Ready to upgrade your business habits and mindset in the new year? Discover the key difference between growth and fixed mindsets and how simple shifts can unlock powerful transformation in your work and life.

Success in business isn't just about strategy or grit—it's about being open minded. Why? Because open minded habits help you navigate challenges, learn from mistakes, and spark innovation. In today's episode, Donna and Londina dive deep into practical ways to cultivate growth, resilience, and persistence so you can build a business (and life) that keeps evolving.

What You Need to Know

• Open mindedness is rooted in having a growth mindset versus a fixed mindset. Growth-minded people see challenges and mistakes as steps to improvement, while fixed-minded thinking halts progress.
• Success relies on daily practices that train your brain, develop grit, and put effort before natural talent.
• Reflection—both at the start and end of your day—serves as "bookends" to visualize, plan, and review your actions and emotions.
• Grit is different from grinding; it's about inner determination and persistence, not just pushing through exhaustion.
• You can't outperform your self-image—real transformation requires internal change and celebrating progress, not demanding perfection.

What You Need to Do

• Disassociate improvement from failure: See room for growth as opportunity, not evidence of mistakes.
• Build in regular opportunities for reflection, morning and evening, to visualize and review your day.
• Celebrate effort before talent, and highlight the connection between learning, mindset, and "training" your brain.
• Cultivate grit and persistence, especially when faced with business challenges.
• Use empowering language, like "not yet," to remind yourself that learning is a process.
• Make new goals for each milestone, take risks in the company of trusted peers, and take ownership of your attitude every day.

Your Next Step

Connect and share how these habits are shaping your journey—because your growth is only just beginning. Celebrate your progress, map out your next goal, and remember: mastery is built day by day. Tune in next week for an episode focused on persistence and overcoming procrastination with actionable insights from "Think and Grow Rich."

Want more insights on developing a growth mindset and building success habits?

👉 Connect with Londina Cruz at Londina.com for resilience coaching and daily motivation.

👉 Work with Donna Kunde at DonnaKunde.com to shift your mindset and grow your business with confidence.

👉 📥 Download this season’s resources to deepen your learning and apply these success habits to your life and business.

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00:00 Introduction and Welcome

00:57 Exploring Growth Mindset

02:02 Practical Tips for Success

04:44 The Power of Grit and Persistence

07:29 Setting and Achieving Goals

11:06 Conclusion and Next Steps