“This is the beauty of self-compassion; it doesn’t mean complacency. It actually means experiencing your setbacks and emotions around those setbacks more fully. And accepting them more fully. It's leaning into your shortcomings and failures and giving yourself the support you need to use it as an opportunity for growth.”

In this shorter episode, Ethan riffs on a topic that he’s been exploring: self-compassion and its relation to developing a “growth mindset.” Our belief at Nash Consulting is that to be an effective leader, you need to be continually growing and developing yourself. Research indicates that staying on this path of growth and development becomes tricky when we beat ourselves up about our shortcomings. Cultivating the skill of self-compassion has shown to improve resilience and our ability to bounce back from failures. Ethan discusses the four stages of development; myths around self-compassion; research from Kristin Neff, Carol Dweck, and others; why self-compassion can stimulate a growth mindset; and tools for cultivating self-compassion and a growth mindset.

Show notes:

• Podcast Episode #33 – Learning to Manage Your Mind https://open.spotify.com/episode/1VH8WawaCcfgYsK6z4NCft?si=GjGOEswORICO-ryb7CKxHg
• Myths of self-compassion (Dr. Kristin Neff) https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/the_five_myths_of_self_compassion
• The three elements of self-compassion (Dr. Kristin Neff) https://self-compassion.org/the-three-elements-of-self-compassion-2/
• Ted Talk - The power of a growth mindset (Dr. Carol Dweck) https://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve?language=en
• Growth Mindset for Human Resource Development (Dr. Han & Dr. Stieha) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1534484320939739