Have you ever wondered why
some people seem to achieve
great success effortlessly?
In this video what I wanna
share with you are three
mindset principles that all
successful career
professionals have so that you
can cultivate them and achieve
your own success.
And therefore you never have
to say,
if I only knew again,
and one of those principles
even involves a wine glass.
First of all,
what is a mindset?
A mindset is a person's
beliefs or attitudes towards a
situation or an area of life.
So this means you can have a
mindset about something that
just is happening at work.
You can have a mindset around
your chosen vocation in life.
You can have mindsets about
any area of your life or
situation that you've been
observing.
So when it comes to mindsets,
mindsets influence your
beliefs.
They influence your thoughts
and perspectives and,
and they also include your
values and as a result of
values,
beliefs,
and perspective that goes on
to influence your thought
patterns and therefore your
feelings that come up as well.
And therefore your behaviors.
And if you've heard me speak
about human values and core
values,
that also is very similar to
values in respe with the
respects that whenever you
have a certain value structure
that you adhere to in life,
your value structures are
going to influence directly
and very much is gonna shape
your thoughts,
your feelings,
and your behaviors as well.
So let's go into this.
When it comes to what are the
three mindset principles that
every career successful career
professional has,
let's dive deep into it.
That's,
that's starting with number
one.
Mindset principle number one,
the most perfect and hidden
barrier to learning anything
is the thought that you
already know it.
There is so much out there on
social media and in the news
about how learning is
important and so much talk
about the growth mindset as
well.
The growth mindset is the
belief that our potential is
not fixed and we can expand
our potential through learning
and through acquiring
different areas of knowledge
and through effort as well.
Now,
most of the time,
most people don't have any
problems with the effort part,
expanding our potential
through effort because there's
been a lot of programming
about doing well,
performing well.
So most people don't have,
uh,
an issue with that.
The effort part of expanding
one's growth mindset.
But when it comes to the other
part of it,
the learning part of it,
this is where we have a lot of
subconscious barriers to
learning because there's this
belief that as soon as we are
listening to a seminar,
we're listening to a podcast,
we're listening to a YouTube
video maybe,
and we hear something that
sounds familiar,
the subconscious part of our
brain,
there's a voice in there that
says,
well,
I've heard this before.
I already know that.
Or this sounds similar to
something I heard somewhere
else.
And so as a result of that,
there is a shutting off of the
openness of our minds when it
comes to learning.
There is a quote by Mark
Twain,
a very wise quote that says,
what gets us in trouble is not
what we don't know.
It's what we are sure of that
just ain't so.
Now there is a pervasive yet
unintentional habit of
consumption where we are
consuming as much information
as we can from YouTube,
from co podcasts,
from courses,
from seminars and so on.
We have a habit of consuming
and trying to take up as much
information as we can retain
it to remember it as much as
we can for the chemical rush
that that gives us a sense of
accomplishment,
a sense of productivity,
a sense of moving forward in
momentum.
It gives us that chemical
rush.
But the dangers of doing so is
that we are trying so hard to
encapsulate all the
information we've learned and
that's what gives us the
assumption that,
hey,
I already know this already.
And when we hear something
that's said in a similar way
or something that causes us to
remember something we heard in
a completely different arena,
our mind goes,
our subconscious mind goes,
I already know this.
It's similar to something I've
heard before.
Right?
And that's where it comes back
to.
That's not what gets us into
trouble.
It's not about what we don't
know.
It's about what we think we
know that just isn't so.
So rather than making an
assumption saying,
well,
I already know this so I don't
need to go any further,
I don't need to learn any
further cuz I already know it,
that is now the perfect
barrier to learning.
So instead,
approach learning from a
beginner's mind and a
beginner's mind is nothing
more than having a mindset
where it's about not having
any preconceptions,
about the willingness to be
open to learn new things,
even things that are once
familiar to you,
that you can still learn
something new.
