Growth Mindset

We’re wising up to social media fake news. What about mental fake news?   Mental fake news like "I’m not good with numbers”; “I’m an introvert, so cannot be assertive in meetings," can - like social media fake news - gain traction, impact our reputations and image, and become our false reality. Formed in the mind by imprint experiences, we unconsciously find evidence to validate these limiting beliefs. “See! I couldn't speak up in the meeting today…”. It’s not so much the content of the experience that shapes us, but the impression or belief...

Leaders, do you see what lies beneath the sea? “She’s not doing what I asked her to do.” “He’s not listening to me.” “They don’t respect me.” These are assumptions based on the behaviours you see. Like the iceberg, you see what’s visible to the eye. But, our behaviours are a consequence of our thoughts, how we process the world, how we feel about people and things, and the baggage we carry. Invisible to the eye. Below the sea. They drive the iceberg. If you want to understand and change behaviour, take the plunge....

You’ve low on energy. You’re feeling a sense of despair. You can’t see there’s light at the end of the tunnel. You’ve hit rock bottom, and now it’s so much more difficult to explore possibilities, seek alternatives and have hope. Deceptively simple rituals can help you regularly replenish your energy to strengthen your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual resilience. Rituals to help you sleep better, diffuse negative emotions and prioritise tasks, for example. Sometimes you need more. Feelings of overwhelmedness, irritability and low tolerance, insomnia and signs of depression – these are...