Professional Success Podcast

Host Sheila Boysen-Rotelli is talking about what to do when your job search process takes longer than you expected. It feels like a winter that will never end, but remember, there is a light at the end of the tunnel!

Episode Highlights:

• It's very normal for a job search to take longer than you think, even though it is possible to land one in 1-2 months
• The length of a job search depends on a variety of factors and is completely different for everyone
• How much time you devote to your job search depends on a variety of factors
• The size of the shift that you are trying to make in your career
• It's important to make realistic expectations, hoping for the best but planning for the worst
• The bigger the change or transition that you are aiming for, the more money that you need to save to give yourself some cushion
• Look for temporary opportunities that can provide you income while you transition to a new career
• Networking is about more than just asking for a job, but provides you with the opportunity to learn about people and industries
• Connecting with other job seekers can give you an outlet to vent about those dark days with other people who are going through the same thing
• You can gain the comfort of company and get motivation by connecting with other job seekers
• Uncertainty combined with the rejection that comes with the process takes a toll on one's emotions
• Learn to control the things that are in control and let go of the idea of perfection in your jobs search
• Don't get too attached to any job or organization as it will only make the process take longer
• While networking can give you an advantage in the interview process, you cannot control whether or not you get hired
• You can control your effort, attitude, and resilience
• Resilience is key, especially if your search takes a long time, as it will bring you the energy to keep going
• It won't be pleasant or fun, but the job search process will teach you valuable things that will help you grow

3 Key Points:

1. It surprises people that a realistic timeframe for a new job search is 6 to 12 months long.
2. Tapping into your network ASAP will help speed up the job search process while expanding your networking skills.
3. The job search process inevitably comes with a certain amount of rejection, so it's important to learn how to let go of what is out of your control.

Tweetable Quotes:

• "How long your job search will take is highly individual and it depends on lots of different factors." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "As hard as it can be to be successful in the job search, you have to ask for help." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "One of the hardest things about the job search is the uncertainty." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "Make sure you're building the time to do the things that bring you energy." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli

Resources Mentioned:

• EP01: How to Overcome Rejection
• Contact Sheila at [email protected]
• Fast Track Your Job Search: fasttrackyourjobsearch.com

Host Sheila Boysen-Rotelli is bringing you insight on a tough topic, what to do when you lose your job. It's a tough time in your life but you are not alone. You will get through it!

Episode Highlights:

• Losing your job can be both one of the best and one of the worst things to happen in your career
• Many people lose their job and get the push that they needed to move down their career path
• If you loved your job, give yourself some room to grieve
• There are some things that you will have to address and maintain immediately after losing your job
• You can file for unemployment if you lost your job without fault and sometimes with fault
• The process of filing for unemployment varies depending on what state you are in
• Check on the different options that are available for continuing your health insurance coverage
• Financially, you will have to start making some important decisions
• There are a handful of options for your retirement plan, but research before you make a decision
• Budget for your new monthly income so that you can survive until you find a new job
• See what potential employers are going to see when they check you out online
• Clean up your social media accounts
• Google yourself and make sure nothing negative or inappropriate comes up
• Update your LinkedIn engagement and information
• Get your resume updated and ready to make it through the applicant tracking systems
• Utilize multiple avenues to connect with your networks, such as LinkedIn, your college resources, and any other creative ideas
• While connecting with your network, think about who would serve as a great reference
• Give your references a heads up that you are starting an interview process
• It doesn't hurt to search and/or apply for jobs online with a well-put-together resume and targeted cover letters
• Salary requirements will come to light very early on in the process, so know your value before you go in for the interview
• Utilize online resources, such as PayScale, to figure out the worth of your skills and experience in your market
• Dress the same for your interview whether it's over Zoom or in-person
• Just like an athlete in a game, practice as much as you can for your interview

3 Key Points:

1. Each state has an individual and streamlined process to file for unemployment, though they vary depending on what state you work in.
2. Practice the grandmother rule. Clean up anything online that you wouldn't want your grandmother to see.
3. Networking is your most important tool when searching for a new job.

