How To Win In Life

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Winning is a team sport. No one can win alone in life. If you want to win in life and in business, you must surround yourself with great people.

Great people are winners. They do not settle for small. And they want to be around other winners.

According to John Maxwell,’Success does not always bring growth, but personal growth will always add to our success.’

‘Improvement doesn’t come to people who fixate on quick fixes. It comes to the slow but steady people who keep working at getting better.’

‘Security does not take us forward.’

‘You’ll never get anywhere interesting if you always do the safe thing. You must surrender to improve.’

‘Living to your potential requires you to keep learning and expanding yourself.’

‘If you want to be successful tomorrow, then you must be teachable today.’

‘… if you resist change, you are trading your potential to grow for your comfort. No change means no growth.

‘If you want to be a growing person, you need to spend time with growing people.’

‘If you want to be someone who embraces positive change, you need to hang around with positive learners.’

‘If you want to win, you need to change.’

Source:

John Maxwell (2015). How Successful People Win: Turn Every Setback Into a Step Forward

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