Mindset
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Content whose primary subject is how an individual manages their own psychology, focus, habits, or relationship with work. The unit of change is the *person themselves*, not their business or team.
Showing 2363 articles for Mindset.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Stoic guidance on ambition, mortality, and inner resilience
The Daily Stoic
October 7, 2022
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
8
Goal setting
7
Why erring toward kindness resolves the law-versus-justice tension
Stoic ambition means controlling effort, not outcomes
The inner citadel is built through philosophy and deliberate hardship
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Five ways to build your tolerance for risk
Masters of Scale
October 4, 2022
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
6
Business models
5
Understand risk as a spectrum, not binary choice; use data to reduce uncertainty.
Commit fully to chosen bets once assessed; half measures kill startups.
Align your team and ground decisions in principles to unlock collective risk capacity.
Work-life balance
Podcast
Sustaining high performance through stress management and intentional rest
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
October 3, 2022
Work-life balance
9
Resilience & grit
7
Burnout stems from misalignment with purpose, not just overwork or stress alone.
Stress is your resistance to reality—a choice you can change through perspective shifts.
Love the process and the climb itself, not the destination or outcome.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Walking, subtraction, and doing less to accomplish more
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
October 3, 2022
Productivity & habits
9
Processes & SOPs
6
Deep work & focus
5
Meeting doomsday: cancel all standing meetings and only reinstate what you miss
Outdoor walking beats treadmill desks for creative insight and focus
Trust, not motivation, is what gets a first novel written
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Why working in-house first makes you a better freelance copywriter
Joanna Wiebe
September 30, 2022
Identity & self-belief
8
Copywriting
6
Clients edit your Word doc but won't touch a Photoshop file.
In-house exposes you to 'just fluff it up' before clients do.
Peer communities can replicate in-house calibration for freelancers.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Mindset shifts and habits that build wealth and fulfillment
Silicon Valley Girl
September 29, 2022
Identity & self-belief
9
Goal setting
8
Productivity & habits
7
One high-value client can outperform dozens of budget ones
Warren Buffett's 25-goal rule: focus only on your top five
Set targets beyond reach — you land further than playing small
Productivity & habits
Podcast
How great biographers research, organize, and write epic lives
The Daily Stoic
September 28, 2022
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
7
Discipline creates freedom — without structure, creative latitude becomes paralysis
Jim Thorpe's medals stripped while peers cheated safely under fake names
Writer's block is always a research problem, not a creativity problem
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Creativity and agency in remote work
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
September 26, 2022
Resilience & grit
8
Founder interviews
7
Work-life balance
6
Leaving Apple after 13 years when burnout became a matter of physical survival
Opportunity debt: how employers weaponize benefits to create invisible, repayable obligations
Creatives flow best when discovering ideas as archaeology, not inventing through willpower
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Ryan Holiday on discipline, stoicism, and building a writing career
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
September 26, 2022
Identity & self-belief
9
Deep work & focus
7
Content marketing
6
Discipline is a muscle: small consistent reps beat zero-to-Goggins leaps.
The main thing must stay the main thing — even when success multiplies demands.
Physical discipline is the entry drug; it transfers to every other domain.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Discipline, freedom, and conquering panic: two Stoic principles
The Daily Stoic
September 26, 2022
Resilience & grit
9
Deep work & focus
5
Temporary restraint now is the price of lasting freedom later.
Panic is always self-inflicted — and makes every problem worse.
Napoleon's daily rehearsal method eliminates fear through preparation.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
All that matters is how we respond
The Daily Stoic
September 22, 2022
Your character is defined by how you respond, not what happens
Treat adversity as training from a coach—seek the struggle out
4,000 weeks in a life: make each one count with purpose
Resilience & grit
YouTube
Three techniques to maintain composure under pressure
Dr. Grace Lee
September 21, 2022
Resilience & grit
9
Public speaking
6
Identity & self-belief
5
Anxiety comes from your thoughts, not the situation itself
Deliberately engaging cognition quiets the amygdala on the spot
Shifting focus to serving others instantly reduces performance anxiety
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Queen Elizabeth II as a stoic model of self-discipline and temperance
The Daily Stoic
September 20, 2022
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
8
Resilience & grit
7
Power without the right to use it demands extraordinary self-control.
Queen Elizabeth fell asleep in public exactly once — at age 78.
Greatness is not only what you do, but what you refuse to do.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Overcoming the fear of your own success
Dan Martell
September 19, 2022
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
6
Most people fear failure — the real block is fearing success
Building a 'shadow career' is how we avoid owning our true identity
A 10-year commitment turns dabbling into mastery
Work-life balance
Podcast
Quiet quitting, lifestyle design, and rethinking work's role
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
September 19, 2022
Work-life balance
10
Productivity & habits
7
Processes & SOPs
5
Quiet quitting is lifestyle design rediscovered — but starting from scratch
Burning out a child's motivation by pushing too hard backfires long-term
Local action beats doom-scrolling; your brain evolved for human-scale problems