Tweetable Quotes:

• "The quicker you get your job search up and running, the faster you'll be thinking about your new job instead of the one you lost." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "Your unemployment check is going to be less than your paycheck in most cases." -Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "Networking is the #1 way to land a new job." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "Use your cover letters to show the reader, at a glance, why you are the best-qualified person for the job." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "Manners matter here. In fact, they can make the difference whether you get a second interview or even a job offer." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli

Resources Mentioned:

• Contact Sheila at [email protected]
• Fast Track Your Job Search: fasttrackyourjobsearch.com
• PayScale
• EP12: Handling Common Interview Questions
• EP13: Conquering Interview Questions

Host Sheila Boysen-Rotelli is here to discuss informational interviewing, a tool that can help you whether you are looking for a new job or not. Get the insight you need into the industry that you desire by using this strategy!

Episode Highlights:

• Information interviewing is simply a form of networking
• There are more aspects to a job search than applying to everything that you see on the internet
• Informational interviews can provide you with insight into a company or role
• These are a meeting between an employee and a person who is looking for information on that employee's job or company
• Where do informational interviews fit into the job-search process?
• Act as a form of networking that helps you to build relationships with people that may be able to open a door for you
• These conversations speed up the process and skip most of the cold submissions to postings
• Influential people get to know you because you have the opportunity to share your story
• Get started by finding the people that can either answer your questions or introduce you to the person that can
• Set realistic expectations for these conversations
• Keep in touch with these people and be willing to share information that you think might be valuable to them or their industry
• You can gain an inside perspective on your industry of interest, as well as careers that you might not know to exist
• What do you need to do to have a successful informational interview?
• Prepare a list of questions beforehand that will bring in the information that you are looking for
• Research the person/company/industry thoroughly so that you don't waste anyone's time
• Set up a Google alert for material that is related to the industry in questions
• Prepare in order to avoid awkward moments of silence
• Ask important questions that will help you with your goals while allowing them to talk about themselves
• Listen intently to the answers that they give and make sure to take notes of the key points, not necessarily everything
• Make sure to ask ending questions that will eventually lead to more contact in the future
• Is there anyone else that you think I should speak to?
• Is there anything else that I should have asked?
• Let them know that you are listening by making eye contact, taking notes, and acknowledging what they are saying
• The focus is to pick their brain for information and establish a connection, so try not to interrupt them and make sure to follow up
• People want to know 3 things when it comes to any long-term relationship

3 Key Points:

1. Informational interviews differ from job interviews because the conversation is not about asking for a job, more a mutually-beneficial meeting that helps the networks of both parties.
2. It's important to approach these conversations with realistic expectations. Approach the conversation to gain insight, not a job offer.
3. Be prepared to ask the right questions, but more importantly, make sure to listen intently to their answers rather than focusing on the next question.

Tweetable Quotes:

• "Networking is the number 1 way that most people are finding a job, advancing their careers, or finding new opportunities in general." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "Informational interviews can help you identify the best job targets that align with your interest and your skills." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "Most people are happy to help someone who shows initiative." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "There's nothing worse than scheduling an information interview and arriving without any prepared questions." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli

Resources Mentioned:

• Contact Sheila at [email protected]
• Fast Track Your Job Search: fasttrackyourjobsearch.com

Host Sheila Boysen-Rotelli is here to talk about how sometimes the best way to increase productivity is actually to slow yourself down. In all of her experience, Sheila has found little relationship between speed and productivity!

