Power of Mindset

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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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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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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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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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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After reviewing a study by IBM Global Business Services that examined  how organizations manage change and that identified the challenges, success factors and gaps to project success, I did the ‘happy dance.’ Through input from 1500 change practitioners of various industries and representing a global perspective, the authors formed a well rounded view of change initiatives.

So why did I do the ‘happy dance’? The research indicated that the most significant challenges when implementing change are people-oriented including changing mindsets and attitudes, aligning the corporate culture with change, and motivating employees. Our business for over 20 years has been about the soft side, the human side of success. And my passion for the last 15 years has been helping people change their mindset to support their skill set or external goals. Read more »

Greetings from Oxford England. I was an invited presenter at an EQ conference sharing about the Power of Mindset regarding Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence and more. At another time, I’ll share about the impact of mindset with the various intelligences — including IQ.

For now, what has been fun is observing the mindset of driving in the US verse England. Growing up in the US, the right side is the correct side to drive on. But wait — if I grew up in England (and some other countries around the world) I would be convinced that driving on the left side is the correct side! Is either on the truth? the best? the real side? No, our cultural experience of driving established which is the one to use and where. Read more »