I would add one thing.  Once you’ve found mentors or teachers, absorb them.  Learn not only what they have to teach, but also the subtleties.  Take in their posture, their way of thinking, their dress, their demeanor. 

Our mind can sometimes be our own worst enemy.  One of the secrets to being able to actually do something lies in convincing your mind that you can.  If we act as if we can already do what we want to do, we trick our brain into believing it. 

As Henry Ford famously said, “If you think you can do a thing or you think you can’t do a thing, you are right.”

I’ve been reading Mindset, which talks about how people who are praised and valued for their achievements are reluctant to try anything new for fear their failure will indicate to the world (and themselves) that they are not, in fact, brilliant. People who are praised for their effort instead worry less about how others will perceive their failure and welcome the opportunity to challenge themselves to learn new and interesting things. I was raised in a family who feared the ‘mistake’ and emphasized achievement above all else and I can tell you this only after years of working to identify and reframe these messages. I believe the key to finishing my project is turning off my mean head and the key to turning off my mean head is figuring out how to switch from a fixed (the former) to a growth (the latter) mindset, so that failing isn’t failure, but a step along the way to growth. I need to find someone to help me edit this project and find direction, but I’m reluctant to ask for help because I fear being judged and found lacking and therefore not a particularly good writer/smart person. Overcoming this perspective would most likely accomplish a lot toward achieving my aspiration to complete, sell + publish the book. (And others that are demanding to be written.)

In any event, I’m feeling stuck and inspired by your blog at the same time and I welcome any insight you might have since your views seem to speak to me. Also I wanted to thank you for writing your blog. It’s amazingly helpful for me. Sharing our experience is so powerful. I’m grateful you’re willing to share yours.

This line really stood out to me. It speaks to leadership, and anyone can do it. You don’t have to be a high-profile executive to bring fresh thinking into an organization. In fact, the front-line workers probably have more good ideas than they realize, but they’re not always inclined to speak up. Those of us in corporate leadership positions need to encourage this in our teams.

It takes the right person to be a teacher….it takes more of the right person to be a holistic method/tactic using teacher. The best kind INO.

I’ve read all of your your recent posts and I have learned a lot from them. Some reinforce things I already know, others show me new and more beneficial ways to look at and feel about things. Many thanks for sharing.

I hope you realize that despite your impressive achievements in diverse fields, your true calling, actually, seems to be teaching, and I think you have been preparing for it your entire life.

SYNERGY

love the breakdance kid- is it u??? ;-)