Goal setting is so common it’s easy to overlook as the source of your problem when stuck in a rut. There is nothing more frustrating than having a goal that you aren’t making progress towards. What’s more, the lack of progress and frustration is by definition why you’re in a rut. Consequently, the rut you’re […]
In sports it’s extremely important that athletes have a growth mindset and not a fixed mindset. Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D. in her preeminent book on mindset describes the growth mindset as believing that self-improvement is a product of hard work. In addition, when you have a growth mindset you also believe that the innate talents […]
History shows that you can control the process, but you can’t control the outcome. So, don’t make the mistake of skipping steps and taking shortcuts to try to force the day of success to come sooner. Shortcutting the process is far more likely to delay success than to accelerate it. One of my favorite authors […]