Mindset Matters

What do you typically think when an event happens? What do you feel in response to those feelings? What do you do in reaction to those thoughts? After thinking about those thoughts, I want you to ask yourself this question. What’s important now? What can you do right here and right now to make things better? And then go out and execute it.

What do you typically think when an event happens? What do you feel in response to those feelings? What do you do in reaction to those thoughts? After thinking about those thoughts, I want you to ask yourself this question. What’s important now? What can you do right here and right now to make things better? And then go out and execute it.

You need not react to every opinion, every comment, or every situation. Kick the drama and keep moving ahead. Choose your battles wisely. Not everything deserves your time and attention.

You need not react to every opinion, every comment, or every situation. Kick the drama and keep moving ahead. Choose your battles wisely. Not everything deserves your time and attention.

Sports will test your grit, your mettle, and sports will test your heart.

Sports will test your grit, your mettle, and sports will test your heart.

Bottom line is, you shouldn’t just praise effort. You should praise effort that is leading to a pathway of success, stressing that simply trying isn’t enough. Your kids should try hard because putting in all that effort makes them more skilled, smarter, and better at whatever they choose to pursue.

Bottom line is, you shouldn’t just praise effort. You should praise effort that is leading to a pathway of success, stressing that simply trying isn’t enough. Your kids should try hard because putting in all that effort makes them more skilled, smarter, and better at whatever they choose to pursue.

Grit can be developed through mindfulness and through other tools like counter arguments. The father of “positive psychology”, Martin Seligman, has created another program that promotes conscious awareness of thoughts and an ability to challenge those thoughts by considering alternatives. For example, “My bost just ignored me in the hallway because she didn’t see me, not because she hates my guts.”

Grit can be developed through mindfulness and through other tools like counter arguments. The father of “positive psychology”, Martin Seligman, has created another program that promotes conscious awareness of thoughts and an ability to challenge those thoughts by considering alternatives. For example, “My bost just ignored me in the hallway because she didn’t see me, not because she hates my guts.”