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Ideas & Mindset
Fun post here from Mark (of MyTropicalEscape and TrainForHumanity.org) about big ideas and where they come from.
Why do only some seem to have this mindset?
That’s the key, isn’t it? Mindset. Attitude. Intent.
Mindset affects everything. Mark Verstegen, the founder of our company says Mindset is the start of everything related to performance. Without having goals, the right attitude and a plan for success, you won’t get the results you COULD have. Sure you could have a work ethic that would shame the Amish, but imagine the results if you did it WITH a plan, instead of not having one.
While doing research for work I found the following book by Dr. Carol Dweick from Stanford University:
http://www.amazon.com/Mindset-Psychology-Success-Carol-Dweck/dp/0345472322/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1224874094&sr=8-1
Dr Dweick has a pretty insightful, simple and honest thesis – Mindset determines success and failure, performance, and development. Having a growth mindset (I can always get better) vs. a fixed mindset (I am this good and wont grow/evolve/get any better – i have limits and this is it) is the difference between getting the most out of an experience, job, effort. Being open to inspiration when it hits (it happens to Mark when he is running, when I am driving, when you are…?) rather than being shields-up, closed off, purposefully ignoring that little voice inside that says “this could be better, what if we try this, wow, brainstorm here!”.
She uses examples of Enron (“we are the smartest guys in the room, how can we go wrong??!!??!”) and John McEnroe (“I would have won but
And mindset isnt a persistent state. I am the first person to admit that I have a VERY fixed mindset with certain things like project management and operations (once had a client say to me “you are like a brick wall, you know that?” – she said it with a smile), and a growth mindset with others things like growing talent, dealing with my family and leading my teams. The key is, to recognize the Fixed and deal with it, consciously keeping your mindset focused on growth, on learning, on helping, on being generous and on helping others. Managing is Fixed. Leading is Growth.
My goal now is to work on the Growth Mindset in everything from working out to learning to doing my job and helping out on the projects I believe in. Taking advantage of opportunities, not just taking them. To keep the radar on and listening for new ideas and opportunities and insights, very much in the way that Mark shared in his post. Thinking about how things can change and then changing them (as opposed to maintaining the status quo).
Fixed is safe. Fixed is limiting. Fixed is rigid and unyielding. Fixed means there is no opportunity for growth.
Growth is where it’s at.
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- @ccarfi – http://tinyurl.com/6yt98l – SD’s frontman did 2 solo albums in ’99… A-F’ing-MAZING live show #
- @ccarfi – will play that after the acoustic “Ball and Chain” by Mike Ness… #
- @micah – all about sequence and access.. lift, then do the rest – all at once = xrays and/or stitches… and no one wants that #
- @micah – stand fold and pull a Captain Morgan #
- @JoeAndrieu – whats the name of that performance group you work with in SB again? great story at dinner last week btw #
- @eyejot rules… very big fan… awesome customer service… video voicemail from my users will be something we can turn into something cool #
- @twittervlog ” incredibly awesome YouTube exquisite corpse game for 50 people” – can’t wait to see this #
- @samharrelson – they work pretty well – we are small but growing and they seem to scale well – havent seen a fail whale in 5 months #
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- @ritters – BRILLIANT #
- @ritters90 – getting my iphone next week – WOOT #
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