#123 Adopting a GROWTH MINDSET

There are many reasons to adopt a growth mindset.  Andrea explains why adopting a growth mindset is the #1 most impactful yet underleveraged skill, how thinking about prototyping can help you adopt a growth mindset, plus her three ideas for how you can adopt a growth mindset right now!

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RESOURCES

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Talk About Talk

Episode #100: Andrea’s Top 3 Communication Insights

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TRANSCRIPT

Greetings and welcome to Talk About Talk episode number 123. I’m your executive communication coach, Dr. Andrea Wojnicki (please call me Andrea!). And I‘m so glad you’re here! 

Are you an ambitious executive with a growth mindset? Well, then you’re in the right place. 

WAIT!

What exactly does it mean to have a growth mindset?  

If you’ve been listening to the TAT podcast for awhile, you probably know that this is how I open most of the TalkAboutTalk episodes. 

I thought it might be wise to take a step back and examine this term – a growth mindset.

So, Do YOU have a growth mindset?

REALLY. Ask yourself.  Do you have a growth mindset? 

Chances are. If you you’re listening to this podcast, you do have a growth mindset. You’re focused on growth and self improvement.  But the truth is many of us can turn up the dial.

In the next 20 minutes or so, you’re going to learn what a growth mindset is, why it’s worth thinking about, and three specific ways that you can cultivate or adopt a growth mindset right now. 

Are you ready?

Before we get into this, I just want to say, if you have a thirst for knowledge, a thirst for growth, I encourage you to visit the TAT.com website, where you’ll find so many resources to help you out. There are online courses, tip sheets, corporate workshops, one-on-one coaching, some new opportunities for live group coaching programs, the archive of this bi-weekly podcast, AND, I really hope you’ll sign up for the Talk About Talk communication coaching newsletter. This is your chance to get a few communication skills tips from me every week. Please sign up for that communication coaching newsletter if you haven’t already.

Alright let’s get into this:

what a growth mindset is,

 why it’s important (particularly for entrepreneurs), 

how to adopt a growth mindset. 

At the end I’m going to share with you my top 3 simple strategies that you can employ right now to start thinking with a growth mindset.

Let me back up.

As an exec communication coach, people sometimes ask me what’s the MOST IMPT communication skill for managers.  

I used to say listening.  Then I quickly learned confidence.  Then I kept hearing storytelling – which is more like the icing on the cake. 

I talk a lot about the 3 superpowers of communication in my PODCAST, Talk About Talk.  This is episode #123. So that’s a lot of talking

When I was coming up on 100 episodes, several listeners asked me what I was going to talk about to commemorate Talk About Talk episode #100.

I decided to share my top 3 insights after 100 episodes.