Learn to Win with Derek Lundsten and Todd Staples

002 – How to Become Successful by Leveraging Failure with Ana Melikian


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Could failing be the #1 way to Learn to Win? PHD Ana Melikian thinks so.
Do you remember playing in the sandbox when you were a kid? You weren’t afraid to try new things, so why are adults so afraid of failure today? It is ok to fail as long as you are learning from your mistakes to prevent the same thing from happening repeatedly. Consulting Psychologist, Ana Melikian shares experiences, strategies and effective tools to help achieve success and fulfillment, even if you have to fail first to do so.
• – The coaching journey
• – The younger generations openness to fail
• – Learning from Nature & Nurture
• – How to incorporate a ‘sandbox’ into real life situations
• – Creating a culture of excellence through failure
• – The importance of cultivating a gratitude mindset
• – Instead of feedback, feed forward
• – Why people stay in painful situations
• – Learning to be comfortable with the uncomfortable
• – Becoming and striving as a leader
• – We cannot expect different results by repeating the same patterns
• – Be persistent. If you fail, try again
• – Finding a balance between failure and doing a poor job
Books
The Four Agreements – Don Miguel Ruiz                                             Reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering.
Delivering Happiness – Tony Hsieh
It details Tony Hsieh’s life as an entrepreneur, with emphasis on the the importance of creating core values for your company, with specifics stories about his companies LinkExchange and Zappos.
Principles – Ray Dalio
A book by the most successful hedge fund manager in history, Ray Dalio based on principles he had developed while running Bridgewater Associates.
Go For No – Richard Fenton & Andrea Waltz
Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones but “NO” Can Never Hurt Me! That’s the lesson twenty-eight year old copier salesman Eric James Bratton is about to learn. And he’s going to learn it from the most unlikely of mentors – himself!
Podcast
Mindset Zone
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Teaser Clip
23:39- 26:17 – Cultivating a gratitude mindset
FULL TRANSCRIPTION:
Ana Melikian
00:33
Hello.
00:35
So let’s see why the sound. Maybe I have too low.
00:40
Let’s see arm or maybe you are muted still
00:48
So I see our mic there.
00:51
And
00:54
Okay, now
Todd Staples
00:57
This is like the blue light is on, even when the mic is off.
Ana Melikian
01:01
Yeah.
Todd Staples
01:02
It gives you a little, little a.
01:05
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