49: The 2 Most Important Ingredients of Success (Whatever That Means to You)
If you imagine less, less will be what you undoubtedly deserve. Do what you love, and don’t stop until you get what you love. Work as hard as you can, imagine immensities, don’t compromise, and don’t waste time. Start now. Not 20 years from now, not two weeks from now. Now.
- Debbie Millman, artist, author, and strategist
If you look through this quote carefully, you will find my two most important ingredients of finding success.
And those two ingredients are:
(Spoiler alert…)
A strong mindset
Taking Action
In this episode, I’m sharing the two most important ingredients of success. And before I tell you what those are… I’m defining success as simply: getting what you want. Maybe that’s a business that pays the bills while letting you work 20 hours per week -- or maybe it’s an empire.
In this episode, we discussed:
the difference between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset, and how crucial it is to cultivate a growth mindset
I shared some beliefs that are core to my strong mindset
3 casual, informal ways I work on my mindset
the mind-blowing realization I had about the relationship between motivation, clarity, and action
3 things I do when I find myself avoiding taking action
Links and resources mentioned:
Mindset by Carol Dweck
Article on Brainpickings.org on mindset
Debbie Millman’s book is Look Both Ways (Fail Safe essay included)
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