Leaders, coaches, and parents push the work hard play hard mindset far too excessively. Yes, it has a time and a place. However, this is a short-term mindset not a mindset for the long-term, and herein lies the problem. When people use the work hard play hard mindset as their long-term approach to work, burnout […]
There are two reasons why learning from failure is overrated. Firstly, learning from success is far more efficient than learning from failure. In fact, research from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business strongly supports that you learn more from success than failure. Secondly, as I wrote a couple days ago, most people fail […]
The prevailing mindset in society is that putting in time entitles you to something. The thought pattern is that if you do something longer than someone else, then you have paid more dues and therefore are qualified to receive more benefits. The problem with this thinking is that putting in time and paying dues are […]