Episode Highlights:

• Being more productive does not necessarily mean being busier or doing more work
• After working for a plethora of organizations across various industries, Sheila has found that productivity has little to do with speed
• People have become conditioned to remain in a constant state of impatience
• Stress and overwhelm from the outside are signs that life is moving too fast and can slow productivity
• The missing minute is so important because it contributes to stress and the feeling of inefficiency
• Operating on the razor's edge, that being the constant movement throughout the day, can cut us
• It's important to find breathing room in your schedule and can contribute to that missing minute
• As with anything, having a schedule and being prepared can help with the stresses of life
• Sheila believes that we should only schedule 80% of our day and leave the other 20% blank
• Schedule time in your calendar for your breathing room in which nothing is planned
• Give yourself room to breathe by adding buffer time between each task and appointment
• Think about a time when you were rushing to get something done and how that rush affected the quality of your work
• Force yourself to take extra time on your tasks that you usually find yourself rushing on
• A cool-down period is just the time you take to review your work after finishing a task
• Use the importance of a task to determine how long you should take for your cool-down period
• Avoid mistakes by taking some time to go over your work
• Ask your superiors and coworkers for the time that you need; they will probably give it to you
• Describe the results that you are trying to get out loud
• Centers your thinking
• Gives the other person the mindset and patience to wait through any extra time that you need to take
• Most people respond to others too quickly, whether it be an email, text message, or in-person
• Look at the spectrum of daily disruptions and determine where you schedule falls on this spectrum
• People with no interruptions throughout their day usually take all day to answer a message
• Those who have a lot of disruptions in their day are rushed to respond quickly
• Collaboration and negotiation about reasonable deadlines will help everyone involved to stress less
• "When is the latest this needs to be done?"
• "Do you need the whole project or part of it by that date?"
• "How perfect do you want this to be when I submit it to you on that date?"
• "Do you want to move the delivery date of this project?" - potential scheduling conflicts

3 Key Points:

1. As humans, we have become conditioned to always be in the mindset that we need to be doing something and it can be overwhelming.
2. The missing minute is that minute that should exist between every task and appointment that we have throughout the day.
3. The length of a cool-down period, or spending time for review, should be determined by the importance of the task. This allows you to be more confident in the work that you turn in and also helps to avoid mistakes.

Tweetable Quotes:

• "Often, slow is faster than fast." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "When we take control of our day by just slowing down a little bit...We can improve the quality of our work. We can feel more calm." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "Now, dress me slowly because I'm in a hurry." - Napoleon Bonaparte
• "Every time you catch yourself in a rushed mistake, just stop yourself and replay the moment in your mind." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "True productivity is about one meaningful change at a time." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli

Resources Mentioned:

• Contact Sheila at [email protected]
• Fast Track Your Job Search: fasttrackyourjobsearch.com

Host Sheila Boysen-Rotelli is here to talk about how to create and implement a career plan that will bring you true happiness in life. It may seem like a giant monster but with Sheila's help, you can tackle it one step at a time!

Episode Highlights:

• Whether you're very close to your dream job or have a few steps to go, you need to have a career plan
• A career plan is going to be a constantly evolving process throughout your life
• Having a career plan helps you to answer the question, "what do you do?"
• You'll be able to make smarter decisions about your career
• Creating your plan can be done in 3 steps:
• Reflection into yourself is made more effective when taking notes and making lists to assess where you are right now
• Lists can include what you're good at and how you want to feel in your next job; prioritize those things
• Research the jobs that you think you would enjoy and make a list of as many jobs as you can think of
• Use your network and any resources possible to learn about jobs; you might find some you didn't even know existed
• Review these lists that you have made and narrow them down to one or two jobs that would best fit you
• Think about your skills and strengths and how they would apply to each of these positions
• Do the job tasks align with how you want to feel at work?
• Sheila still reassess her plan every 6 months because she knows that as life goes on, people change
• After you have established your career plan, it's time to put that plan together
• Utilize job boards and postings to highlight the different aspects of the job so you know what areas you are good at and what areas you need to work on
• Green: what you're really good at and have a lot of experience in
• Yellow: what you are kind of good at and have a little experience in
• Red: what you have no experience in
• Find any way that you can to learn and grow in whatever way that works best for you
• Write your goal down and make it SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-Bound)
• Seek out a mentor that has the skills that you're looking for, can hold you accountable, and sees your blindspot
• Make a list of the qualities and characteristics that you need your mentor to have

3 Key Points:

1. The process of creating your career plan involves 3 steps: reflection, research, and review.
2. It's important to reassess your career plan one or two times every year. As you go through life, your wants and needs will shift.
3. There are other ways to learn other than formal training, such as having a mentor or on-the-job learning.

