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.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Cal Newport's 20-year history of personal productivity writing
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
May 6, 2024
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
8
Processes & SOPs
6
Every productivity era since 2000 is a reaction to the same unsolved fire.
Coasting on minimal effort stops working as jobs get harder.
Organise just enough — stop fetishising the system itself.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Talent, self-awareness, and sustainable success in the creator economy
GaryVee
May 4, 2024
Identity & self-belief
10
Unit economics
6
Liking and being good at your work are the only sustainable career foundations.
High-risk investing only makes sense with money you can fully afford to lose.
Caring about others — not needing their approval — is what builds lasting respect.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Mindset, money, and purpose: how to build wealth and a meaningful life
Dan Martell
May 3, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Goal setting
7
Founder interviews
6
Wealthy people invest money to grow it; poor people spend it.
You will never earn more than you believe you deserve.
Purpose almost always sits next to your worst life experience.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Career advice, self-awareness, and finding work you actually love
GaryVee
May 2, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Work-life balance
8
Long-term planning
6
You can only sustain work you genuinely like or are naturally good at.
Growing a revenue stream you hate turns into golden handcuffs fast.
Abandoning platforms early because of low numbers is a costly strategic mistake.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
How Taylor Swift and Marcus Aurelius turned setbacks into fuel
The Daily Stoic
April 30, 2024
Resilience & grit
10
Identity & self-belief
6
Losing her masters pushed Swift to become the biggest pop artist alive
Stoicism is a daily practice — falling short doesn't mean failing
Adversity is the condition for full potential, not just an obstacle to survive
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Intentional information: why your media diet shapes your reality
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
April 29, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Productivity & habits
7
Deep work & focus
6
Your information tools don't just deliver reality — they construct it.
Steel-manning outrage removes the emotional charge that blocks real action.
Shifting to slow, in-person information can feel like going from black-and-white to colour.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
How to balance ego with striving across every career stage
The Daily Stoic
April 28, 2024
Identity & self-belief
10
Resilience & grit
7
Humility is a competitive advantage, not a weakness — at every stage.
Measuring by an inner scorecard beats chasing external validation.
Amor fati: failure is an invitation to rebuild, not a verdict on you.
Work-life balance
Podcast
Happiness, meaning, and the stoic life with Arthur Brooks
The Daily Stoic
April 27, 2024
Work-life balance
9
Productivity & habits
8
Identity & self-belief
7
The route to happiness runs through suffering, not around it.
Most people overschedule because idleness triggers the brain's rumination network.
Stoicism is preparation — love and outward service are the missing performance.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Gary Vaynerchuk on VeeFriends, resilience, and not caring what others think
GaryVee
April 24, 2024
Identity & self-belief
8
Resilience & grit
7
YouTube Kids is the new Saturday morning cartoons — win there or lose
On bad days, the discipline is silence, not motivation
Not caring what people think started in fifth grade and still takes practice
Productivity & habits
Podcast
How comfort, abundance, and scarcity brain undermine modern decision-making
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
April 22, 2024
Productivity & habits
9
Resilience & grit
5
Your brain is wired to want more even when you already have enough.
Social media and slot machines exploit the same three-part addictive loop.
Tracking why you pick up your phone reshapes behaviour without willpower.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Upgrade your life's hardware before chasing big goals
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
April 22, 2024
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
6
Why ambitious plans fail: your life's hardware is too weak.
Berkman's relaxed productivity vs. Galloway's grind — and how to bridge them.
The $700 AI Pin exposes the real fix: just boring your phone.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Amor Fati: love everything that happens
The Daily Stoic
April 21, 2024
Edison's factory burned, destroying $23M in assets—he smiled and rebuilt within weeks.
Boxer Jack Johnson faced hatred yet joyfully outmaneuvered opponents with cheerful composure.
Transform adversity into fuel by choosing gratitude for what you cannot control.
Resilience & grit
YouTube
Success is built brick by brick, not in a single breakthrough moment
GaryVee
April 18, 2024
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
7
Every 'big moment' is just another brick — not the breakthrough.
Patience and friendship beat transactional urgency every time.
Your feed, your negativity: the algorithm is you.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Finding happiness in hard times: two pieces of advice that stick
How I Work
April 17, 2024
Resilience & grit
8
Identity & self-belief
6
Mental health & wellbeing
5
You can't wait for life to be easy to decide to be happy.
'This too shall pass' applies to good moments too — stay present.
Failures build compassion; give yourself the break you'd give others.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
When to trust your gut as a startup founder
Y Combinator
April 17, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Customer discovery
6
Niche selection
5
Expertise you already have earns gut trust — experience you lack doesn't.
Experts acting timid and novices acting certain are both fatal mistakes.
Same startup idea, opposite advice — the founders' background changes everything.