“In a growth mindset, challenges are exciting rather than threatening. So, rather than thinking, ’Oh, I’m going to reveal my weaknesses,’ you can say, ‘Wow, here’s a chance to grow.’” - Carol Dweck “Fail early, fail often, but always fail forward.” – John Maxwell Throughout the first 34 years of my life, I lived with … Continue reading Leadership: Growth Mindset Thinking
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Effective Leadership and Growth Mindset
“Growth is the only evidence of life.” - John Henry Newman “Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. … Most of us are about as eager to change as we were to be born and go through our changes in a similar state of shock.” … Continue reading Effective Leadership and Growth Mindset
The Nature of Effective Leadership – 2
”Change is not merely necessary to life — it is life.” - Alvin Toffler, Future Shock “Weep not that the world changes—did it keep A stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep.” - William Cullen Bryant A continuation of the identifiers of effective leadership, begun in the previous post. Effective leaders pursue personal … Continue reading The Nature of Effective Leadership – 2
Effective Leadership is Adaptive
“Ceaseless change is the only constant thing in nature.” John Candee Dean, January 1911 “The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.” Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, IV, 3 Change, among other things, happens. Change comes upon us personally in various forms, aging being the most common. Aging is the change in us … Continue reading Effective Leadership is Adaptive