And that is the beginner's
mind.
This willingness to learn,
even if there are subject
matters that you are familiar
with,
will have you to be open to
new opportunities to grow
through learning.
And this is what it means to
be able to take advantage of
opportunities to have a growth
mindset.
Mindset principle number two,
there are only two things I
have control over in life.
Now this is a really deep
principle when it comes to
control,
having control over in life
this is a very innate human
trait.
We desire to have more
control.
Having more control gives us a
sense of security,
gives us a sense of safety as
well.
And it gives us a sense of
being able and having the
capacity to move forward and
to be productive.
Now in Stephen Covey's book,
the Seven Habits of Highly
Effective People,
he talks about the this model
and this model was outlined in
his first habit,
habit number one,
um,
of the seven habits.
And it talks about the concept
of a circle of concern and a
circle of influence.
He said there were two things,
a circle of concern,
which are things that we're
concerned about that we may or
may not be able to influence
and we may not be able to do
anything about versus the
circle of influence,
which are things we can do
something about.
Now this is a model that was
proposed by Stephen Covey,
but let's look a little bit
deeper.
How can we refine that model,
make applicable refinements
and improvements to that
model?
If you really meditate on
control over life and you
think about,
well,
what do I really have control
over in life?
What really can I influence?
It really boils down to only
two things.
And the two things are your
own perspectives and your own
actions.
If you really be quiet and
listen and meditate on it,
you're gonna realize that
outside of your own self,
outside of your true self,
outside of your authentic
self,
outside of your conscious
self,
anything outside of you,
you don't have any influence
over,
there's no direct influence
over that because you can't
control other people's
thoughts,
what they say to you,
how they respond to you.
You can't control the weather.
You can't control political
systems and how the world
makes decisions,
the economy,
the movement of markets,
industries and what happens
there,
what goes on in businesses,
none of none of it outside of
us,
we have control over.
And let's look at inside of
us.
Inside of us,
we don't control when our
heart beats,
when it skips a beat,
when there's palpitations,
we can't control the way that
our blood flows.
And if there are pinches in
our nervous system,
we can't control our inner
workings of our physiology.
So what can we control?
It's really comes down to
those two things,
our own perspectives and our
own actions.
Now this might feel very
depressing because there's
only two things in all of life
that I can control,
but I submit to you that these
two things alone are more than
enough.
They are extremely powerful
that when you understand how
to control these two things,
that you can achieve the goals
that you desire most in all
areas of your life,
including your career and
other areas of your life as
well.
So those two areas alone,
if you really do understand
how am I,
how have I lost control of
those things and how can I
regain control of them?
Or if you do have some sense
of control over your
perspective than your actions,
how can I have even a more
understanding on how to have
self-governance?
Self-governance is control
over those two things.
Then you'll be able to be more
leveraged and optimized and
understand how to be present
in situations no matter what
the chaos is going on around
you,
no matter how the perception
might be that it's chaotic or
it's messy,
that if you are self-governed
by these two things that you
can achieve the goals you set
out to achieve.
So far I discussed the
beginner's mindset.
I also discussed having
self-governance as an inner
control to be present in
situations,
to be governed as well.
So far I talked about those
two things.
This is a third principle as
well,
but I wanna invite you if you
are really serious about the
practical applications of this
and how do you develop that
growth mindset,
the beginner's mindset.
How do you help
self-governance?
And you're serious about
achieving that for yourself
because you know that you have
meaningful goals to achieve.
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on the inside.
Mindset principle number
three,
setbacks and failures increase
my capability to thrive.
So you might be thinking,
well,
how is that possible?
If it's a major setback,
it's a major failure.
And here's how I'm gonna
explain it.
It goes back to what I shared
at the beginning of this
message,
the wine glass.
Remember how I said that one
of these principles involves a
wine glass?
So let's,
let me explain.
How does it involve a wine
glass?
If you think about this wine
glass,
it is breakable.
