How To Lead With A Growth Mindset

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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

How To Thrive In A Changing World

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Change is not going anywhere. If you want to change yourself, you must not resist change.

Greatness comes to those who keep moving forward, figuring out what works, driving down More’s Law….’

‘Continually question and challenge your recipe, but change it rarely.

‘Test equipment in real conditions, sub-zero freezer and simulation trips before the actual expedition.’

‘Resilience, not luck, is the signature of greatness.’

‘Luck favors the persistent, but you can persist only if you survive.’

Luck is not a strategy, but getting a positive return on luck is.’

A single stroke of luck, no matter how big the break, cannot by itself make a great company.’

‘In selecting teammates, choose people to get stranded with.’

Have two separate team, climbers and filmmakers, that work well together on the mountain.’

‘Never let a weak member attempt to summit. ‘A team is only as strong as its weakest member.’

Source:

Jim Collins (2011). Great By Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck- Why Some Thrive Despite Them All