For listeners in Norton County, Kansas: Pro Ironman triathlete Gabby Suver joins MindSets to talk through rebuilding a career after a catastrophic hit-by-vehicle accident during training -- and the mental framework that got her back to racing.
Her operating tool is “circle of control versus circle of influence” -- sorting what actually moves under her effort from what doesn't, on the days recovery isn't linear. She pairs it with a daily thankfulness-journal practice and a simple in-the-moment mental-performance drill: naming three things you can see, hear, and feel.
Norton County, Kansas sits in the Midwest, inside its own local training and race calendar -- the mindset in this episode holds regardless of terrain, but how you schedule around it doesn't.
Norton County, Kansas is its own county-level market in the Midwest -- distinct county government, workforce base, and local business community from the state's larger metro areas.
It's the same framework Ellis teaches in his leadership coaching -- control what's actually yours to control, and build the daily habit that keeps you moving on the days it doesn't feel like progress.
Why it matters
The tool any listener can use today: split your current problem into what's in your control and what isn't, then stop spending energy on the second list. Gabby's three-things grounding drill (see, hear, feel) works in a boardroom exactly like it works mid-race -- it's a reset, not a running technique.
The first step: next time recovery or progress on anything stalls, run the drill -- name three things you can see, hear, and feel, right now -- before you try to solve the actual problem. It resets the nervous system before it resets the plan.
About the show
About MindSets. MindSets - The Reject Mediocrity Podcast is hosted by Ellis Franks -- Ironman finisher, ultrarunner, US military Training Instructor for 14 years, and certified leadership and performance coach. The show covers the mental side of success through conversations with guests from business, endurance sports, and leadership, plus solo episodes built the same way Ellis coaches: directly, without softening the point for the audience. Ellis has finished 11 Ironman triathlons and 50 ultramarathons since 2023, and is a John Maxwell Team certified leadership coach -- the same credentialing behind the leadership training linked below, not a separate media persona from the actual coaching work.
Bring this to Norton County, Kansas. If this way of thinking fits how your team already operates, the same coaching framework Ellis uses on the show is available as a leadership program for organizations in Norton County, Kansas through Reject Mediocrity's leadership training -- built for teams that want the direct version, not the softened one.
Listen to the full episode on MindSets - The Reject Mediocrity Podcast, and see how this thinking translates into a program for your team through Reject Mediocrity leadership training.
