Feeling Stuck? Here’s What Stagnation Is Trying to Teach You
We all hit walls. It might show up in our work, our relationships, our health, or our sense of purpose. Things slow down. Energy dips. Progress stalls. That’s stagnation — and while it can feel discouraging, it may be one of the most important signals in your personal development journey. What Is Stagnation? Stagnation occurs […]
Stagnation: The Silent Killer That You May Be Facing
Most people, teams, and organizations are operating in some form of stagnation. On the surface, it looks like stability or comfort. But beneath the surface, it’s the silent killer of growth. The primary feeling that comes with stagnation? Frustration. You feel like you’re working hard, but not moving forward. You feel like things aren’t clicking […]
What is a Gritty Mindset? And How Do You Develop One?
Angela Duckworth popularized the term, “Grit,” in her best-selling book: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. In this book, she presents a compelling case for a couple of powerful main ideas: Grit is a mindset (not an ability) Grit matters more than talent. Naturally, a statement like this leads to two questions: What is […]
Defining the Mindsets that Impact How Effectively You Navigate Life, Work, & Leadership
In 2020, I published my Wall Street Journal and USA Today best-selling book, Success Mindsets: The Keys to Unlocking Greater Success in Your Life, Work, & Leadership. In this book, I presented the following mindset framework based on the last 40 years of mindset research to help people awaken to and elevate their mindsets. In […]
What is a Growth Mindset
If you were to ask 100 people if they have a fixed or a growth mindset, how many people would say that they have a “fixed mindset?” Not very many, right?!? Yet, my research echoes Carol Dweck’s research, which suggests that half of all people are fixed-minded. In this article, I want to explain: What […]
Vertical Development is Like Improving Our Eating Skills
Vertical development is about upgrading our internal operating system such that we elevate how we make meaning of our world in more cognitively and emotionally sophisticated ways.
Going From Mind 2.0 to Mind 3.0
Over the next several weeks, I want to share examples of people I have worked or interacted with that are at different stages of their personal vertical development journeys.
The purpose of doing this is to help you:
Better see what vertical development looks and feels like
See the value of focusing on your vertical development
Be inspired, as I have been, by the courage of others who are letting go of who they have been and embracing an elevated version of themselves
What Context Struggles to Create Space for Learning? The Workplace
I want to share with you an excerpt from Decoding Greatness by Ron Friedman that I found incredibly powerful. He writes: Growth requires strain. A moderate degree of difficulty is essential to both mental and physical development. Teachers know it. Bodybuilders know it. Athletes know it. Yet what’s the one place where stretching our limits […]
How to Enhance Our Psychological Flexibility
I have a six-year-old son who is in speech therapy. I listened in to one of his sessions this week, where he worked on his “th” sound. He tends to do an “s” sound when the “th” sound is needed. So, instead of “tooth,” often it comes out as “toose.” The whole point of speech […]
What Causes People to Possess Negative Mindsets?
Last week, I wrote an article about the neuroscience of mindsets, which suggested that our mindsets are long-range neural connections that serve as our brain’s circuit board, connecting our three primary brain regions: basal ganglia (reptilian brain), limbic system (mammalian brain), and neocortex (human brain). See the neon green lines. Ideal Situation In an ideal […]
