Tag: positive mindset

How To Lead With A Growth Mindset

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Life is a laboratory. Your life is your own laboratory. It is where you carry out your experiments.

It is where you learn how to fall, how to fail. It is where you learn more about yourself.

If you are not doing well, if you are not getting the right results, do not beat yourself up. Instead of beating yourself up, why not go back to your laboratory for more work, for more experiments?

‘Has there ever been a more complex time to lead?’

According to Craig Dowden, ‘Without focusing on self-mastery every day, we cannot achieve our potential or the potential of those we lead.’

‘Leadership starts with our mindset.’

‘Leadership is not just about thinking our way through things. It is about feeling our way as well.’

‘The faster the rate of change, the higher the volatility.’

‘Leadership is about making a difference- not just for ourselves but for others as well.’

‘When we are in growth mindset, feedback is like eating our vegetables. Even if it doesn’t taste great, we recognize and accept it is good for us.’

‘When leaders with growth mindset face a setback, it is a puzzle to figure out rather than an insurmountable obstacle to overcome.’

‘To be an effective leader, it is essential to elevate our awareness of our current mindset, to change it when appropriate, and to recognize how our mindset affects not only ourselves but the people around us.’

‘When the team looks good, the leader looks good.’

‘To be successful as a leader, we must make those around us better.’

Source:

Craig Dowden (2022). A Time to Lead: Mastering Your Self… So You Can Master Your World

Why You Are Not Growing And What You Can Do About It

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth

Life is not going to give you what is not for you. Life will give you what is yours.

So if you want to see more blessings in your life, then go out there and do some more work. Go out there and get things done.

If you want to be happy, then work really hard to occupy your mind with positive thoughts. Do not focus on negative things. Do not surround your life with people who are not living.

Do not let what you know stop you from knowing more, from learning from other people. Trust yourself. Trust what you are doing, what you know. But do not stop there.

Because to learn more is to keep moving. To stay fit is to keep going. You do not have to wait for the right time to start living your life. You do not have to wait for other people to give you permission to live your life.

Let go of negative people, people who are not for you, people who want you to fail, people who want you to be like them, people who are just going through life, who are not getting better. Let them go.

You do not need them in your life. You need people who are better than you are. You need people who are going to lift you up, even when you are tired, even when you do not want to do anything.

You need lifters, not downers. You will not succeed in your life if you do not surround yourself with people who are getting better every day.

You will get better only if you are willing to take a different direction. Remember, if you do not change, nothing is going to change.

So if you want to take your own leap of faith, then it is time to say ‘no’ to what is not working. It is time to say ‘yes’ to courage.

The question is, ‘Do you have the courage to do it?’