Mindset
About this category
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.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
How to ask for what you want and stop holding yourself back
Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth
May 19, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Communication
8
Resilience & grit
6
Not asking for what you want is living out of integrity with yourself.
Every complaint implies a dream — use complaints to find what you want.
Anything short of a whole-body yes is a no worth probing further.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Duty, integrity, and doing your job even when it's hard
The Daily Stoic
May 19, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
6
Floyd Mann stopped a civil rights riot alone, gun drawn.
"I was just doing my job" was once heroic, not an excuse.
A fiduciary standard — not just honesty — is the bar for everyone.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Marcus Aurelius: power, character, and the limits of Stoic virtue
The Daily Stoic
May 18, 2024
Resilience & grit
8
Management
7
Identity & self-belief
6
The best rulers are those drafted into power, not those who seek it.
Marcus's tolerance of flawed people in key roles caused catastrophic failures.
Stoic philosophy framed political power as a poison chalice — Marcus lived that tension.
Goal clarity, self-worth, and building a personal brand as a founder
Dan Martell
May 17, 2024
Goal setting
9
Identity & self-belief
8
Content marketing
7
Your team can't state your goal — strangers can state Gary Vee's.
Self-sabotage erodes from broken private commitments, not big failures.
Post daily to your phone for a thousand days before hiring a media team.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Why starting a startup in your twenties beats waiting
Y Combinator
May 17, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Long-term planning
8
Motivation
6
Work experience at big companies trains you to think small.
Compounding over decades is how trillion-dollar companies are built.
AI has reshuffled the idea maze — first movers win now.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Personality traits you can deliberately change to improve your life
Brendon Burchard
May 16, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
6
Personality shifts at graduation, marriage, divorce — with or without intent.
Conscientiousness is the top personality trait linked to longevity and wealth.
Emotional stability is trainable — mindfulness measurably changes life outcomes.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Stoicism, the founders, and the original meaning of happiness
The Daily Stoic
May 15, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
8
Vision & mission
6
The founders built America on Stoic self-mastery, not passive acceptance.
Happiness once meant virtue and character — not pleasure or passion.
Hamilton and Jefferson both predicted and feared January 6th-style coups.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
How connected note-taking builds a personal knowledge garden
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
May 13, 2024
Productivity & habits
9
Processes & SOPs
5
Thinking happens between your brain and the environment, not just inside it.
Short, linked, evergreen notes compound into a searchable personal knowledge base.
AI tools assist connection-finding but must not replace your own thinking.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Three ways technology undermines young people's professional future
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
May 13, 2024
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
9
Identity & self-belief
6
Checking your phone 100 times a day destroys the focus muscle permanently
Posting without pay redirects career ambition into a data factory for Zuckerberg
Pseudo-productivity rewards busyness in your 20s but leaves you skill-less at 40
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Michael Jordan's operating system: practice, mindset, and the relentless standard
Founders
May 12, 2024
Resilience & grit
10
Hiring & recruitment
8
Productivity & habits
7
Work ethic eliminates fear — preparation removes anxiety at the moment of performance.
Jordan's competitive standard never bent: no one would out-prepare him, ever.
History's greatest founders on hiring: A players hire A players, B players sink companies.
What $1.5 million spent on business gurus actually taught me
Dan Martell
May 10, 2024
Goal setting
8
Case studies
7
The room you buy into matters more than the curriculum itself.
Each investment level unlocks a distinct skill: mindset, marketing, systems, network.
A coach's belief in you can compress your timeline by a decade.
Resilience & grit
YouTube
Entrepreneurship, grit, and attention in the social media age
GaryVee
May 10, 2024
Resilience & grit
9
Social media
8
Identity & self-belief
7
Self-awareness — not motivation — determines if entrepreneurship is right for you
Over-protective parenting is actively destroying the grit entrepreneurs need
Organic social media is now the highest-leverage marketing tool available
Resilience & grit
YouTube
Why stress overwhelms you and how to break the cycle
Brendon Burchard
May 9, 2024
Resilience & grit
9
Productivity & habits
6
Stress is a thought loop, not an external event attacking you
Remove time pressure and most stress immediately dissolves
Worry only breaks when followed by one concrete next action
Resilience & grit
YouTube
FLSA duties test: exempt vs non-exempt employee classification
HR Party of One
May 7, 2024
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
8
Motivation
5
Misclassification can trigger double back pay if a court rules it intentional.
Exempt salary threshold raised to $1,059/week — six categories must each meet separate criteria.
Shipcom paid what was owed but still lost in court, paying double.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
How play and humor fuel creativity and innovation
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
May 6, 2024
Deep work & focus
8
Productivity & habits
6
Play is a state of mind, not silly activities—applies to any serious work
Non-obvious connections between unrelated ideas drive both humor and creativity
Give people choice and appropriate challenge levels to unlock their creative potential