Tweetable Quotes:

• "A career plan is a continual process that you're going to visit all the way through your career." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "One thought might lead to another, so it's a good idea to just put it all down." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "There are lots of different ways that you can gain experience and knowledge and upscale yourself." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "Self-awareness takes reflection." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli

Resources Mentioned:

• Contact Sheila at [email protected]
• Fast Track Your Job Search: fasttrackyourjobsearch.com
• Glassdoor: https://www.glassdoor.com/index.htm

Host Sheila Boysen-Rotelli is here to give you some tips for your resume that will help you get the job of your dreams. When looking at your resume, ask yourself this question. "Will this get me closer to an interview!?"

Episode Highlights:

• Creating and maintaining a resume is the first step in the process of getting the job that you want
• Craft a different version of your resume based on the role or company that you are applying for
• Plenty of white space makes a resume look very clean and that's what we want
• Right under your contact information should be your target role or branding title
• Stay focused so that the hiring manager doesn't throw away your resume for having the wrong title
• Change your branding statement to the exact position that you are applying to
• Below the title is the summation of who you are, what experience you have, and what you bring to the company
• Do not make this an objective statement
• Stay specific when speaking to their wants
• Key skills need to be tailored to the specific job that you are applying for and should include up-to-date keywords
• Your resume will go through an HR software screening program that will discard it if it does not contain the right words or phrases
• Sheila reads a handful of effective resume summary statements from a variety of industries
• There are a plethora of different starting sentences for your summary statement
• "Offer 9 years of experience in…"
• "Possess more than 10 years of experience…"
• "Successful track record of…"
• "Excels in…to deliver certain results"
• "Skilled in building and managing teams to achieve…"
• Accomplishments are the most important part of the professional experience section
• 3-6 bullets; approximately 1 for each year of experience
• Keep them short and sweet
• Use action verbs to start each one (increased, led, oversaw, analyzed)
• Do not repeat the same experience over and over; emphasize the differences between positions
• The Education section should go above the professional experience if recently achieved, at the bottom if more than 5-years old
• Can include certifications and memberships if they are relevant to the position that you are applying for
• Choose the title for an optional section that doesn't fall into one of the choices above (technical skills, languages, publications, etc.)
• Choosing the format of your resume can affect your chances of being contacted by the employer
• Reverse-chronological order is the most preferred type of resume by hiring managers
• Functional resumes are the least preferred type because candidates may have gaps in their work history
• Combination resumes give the summary and experience highlights in chronological order
• There are 3 common challenges that job seekers face when creating their resumes
• Include the past 10-15 years of experience on your resume to avoid age discrimination
• Use years instead of months if you've job hopped, using your summary to smooth over the story
• Be creative to fill in the gaps and dig into your personal accomplishments
• Do not use text boxes or tables to list information in order to avoid problems with the HR software

3 Key Points:

1. Name, City, State, LinkedIn URL, and your most accessible phone number/email should all be included in your contact information.
2. A foundational resume should be adapted to each individual role that you are applying for, using keywords and phrases.
3. The top half of your resume is where hiring managers look first and as such will play a large role in their decision to keep reading.

