“So the power of our mindset, it’s real and it can have a significant impact on many areas of our lives, but you want to cultivate your mindset for success so that you can design a life where you are winning at work and at home. ” – Dr. James Bryant
In this episode of Engineer Your Success Podcast, Dr. James Bryant dives into the power of cultivating a winning mindset for success in both business and life. Drawing on two decades of research that has shown how a positive attitude can have a significant impact on our lives, this episode examines different types of mindsets – such as positive, scarcity, and abundance mindsets – to help us better orient our reactions and tendencies. Listeners will learn practical steps for creating a winning mindset like practicing gratitude, surrounding themselves with positivity, challenging negative thoughts, and embracing failure. With these tools in hand, this conversation invites listeners to join the journey towards achieving their goals both at work and home.
Let’s dive in!
[00:00 – 07:51] Cultivating a Winning Mindset for Success: Learn How to Engineer Your Success and Design a Life Where You’re Winning at Work and at Home
- Power of mindset is gaining increasing attention over the past 20 years
- Mindset is a collection of beliefs and attitudes that shape the way we think, feel, and act
- Positive mindset can have a significant impact on many areas of life including health, happiness, relationships, and success
[07:52 – 15:21] The Impact of Mindsets on Your Career: How Negative and Fixed Thinking Can Limit Success
- Fixed mindset creates an urgency to prove oneself and failure is taken personally
- Negative mindset leads to poor health, decreased happiness, strained relationships, and a lack of self-fulfillment
- Positive mindset leads to motivation for growth, positive interactions with coworkers, and adaptability
- Fast paced work environment requires adaptability which is more likely in people with a growth mindset
[15:22 – 21:46] Challenge Your Negative Mindset and Embrace Failure to Achieve Success
- Evaluate your mindset to determine if it is serving you
- Ask yourself simple questions to gauge your current mindset
- Awareness is the greatest form of self-awareness
[21:47 – 25:10] Closing Segment
- Practice gratitude and surround yourself with positivity
- Challenge negative thoughts and embrace failure
- Connect with James (links below)
- Parting Notes
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Important Resources to Note:
- Click here https://sleekbio.com/jbryant for important resources mentioned on this podcast.
Tweetable Quotes:
“You come across a negative thought and you’re able to refute that thought with the very things that you’ve been grateful for, then you will render that negative thought, null and void.” – Dr. James Bryant
“Embrace failure.” – Dr. James Bryant