Thank you to Ryan Gottfredson for these resources
Success Mindsets
Books
- Success Mindsets by Ryan Gottfredson
- Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
- How Will You Measure Your Life by Clayton Christensen
- The Economics of a Higher Purpose by Robert Quinn
- The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander
- Playing the Matrix by Mike Dooley
Articles
- Unlocking Greater Success by Developing a Promotion Mindset
- From Purpose to Impact
- Becoming a More Positive Influence: Develop a Clear Self-Purpose
- Working for a Bigger Purpose
- Job Purposing Essentials
- 10 Ways to Put Yourself in the Driver’s Seat of Your Life
Videos
- The Greatest Showman
- Start with Why by Simon Sinek
- Living Beyond Limits by Amy Purdy
- How to know your life purpose in 5 minutes by Adam Leipzig
- What is Your Purpose In Life – Steve Harvey
- If You Want To Achieve Your Dreams Faster, WATCH THIS!
- How to Move Forward from Where You Are Right Now with Mike Dooley
Writing Exercises
- The Five-Minute Journal
- Write two paragraphs about your goals and aspirations
- Answer: What is your purpose? What is your destination?
- Identify a time when you took a purpose-driven risk. What were the benefits of doing so?
- Identify a time when you “played it safe” as opposed to taking a purpose-driven risk. Why did you choose to “play it safe?”
- Identify one of your idols:
- ▷ What decisions did they have to make that seemed “crazy” at some point?
- ▷ What purpose-driven risk did they have to take?
- ▷ What would have happened if they hadn’t taken that risk?
- ▷ What happened because they took that risk?
- Answer: What does your ideal future look like, smell like, taste like, sound like, feel like?
Discussion
- Try to describe to someone the difference between a prevention and a promotion mindset
- Try to describe why having a promotion mindset is so beneficial and why having a prevention mindset can be so detrimental.
- With a partner or group, ask and answer:
- ▷ When was an instance where you or your team had a prevention mindset and how it affected you personally and the broader group?
- ▷ When was an instance where you or your team had a promotion mindset and how it affected you personally and the broader group?
- ▷ How much do we prioritize avoiding problems? Why?
- ▷ When are times that we are the most prevention/promotion-minded?
- ▷ Are we more comfort-focused or more purpose-focused?
- ▷ What happens when a problem occurs? How do we “react” to it?
- ▷ What is our destination? How do we know when we are making progress toward it?
- ▷ What is our purpose?
- ▷ When we work with our customers, are we more focused on getting things “right” or on adding value?
- ▷ How open are we to altering our course?
Self-Talk
- Am I being prevention- or promotion-minded?
- Am I being comfort-focused or purpose-focused?
- I am open to unlimited possibilities
- I have the power to get it done
- I can take on the winds and currents of the sea to get to my destination
- I am capable of navigating the unknown
- Focus on customers more than vendors; smiles more than frowns; possibilities more than risks; options more than commitments; vacations more than overtime; detours more than setbacks; opportunities more than obstacles; and Goldilocks more than the bears
