Monthly Archives: May 2018

Talk with Tom: Episode #36 | TwT Motivational Minute: Resilience

 

In this episode of the Talk with Tom Motivational Minute, Tom discusses how he learned from his own failures to be resilient and the ability to bounce back.

As he states in this episode, “I am… regarded as an authority on financing, investing, negotiating, and business strategies. I made a ton of mistakes along the way and have gone from Rock Star to Rock Bottom to Rock Solid. One of the critical skills for ongoing success is the ability to bounce back from adversity.”

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How To Cultivate A Growth Mindset

 

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Topic: Growth Mindset

How To Cultivate A Growth Mindset

 

Download this FREE Resource on my Resources page – Growth Mindset vs Fixed Mindset – and you’ll learn the difference between the two mindsets. In this post I’ll take you inside my recently completed read Mindset: The New Psychology of Success authored by Stanford psychologist and researcher, Carol Dweck.  Dweck’s book was published to much fanfare in 2006, yet it is only in recent years that it achieved mainstream adoption, and came to my attention.

 

Dweck’s research includes a landmark study which found that children who are praised for their intelligence are more likely to choose future tasks that validate their perceived intelligence and make them look smart. Conversely, children who are praised for their effort are more likely to choose tasks that help them learn new things.

 

The first group have what Dweck calls a ‘fixed mindset’: they avoid challenges because they don’t want to jeopardize their reputation and, thus, their intellectual development stalls. The second group have a ‘growth mindset’: they thrive on challenges and they aren’t afraid to fail because they know they can try again, fail again and fail better.

 

“Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better?” writes Dweck in Mindset. “Why hide deficiencies instead of overcoming them? Why look for friends or partners who will just shore up your self-esteem instead of ones who will also challenge you to grow? And why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you?”.

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Talk with Tom: Episode #35 | TwT Motivational Minute: Definite Major Purpose

 

In this episode of the Talk with Tom Motivational Minute, Tom discusses the importance of having a Definite Major Purpose in one’s life.

Thoughts are things, and powerful things at that, when they are mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a BURNING DESIRE for their translation into riches, or other material objects. That’s how Napoleon Hill’s famous book Think and Grow Rich begins.

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