That there’s a lot we can do to get more intelligent, more creative, more talented. The other way to think about ourselves (the “growth” mindset) holds that we’re all works in progress. These things are built in as part of our innate “hardware” and can’t be improved on much. We’re given a certain amount of intelligence, a certain amount of creativity, a certain amount of talent. One way of thinking about ourselves (the “fixed” mindset) holds that we are pretty much born who we are. I’ve been fascinated by that puzzle ever since, and to this day I study anything I can find that will give me some insights. And a big part of my being broke at that time was my mindset. It wasn’t luck, because lottery winners don’t have it (and thus tend not to stay rich). It was clear to me that a big part of his being a rich guy was his mindset. I tried to figure out how he saw things, how he talked about business, how he cultivated relationships, and how he thought about money. But it did give me an opportunity to watch a rich guy up-close as he went through his work day. Many years ago, right after my divorce, I was fortunate enough to get a poorly-paying, numbingly boring, frustrating job as a part-time admin assistant to a rich real estate guy. Maybe we’ve done some goal setting or visualization, so we have a pretty clear picture of where we want to go.īut we don’t do it. We want to take the steps to get to the thing we want. And most of us are very willing to put the work in. If you put a sustained, focused effort in, if you keep trying to do the thing you want to do (not trying the same thing over and over, but shifting your approach until you find the one that works), you’ll make it happen. These are fantasies for small children, not business strategies for the real world.īut I’ve been on a reading jag and I recently read a book that I actually do think has the magic beans. If you’ve come this far with me and you haven’t unsubscribed, it’s because you roll your eyes as much as I do at “push button” systems that promise to transform your laptop into a limitless ATM. In other words, there’s no one trick or tip or magical technique that’s going to take you from being broke (or stuck in a job you can’t stand) and transport you to your own personal definition of fabulous wealth. One of my favorite business sayings is that there are no magic beans. It’s about a fairly simple shift in thinking that can make a truly radical difference in how much fun you have with your business and your life. well, because I think it’s really important.
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