If I were to ship this wine
glass to you,
I would need to wrap it in a
lot of newspaper or maybe some
styrofoam wrapping paper.
I would need to put it in a
sturdy box and then seal it
with tape.
And on the box I would write
the word fragile.
Now,
let's think about that.
Why do we write the word
fragile?
What does fragile mean?
Fragile means that,
well,
we all agreed that this wine
glass is fragile.
What it means is that any
volatility with enough shaking
or bumping or stress that is
applied to this wine glass,
it would break.
And that is a definition of
fragility.
Now,
if I were to ship something
else that was not fragile and
put it in the same box,
guess what?
I don't write the word fragile
on that box anymore.
In fact,
there's nothing on that box
except the mail,
a mailing address.
So then what is the opposite
of fragility?
Most people make the mistake
and they would say that the
opposite of fragility,
of being fragile is to be
robust and to be resilient.
Well,
what if I told you that
resilience is not the opposite
of fragile,
right?
So let's think about this.
How does this apply to you in
the workplace?
In corporations,
in a corporation,
if you were wor,
are working in a corporation,
depending on your industry,
depending on the economic
situation in the market,
trends of the industry that
you're working,
your work position or your
company or your team may be
very fragile when it comes to
economic downfalls or changes
and shifts in market trends or
the introduction of a new
competitor.
So those things can be very
fragile depending on what
happens.
Now,
the other side of it is
resilience.
If I were to shipped something
to you that was not fragile,
I wouldn't put the word
fragile on it,
but I also wouldn't put
resilient on the box either.
I would just ship it to you.
Now,
resilient is not the opposite
of fragile because what does
resilient mean?
It resilient means that in the
presence of stressors and
volatility,
it just doesn't break.
It doesn't,
doesn't break.
And that's the,
that's what resilient means.
If you are resilient,
if your company is resilient,
if your position in the
workforce is resilient,
that means if there are any
market shifts,
economic shifts,
then the work,
your work that you're doing,
it just it.
just doesn't change.
You can still have,
have your position,
you are still leading the
team,
you still have your,
your position on with your
stakeholders and so on.
It just doesn't change.
Now the opposite of being
fragile is anti-fragility.
Anti-fragile is the stark
opposite of fragile.
Now what does that mean?
You heard me earlier,
explain what fragile means.
So what does anti-fragile
mean?
Being anti-fragile means that
in the presence of volatility
and stress,
you get even better.
There's improvement.
You thrive in the presence of
stress.
In other words,
when there are setbacks and
failures,
it increases your capability
to thrive.
That is the property of being
anti-fragile.
So now you have two choices.
The first choice you can
choose to be vulnerable to any
sudden changes into in the
market,
the economy or the company,
or the second choice,
you can choose to be able to
quickly pivot and adapt to
receiving new information.
In other words,
you are experimenting,
taking opportunities to take
on challenges so that you can
learn from failures.
And when you learn from
failures and you take on that
new information,
that failure provides,
you can reiterate your plan
until you can find a winning
strategy.
So now being aware of the
concept of anti-fragility,
how can you be accepting and
taking on new challenges,
knowing that in the event of
success or failure,
that that is not the ultimate
goal.
Instead,
the ultimate goal is growth
and learning as well through
failures and setback.
Because failure and setbacks
are better teachers than
success.
So when you develop this
anti-fragility,
that anti-fragile part of you,
this is how you could become
more strong and thrive even
through failures and setbacks
that are inevitable in the
marketplace.
Then you must be thinking,
well,
if I'm to take on new
challenges and if I'm to
become anti-fragile,
there's so much to do,
there's so much I need to
learn.
And if you are feeling
overwhelmed,
then I have a video for you.
In the next video coming right
up,
I'm gonna share how,
what do you do when there's so
much you need to learn?
And how do you manage that
type of overwhelm?
That video is coming right up
next.
I'll see you there.