Tweetable Quotes:

• "The purpose of a resume is to get you an interview." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "Gone are the days that you can submit the same resume for each job you're interested in." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "Keep in mind the resume is not a bio, it's a branding document to get you into the interview." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli

Resources Mentioned:

• Contact Sheila at [email protected]
• Fast Track Your Job Search: fasttrackyourjobsearch.com
• Glassdoor: https://www.glassdoor.com/index.htm

Host Sheila Boysen-Rotelli is back for round 2 on the discussion of how to conquer interview questions. These are a little deeper. So, make sure you do whatever research you need to in order to make sure you are prepared for these ones!

Episode Highlights:

• "Why do you want to leave your current company?"
• They want to know that you are career-focused, have sound reasoning, or handled a negative situation well
• Support the value that you can bring with specific examples of your previous work
• Focus on what is attracting you to the company that you are interviewing with
• Negative subjects can be unavoidable, so rather than dance around them, try to focus on the positives
• Focus on what was missing in your last position that you are looking for in your new position
• Put a positive spin on why you may have been let go while remaining transparent about the situation
• "What would you like to accomplish in the first 90 days?"
• Break this down into a realistic plan based on the knowledge that you already have
• Be ready to learn what is already working well while using the skills that you have from past experiences
• "How do you see yourself being successful in this position?"
• Give them a realistic vision that shows that you will fit well in their work environment
• "Tell me how you've handled some type of difficult situation."
• The interviewer is trying to understand your on-the-job learning and problem-solving abilities
• Research company culture to prepare your answers to showcase your fit in their company
• Avoid speaking ill of former employers and coworkers; negativity is very unattractive
• Stand out by showing how past difficult situations have helped you grow
• "How did you handle a disagreement with your boss?"
• They understand that everyone is human and that means they disagree, but they want to know that you will be able to handle it in an effective manner
• Use specific examples to show your ability to understand different perspectives
• Try to pick situations that had positive outcomes or that allowed you to learn for future situations
• "What makes you interesting?"
• Depending on the type of organization that you are interviewing for, the interviewer will be looking for something different
• Use your personality and experience to paint a picture as to why they should hire you
• Show your excitement for the product/service while including how your skills fit with the position
• "What questions do you have for us?"
• Presents an opportunity to interview the interviewer
• Have the right questions prepared for each individual interviewer
• Ask for specific examples in order to determine your own fit in the work environment

3 Key Points:

1. "Why should I hire you?" is sitting under any and every interview question that is coming your way.
2. Be ready to show the employer how your past experiences will help you make a positive contribution in the future.
3. Employers don't want to see that you are perfect. They want to see that you have been able to learn from past experiences and failures in order to succeed in the future.

Tweetable Quotes:

• "Many interviewees think they will only be asked about past accomplishment...but they forget that they could be asked about potential future contribution." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "If you really want to stand out as a candidate, take your past experiences and turn them into how you'll perform in the future." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "Most interviewers know that you can do the job, but how you fit in the work environment is a much different story." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "Personality is best shown through a story, so, have a bit of fun." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli

Resources Mentioned:

• Contact Sheila at [email protected]
• Fast Track Your Job Search: fasttrackyourjobsearch.com
• Glassdoor: https://www.glassdoor.com/index.htm

Host Sheila Boysen-Rotelli discusses common interview questions and how to handle them. Though the hiring processes will vary greatly, you will most likely be asked many of the same questions with the same motivations. There are a plethora of ways to prepare yourself for these questions, so pay attention!

Episode Highlights:

