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.
A quarterly planning system that beats annual goals
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Goal setting
8
Time management
7
Long-term planning
6
Why annual goals lose relevance before the year is half over
Pair every objective with a leading indicator you can act on daily
Choosing what not to do this quarter is the real strategy
How to review your annual goals and set up for next year
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Goal setting
9
Productivity & habits
5
Missing goals isn't failure — starting with intention moves you forward
Separate the desired result from the method; substitute freely
7 of 9 goals achieved or advanced with honest weekly check-ins
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
How to use the S-curve model to support your own and others' growth
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Management
7
Resilience & grit
6
The slow, invisible phase of learning is where real growth happens.
Shame about past experiences hides skills that could accelerate your next curve.
Saying 'I am a programmer' instead of 'I'm becoming one' changes outcomes.
Productivity & habits
YouTube
Practical strategies for breaking reactive leadership habits
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Productivity & habits
8
Management
6
Five minutes a day beats ambitious plans that the whirlwind kills.
Noise-cancelling headphones may solve your interruption problem entirely.
Who you report to matters more than which role you choose.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Discipline is trainable: a neuroscience-backed framework for doing hard things
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
July 22, 2024
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
8
Processes & SOPs
6
Discipline splits into two separate brain systems requiring different fixes.
Removing temptation and priming inspiration must both happen simultaneously.
Discipline is shaped by experience and practice, not fixed personality.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Haruki Murakami on obsession, routine, and the long game
Founders
July 21, 2024
Deep work & focus
10
Productivity & habits
9
Resilience & grit
7
Authenticity isn't a feeling — it shows up in longevity over decades.
Stopping before empty each day keeps the flywheel spinning tomorrow.
Burning out on an ultra marathon cost him years of running enthusiasm.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Patrick Dempsey on Stoicism, Acting, and Race Car Driving
The Daily Stoic
July 20, 2024
Resilience & grit
8
Founder interviews
7
Relationships & family
5
Racing and acting both demand presence — preparation is what makes it possible.
Stoicism means channelling emotion, not suppressing it.
Ritual dependency creates fragility; real confidence survives any conditions.
21 principles of the top performers
Dan Martell
July 19, 2024
Motivation
9
Long-term planning
7
Why wanting more and feeling grateful are not mutually exclusive
Your calendar and bank account reveal what actually matters to you
The biggest trap of success: building happiness around a destination that never arrives
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Embrace your weirdness and forgive others: two Stoic lessons
The Daily Stoic
July 19, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
5
Suppressing your authentic self makes you replaceable by definition.
Rainn Wilson's misery turned around the moment he embraced his weirdness.
Marcus Aurelius and Jesus agree: wrongdoers act from ignorance, not malice.
13 years of business lessons every first-time founder needs
Silicon Valley Girl
July 18, 2024
Goal setting
9
Long-term planning
8
Prospecting & outreach
6
Know your founder type — passion-driven or idea-iterating — before you start.
Set a concrete stop metric upfront so you know when to quit or continue.
Delegate too late and you stay stuck in execution instead of strategy.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
How to build a creator career: platform agnostic, message first
GaryVee
July 18, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Content marketing
8
Business models
6
Your authentic interpretation of any idea is your competitive monopoly.
Social shifted from follower-reach to interest-graph — most creators haven't adapted.
Self-discipline is the only parenting lever that actually works.
Resilience & grit
YouTube
Building mental resilience to turn personal adversity into business strength
Bill Gallagher
July 17, 2024
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
7
Motivation
6
Trying to restore the status quo after crisis guarantees a second crisis.
Be neutral about current problems; get emotionally invested in future goals.
Simultaneous cancer diagnoses — son and self — navigated through radical openness.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Rewriting the stories that hold you back: the Mind Your Mindset framework
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
July 15, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
6
Your brain runs a narrator that mistakes its stories for facts
Three-step process: identify, interrogate, then rewrite the story
Neuroplasticity means no negative thought pattern is permanent
Work-life balance
YouTube
Spending down your wealth before you die: Bill Perkins on living fully
Noah Kagan
July 15, 2024
Work-life balance
9
Founder interviews
7
Bootstrapping
5
Saving money on autopilot guarantees a wasted life
Health gates experience — spend while your body can deliver full value
Fame is 1000x more powerful than money, and destroys freedom
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Eight small habits for deeper work and life
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
July 15, 2024
Deep work & focus
10
Productivity & habits
9
Resilience & grit
6
Reciprocal meeting blocks prevent your calendar from drowning in meetings
Work quotas give you a defensible reason to say no
Practicing hard things builds discipline as a trainable threshold