August 18th, 2010
The Beloit College Mindset List for the Class of 2014
Most students entering college for the first time this fall—the Class of 2014—were born in 1992.
For these students, Benny Hill, Sam Kinison, Sam Walton, Bert Parks and Tony Perkins have always been dead.
What is your relationship to the following items?
How different is your perspective and experience?
Your mindset impacts how you perceive information, how you communicate with others and your decision about what is important.
Tags: Beloit College, Mindset List, motivating employees, organizational change, peer communication, Robin Graham
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August 4th, 2010
Have you ever figured something out and made a clever comment that actually belittles someone or makes them feel bad? Sometimes we think from our perspective how smart we are while not realizing the impact our comment has on someone else. Which mindset is one that increases your success? Clever and smart (aleck)? Or, Kind and caring?
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Tags: conscious awareness, mindset, motivating employees, reactionary behaviors, Robin Graham, TED conference video
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July 14th, 2010
Linchpin, by Seth Godin, is a thought provoking book about making a difference… about being the difference. Have you accepted that you are average and view your life through your average comfort zone? Or, are you seeing opportunities… creating opportunities… trusting and launching into the opportunity?
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Tags: changing a mindset, comfort zone, linchpin, Robin Graham
Posted in Uncategorized, creativity, leadership, mindset, personal improvement, professional development
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June 17th, 2010
Oil disaster in Gulf of Mexico… downsizing in an organization… tweaking the finances for quarterly reporting… eating too much!! Each of these are examples of where limited view or short term thinking has been used and resulted in undesirable consequences. Do you think with a limited view or broader/long term view?
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Tags: changing a mindset, ingrained attitude, limited view, long term thinking, problem solving, reactionary behaviors, short term thinking
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June 8th, 2010
Welcome to National Business Etiquette Week, June 7 through 13! When you think of business etiquette, what do you think of?
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Tags: corporate culture, Etiquette, leadership, Robin Graham, Sales
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May 27th, 2010
In your opinion, is there more impact on success from skillset or mindset? Can you be successful with a low skillset and a great mindset? Or a high skillset and a challenging mindset? What can guarantee success?
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Tags: changing a mindset, comfort zone, competency, goal setting, impact of mindset, method to change, mindsets, Robin Graham, Shift your Mindset, subconscious, sustainable change
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April 29th, 2010
It seems that just hearing a name for something often activates our mindset about the named item. Assumptions are made; judgements are made; likes and dislikes are established… even before fully understanding the named item. For example, I was recently given a plant that is known as a Chicken Gizzard plant. Wow, now that’s a name that stirs up some assumptions…
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Tags: assumptions, changing a mindset, conscious awareness, reactionary behaviors, Robin Graham
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April 7th, 2010
What would occur if you increase your income significantly? Such as $1 million, $10 million or more? Certainly you would purchase some things, invest some and ensure that it lasts through the rest of your life… right?
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Tags: comfort zone, conscious awareness, personal wealth, sabotage progress, Sales, Shift your Mindset, subconscious
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March 4th, 2010
Fixed Mindset or Growth Mindset — Which do you tend toward? And is it possible to change a Fixed Mindset to a Growth Mindset? Stanford University Professor Carol Dweck outlines these two types of mindsets and the impact on personal development and success in her book, Mindset, The New Psychology of Success.
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Tags: corporate culture, fixed mindset, growth mindset, leadership, Sales, sustainable change
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February 17th, 2010
As a former competitive swimmer and current snow skier, I love the Olympics – both summer and winter. My favorite part of the Olympics is hearing the athletes’ stories of passion, overcoming challenges, and pursuing their dream. There is so much we can learn from them including how they handle difficulties and challenges.
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Tags: adversity, goal setting, ingrained attitude, leadership, problem solving, resilient
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