We all like to think that we are ambitious professionals with a growth mindset and aware of real opportunities when they appear. But it’s not, apparently, as simple as that. Dr. Carol Dweck, a ...

Why is it so hard to stay consistent with our goals and follow through successfully? Some of the most popular reasons for this is a lack of motivation and willpower, but there’s something else we ...

Our minds have such an ability to influence our lives. It's amazing how powerful our minds and our thoughts can be; how we look at the world shapes our own world. We're going to look at the power of ...

Carol Dweck, a professor of psychology at Stanford University, is the author of “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.” The focus of the book is on the issue of a fixed or a growth mindset. Those ...

One of my favorite movies of all is "The Matrix." The Hero of the film — Neo — has the opportunity to discover that the world he lives in isn't what he thinks it is. He meets a man named Morpheus who ...

The concept of fixed and growth mindsets was introduced by the Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck to help explain the various ways people confront challenge. By Dweck’s definition, the fixed ...

I find the topic of mindset fascinating. I was introduced to this through my association with Chip Conley’s Modern Elder Academy. But even before I met Chip, I knew that curiosity and lifelong ...

More than 10 years ago, Google embarked on a plan to build better bosses. In its internal Project Oxygen, Google analyzed more than 10,000 manager impressions such as performance reviews, feedback ...

This week one of my clients referred to herself as “such a terrible procrastinator“. Her tone was filled with doubt about the likelihood that she would achieve her next-level goals. This is a woman ...

Our minds have such an ability to influence our lives. It's amazing how powerful our minds and our thoughts can be; how we look at the world shapes our own world. We're going to look at the power of ...