and why it's so important. 

3. Professional surfing routines to prepare for any business event, meeting or presentation. 

4. Flipping positive thinking and imagining you've failed to reduce nerves for important events. 

5. The importance of prioritising triggers, not outcomes. 

 

TIME STAMP SUMMARY 

01:22 Acknowledge the inner critic, give it a name and don’t fight it. 

05:44 Eliminate distractions and use techniques to maintain deep focus 

09:10 Develop pre-meeting routines to get into the right mindset 

13:23 Visualize potential losses to help manage nerves 

17:54 Identify the key actions that drive the desired outcomes and focus on those 

 

Where to find Christo? 

Website                              https://www.basicbananas.com/ 

LinkedIn                             https://au.linkedin.com/in/christohall 

 

Christo Hall Bio 

Christo is co-founder of Basic Bananas, Australia’s leading marketing mentoring organization for business owners. 

Christo is regularly featured in a range of media for his creative marketing and business ideas including: The Today Show (Channel Nine live TV), a regular on radio including 2UE and 2GB radio, Virgin Inflight Entertainment, TEDx and many more. 

He is the author of his book ‘Beyond the Break’ and co-author of 2 number one international bestselling marketing books ‘Perception’ and ‘Bananas About Marketing’. 

He has presented on business stages all around the globe. 

Christo has developed a reputation for being a highly sought after business mentor having assisted to add millions in additional revenue to his client’s bottom line. He has a sixth sense for business and a unique ability to go from big picture visions to the finest of details. 

Christo was a professional surfer for 9 years competing on the international circuit and won the Australian Masters National Surfing title in 2022.