• The interview process can vary greatly depending on the role and company that you are interviewing with
• Consider the person that is asking you these interview questions
• Interviewers might be looking for different things depending on their role
• The HR Manager aims to ensure that candidates are a good fit for the position and usually run the initial screening interview
• A Supervisor will ask more in-depth questions about specific skills that the job requires and will be very knowledgeable about the role
• Coworkers just want to know what it's like to work with you and how you communicate
• You can reach out to the HR Manager to see your schedule beforehand and prepare yourself
• While each industry and organization follows some normal questions, they each have a different process
• Do your research on each company so that you can use the right language based on literature that you see
• Glassdoor.com can provide great information from those people that have worked for and interviewed with these companies
• There are usually three basic formats that interview questions follow
• Behavioral questions use your past behavior to predict how you may behave in the future; provide specific examples. "Tell me about a time…"
• Situational questions aim to evaluate your planning skills, problem-solving abilities, and analytical skills. "How would you…"
• Historical questions are based on your resume and past experiences for the most part
• "Tell me about your strengths." - Identify your competencies with specific examples
• When they ask for your weaknesses, they want to see how realistic you view your own competencies
• Determine what you don't have based on the job description
• Choose the item that is least important or the easiest to learn
• "Why are you interested in this company or our position?"
• They want to know how committed you are to the profession, product, or service
• Do you understand the position?
• How do you plan on contributing?
• Utilize research into the company to frame your answers to these questions with specific information about the company

3 Key Points:

1. Depending on the role of the interviewer, different people will have different motivations for the questions that they ask.
2. There are 3 basic formats for the questions that will be asked during an interview: Behavioral, Situational, and Historical.
3. A deep analysis of the job description will allow candidates to prepare themselves for strength and weakness-based interview questions.

Tweetable Quotes:

• "I know this can feel intimidating sometimes, but with some practice and some planning you can really bring more confidence into your interviews." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "Even though there are common interview questions...there are no common answers." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "SAR: this is the method of outlining and explaining the situations, the actions you took, and the results that came away from it." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "They just want to know that you have a realistic view of yourself and can overcome any challenge that might be presented." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "No matter what question you get asked, it always comes down to 'why should I hire you.'" - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli

Resources Mentioned:

• Contact Sheila at [email protected]
• Fast Track Your Job Search: fasttrackyourjobsearch.com
• Glassdoor: https://www.glassdoor.com/index.htm

Host Sheila Boysen-Rotelli discusses how to effectively explain who you are as a professional. If you've ever heard the phrase, "it's not about what you know; it's about who you know," then you can understand that making connections is vitally important to success in your career and life. Learn how to make the best first impression that you can!

Episode Highlights:

• Most people don't know how to pitch themselves as a professional to someone that has an opportunistic vibe around them
• Making a great first impression is the only way to find out how your lives can weave together
• Your elevator pitch is an informative and compelling tale of who you are as a professional
• How much should you be saying?
• Where do you even start?
• If you miss the opportunity to make that strong connection, it's likely that they won't remember you
• You'll be able to casually make the most of the opportunities to meet people
• Use your pitch to force the other person to think about you when that need arises in their life
• People make the mistake of not reflecting on where they want to go
• The pitch allows you to see how others respond to your goals and where you are headed
• Don't be afraid to put yourself out there by sharing your future aspirations
• A solid, lasting connection made with the right person can bring great success in your career
• What makes a great elevator pitch?
• Define where you've been, where you're at, and where you're going in the future in 15-20 seconds
• Think of your elevator pitch as an informative version of a business card
• Do not think of this as a sales pitch, more of an impressionable introduction of who you are that creates a lasting connection
• Help this person realize how you both relate to one another
• Get to know each other while trying to find an opportunity to help them in some manner
• Make yourself more memorable by becoming more relatable
• Imagine you are an IT professional or manufacturing manager for these great examples
• Unless you are currently in school or just recently graduated, do not mention education for risk of sounding inexperienced
• There is no perfect pitch; stay confident, relatable, interesting, and brief
• Follow that incredible elevator pitch with a question about the other person
• People love to talk about themselves more than they enjoy listening about someone else
• You will learn more about what their life is like
• Try your best to avoid asking for anything before building a rapport

3 Key Points:

1. Be ready to make an effective elevator pitch at all times because you never know what opportunities a new connection is going to bring.
2. Learn to make an effective first impression on those that you meet to make sure that they think of you when the need for your skillset arises in their lives.
3. Show this person how you and your skillset can add value to their life without going too deep into salesmode

Tweetable Quotes:

