MINDSET ZONE

Not long ago, I read a book entitled: The author, Cal Newport, argues that “follow your passion” is bad advice. So often, we hear this advice “follow your passion”, that we don't question its validit

The secret of success for self-employed professionals is developing a growth mindset. What does that mean? Let me define the opposite – fixed mindset. In a fixed mindset, we believe our basic...

A solo business owner has to wear many hats. When we start our business, we soon realize that we also have to be our own marketing director, bookkeeper, sales person, webmaster, editor, and admin. Of

Welcome to the MINDSET ZONE

The power of restart! When your computer starts to misbehave or run slower, common advice is to shout it down and restart it. Many times we resist this advice. We have so much stuff open. We are afrai

When I was preparing to interview Jordan Harbinger (now the host of The Jordan Harbinger Show, at the time the host of The Art of Charm podcast), I planned to focus this episode on overcoming blindspots.

In fact, I begin by telling the story about my big blindspot in relation to the Top 50 iTunes podcast The Art of Charm that has more than 1.5 million downloads per month.

Yet, the conversation with Jordan was so rich that I decided to rename the podcast.

I changed it from "Overcoming Blindspots", to "Blindspots, First Impressions and People Skills."

It’s about learning the art of charm with - the social dynamics expert and entrepreneur - Jordan Harbinger.

We spoke about:

My initial blindspot in regards to The Art of Charm podcast

Importance of first impressions

We can’t prevent people from judging us, yet, we have some control over first impressions

How to manage how people perceive us

The blank canvas analogy

Importance of non-verbal communication

Jordan’s blindspots

Why Jordan decided to start his podcast more than a decade ago

How Jordan learned how to master people skills

Importance of the growth mindset

The big takeaway is:You can learn people skills, even master them.

Also, check:https://www.jordanharbinger.com/

I recorded this MINDSET ZONE episode, on the Fourth of July, Independence Day, in the US.

We commemorate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776. This was when the American colonies declared themselves as a new nation, the United States of America, no longer part of the British Empire.

Independence can be seen as self-government, self-determination, self-sufficiency, autonomy, and freedom.

These are certainly inspiring values to live for.

For my father, who passed away 6 years ago, independence was one of his core values. He raised me and always reminded me about the value of being independent.

I’m grateful for this. Without doubt, being independent has been one guidepost I hold dear.

Yet, I have to admit that when I hold this value above everything else, I limit my possibilities.

Why?

Because we can achieve much more through team work, than we can only by ourselves.

Even in competitive individual sports such as running, swimming, tennis, the peak performers don’t do it alone, they have a team to support them.

Steven R. Covey says it best, in his well-known book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People:

"On the maturity continuum dependence is the paradigm of you—you take care of me; you come through for me; you didn’t come through; I blame you for the results.Independence is the paradigm of I—I can do it; I am responsible; I am self-reliant; I can choose.Interdependence is the paradigm of we—we can do it; we can cooperate; we can combine our talents and abilities and create something greater together.Dependent people need others to get what they want.Independent people can get what they want through their own effort.Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success."

Where do you place yourself on this continuum scale?

After my thirties, and now in forties, I'm finally moving towards interdependence with my family and as an entrepreneur. This allows me to enjoy everyday life more and achieve better results.

I thrive through Interdependence :)

Love to read your comments.

I recorded this MINDSET ZONE episode, on the Fourth of July, Independence Day, in the US. We commemorate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776. This was when the American colonies declared themselves as a new nation, the United States of America, no longer part of the British Empire. Independence can […]

In this episode, I had the pleasure to interview Monique Y. Wells. Monique is a productivity expert, and loves to coach women entrepreneurs who want their businesses to support their ideal lifestyles.

Monique writes regularly for the Huffington Post. There she published recently a three-article series where she interviewed several entrepreneurs in the "expert arena” - coaches, consultants, authors, speakers, online marketers – about their experiences of six or seven figure business growth.

This interview focused on mindset shifts around productivity, balance and entrepreneurship (namely what usually happen for the solo-preneurs to be able to survive the start-up phase, and grow their business to the six or seven figure mark.)

In our conversation we spoke about:

What Is Productivity?Productivity Is More Than Getting Things DoneNew Definition of BalanceProductivity Mindset Shifts in Entrepreneurship:

From Start-Up to High 5 Figures

From High 5 figures to 6 Figures, and Beyond

"If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."-  Old African Proverb

Links:Click here for Monique Y. Wells three-article series published on the Huffington Post:

Learn more about Monique Y. Wells at MakingProductivityEasy.com