Secret Ways to make 2016 Fabulous - Clay Serenbetz

Based on my previous posts, here are some powerful ways to make 2016 your best year ever, Here we go –

1.  Beautify your work area. As much as possible, make your work environment a place where you feel comfortable and positive.

2.       Bundle minor tasks into single efforts. Combine minor to-do items into a single project and they will seem easier to accomplish.

3.       Do the easy stuff first. Look for easy-to-do tasks that will have a large positive effect on your career and business. Do those tasks first.

4.       End each day with gratitude. Just before bed, write down something wonderful that happened that day. Be grateful for the day because it will never come again.

5.       Laugh more often. Numerous studies show that laughter doesn't just make you happier, it also make you healthier by relieving stress.

6.       Help someone less fortunate. Giving to others is the best way to create a sense of abundance in your own life.

7.        Lose more arguments. Some battles aren't worth fighting, and many people are easier to handle when they think they've won.

8.       Never over commit yourself. Be enthusiastic and go the extra mile, but avoid making promises that you can't reasonably keep.

9.       Show more respect. Respect is the foundation of a strong business relationship. Respect creates respect, and thus the relationship grows.

10.   Sleep more soundly. An hour before bed shut down your computer and phone. When you wake up, wait until you're ready for work to read your emails.

11.   Stop comparing yourself to others. You have no idea where someone else's journey might take them, so drawing comparisons is a complete waste of time.

12.   Worry less what others think. Because you can't read minds, you have no idea what people are really thinking about you.

13.    Thank the thankless. Janitors, maintenance stiff, customer support people and so forth have tough jobs. Having someone thank them is huge

14.   Take yourself less seriously. If you can't or don't laugh at yourself, I can guarantee you that everyone else will be laughing behind your back.

15.   Take a long bath. When you're in the tub, you can't use your electronics, so that's a perfect haven from work pressures.

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Why Attitude Is More Important Than Intelligence

People with a growth mindset believe that they can improve with effort. They outperform those with a fixed mindset, even when they have a lower IQ, because they embrace challenges, treating them as opportunities to learn something new.  

Common sense would suggest that having ability, like being smart, inspires confidence. It does, but only while the going is easy. The deciding factor in life is how you handle setbacks and challenges. People with a growth mindset welcome setbacks with open arms.  

According to Dweck, success in life is all about how you deal with failure. She describes the approach to failure of people with the growth mindset this way,

Regardless of which side of the chart you fall on, you can make changes and develop a growth mindset. What follows are some strategies that will fine-tune your mindset and help you make certain it’s as growth oriented as possible. Empowered people pursue their passions relentlessly. There’s always going to be someone who’s more naturally talented than you are, but what you lack in talent, you can make up for in passion. Empowered people’s passion is what drives their unrelenting pursuit of excellence. Warren Buffet recommends finding your truest passions using, what he calls, the 5/25 technique: Write down the 25 things that you care about the most. Then, cross out the bottom 20. The remaining 5 are your true passions. Everything else is merely a distraction.

It’s not that people with a growth mindset are able to overcome their fears because they are braver than the rest of us; it’s just that they know fear and anxiety are paralyzing emotions and that the best way to overcome this paralysis is to take action. People with a growth mindset are empowered, and empowered people know that there’s no such thing as a truly perfect moment to move forward. So why wait for one? Taking action turns all your worry and concern about failure into positive, focused energy.

Everyone encounters unanticipated adversity. People with an empowered, growth-oriented mindset embrace adversity as a means for improvement, as opposed to something that holds them back. When an unexpected situation challenges an empowered person, they flex until they get results.