• "Until you effectively connect with this new person, you don't know the many ways that your personal or professional lives may weave together." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "You can learn how to casually let other people know who you are and how to contact you." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "In many ways, success really is about who you know as much as it's about what you know." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "You're just planting the seed but you have no idea when the seed's actually going to sprout or when it's going to grow." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli

Resources Mentioned:

• Contact Sheila at [email protected]
• Fast Track Your Job Search: fasttrackyourjobsearch.com

Host Sheila Boysen-Rotelli delves into the importance of your mindset when pursuing success in your career and life. Everyone falls into one of two mindset categories. They either have a fixed mindset or a growth mindset. If you are someone that finds yourself having a fixed mindset, remember that you have the option to make a change!

Episode Highlights:

• Who you are on a day-to-day comes from the mindset that you have
• Fixed mindsets come from the belief that you are who you are and that's just the way it is
• Intelligence, personality, and creativity cannot be changed in a fixed mindset
• A fixed mindset causes someone to feel like they need to constantly prove themselves
• People in this mindset do not take criticism well and consider it an attack on their character
• A bad day can ruin your week and leads to no growth
• Success is based on intelligence, leading people to pick the easier problems to validate that intelligence
• Lacking confidence in the possibilities that the world presents to advance who you are as a person
• A growth mindset is a belief that you can change those characteristics and personality traits
• Everyone can use their unique experience and application to grow as people
• Learning and effort are encouraged by a growth mindset; people are more likely to pursue growth as individuals
• People in this mindset take criticism as an opportunity to grow and tend to embrace it as constructive
• You can get smarter by taking on bigger and harder challenges because failure is just an opportunity to grow
• A bad day presents an opportunity to do better tomorrow
• Depending on the area of your life, your views will vary, and your mindset will guide you
• It is possible to break out of those self-limiting thoughts and become more than you already are by developing your most basic abilities
• Focus on learning rather than achievement
• Depending on natural talent stops you from becoming who you could become with hard word
• No matter how small the belief, it can come to shape who you are as a person
• Your mindset as a small child can play a huge part in who you become as an adult
• Students in China were presented with the opportunity to take a free English course, those who accepted or rejected this showed the split between mindsets
• Mindsets can change just by educating yourself about the two mindsets and thinking in a new way
• A growth mindset is focused on the process and journey while a fixed mindset is focused on the destination
• All successful people who have embraced a growth mindset love what they do
• Fixed mindset people want to be on top while growth mindset people wind up there based on their enthusiasm for what they do
• Things are not going to go exactly how you plan them, but that doesn't mean it's a waste of time
• Growth mindset people value what they are doing at the moment rather than defining achievement by the end goal
• No one is born as the best in anything, but that doesn't stop people from achieving great things
• Wilma Rudolph, the fastest woman on earth, started her journey as a premature baby
• Actions and words in children's lives influence how they think about themselves
• Teach children to love learning and embrace challenges rather than trying to insert confidence with compliments
• Learn to enjoy the process and embrace that growth mindset; your whole life will change

3 Key Points:

1. There are two types of mindsets in this world: a fixed mindset and a growth mindset.
2. People with a fixed mindset tend to shy away from big challenges for fear of failure, while people with a growth mindset run towards those challenges as opportunities to grow.
3. You can change your mindset whenever you want. Just because have a fixed mindset now does not mean you can't adopt a growth mindset.

Tweetable Quotes:

• "As we navigate the bumps throughout our life, throughout our career, our mindset really plays a huge role in our resilience." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• That mindset about being artistic and creative will impact and shape your ability to become more artistic and creative." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "The growth mindset enables the converting of our setbacks and reframing those into potential future successes." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "A growth mindset, another way to look at this, is it allows you to love what you're doing." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli

Resources Mentioned:

• Mindset (book)
• Contact Sheila at [email protected]
• Fast Track Your Job Search: fasttrackyourjobsearch.com