The Winning Mindset: What Sport Can Teach Us About Great Leadership

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Your attitude and approach really do matter. They make a difference to you because you’ll feel more positive about your life and your career. They also make a difference to everyone else around you. You’re far more likely to attract happy, positive, supportive people into your life with a good attitude. Cultivating a winning mindset requires effort and practice. Here are some strategies to help you develop and maintain a winning mindset: – Set Goals for a winning mindset Roberts, P., & Strauss, K. (2015). The power of the positive. American Nurse Today, 10. [Online publication]. Retrieved from https://www.americannursetoday.com/the-power-of-the-positive/ Rao, S. (2004). Faculty attitudes and students with disabilities in higher education: A literature review. College Student Journal, 38, 191-198.

If you’re interested in fun, engaging, and hands-on ways to improve your positivity and enhance your positive mindset, you’ve come to the right place! Quotes can be fantastic motivators, but you probably agree that a rousing speech or inspiring video can be even more effective. Express your thankfulness and gratitude for all the good things in your life. Appreciate them, and write them down to help you remember.

7. Curiosity

As important as a positive mindset is for the rank-and-file, it’s easy to see why it is vital for those in a position of leadership. What is hope but a feeling of optimism, a thought that says things will improve, it won’t always be bleak [and] there’s a way to rise above the present circumstances.” Travel, even if it’s not very far—the point is to interact with different people and get to know other cultures. Clear, J. (2013). The science of positive thinking: How positive thoughts build your skills, boost your health, and improve your work. HuffPost: Wellness. Retrieved from https://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-clear/positive-thinking_b_3512202.html Sasson, R. (n.d.). The power of positive thinking. Success Consciousness. Retrieved from https://www.successconsciousness.com/index_000009.htm

First, the instructions for the sheet are as follows: “Two times a week, write a detailed entry about one thing you are grateful for. This could be a person, a job, a great meal with friends, or anything else that comes to mind.” Create the expectation that effort makes a difference in learning. Help students understand that when someone works hard, they are more likely to succeed. Give students more opportunities to put effort into areas that interest them and that they enjoy. Have one person bring up a negative event, like losing a job or breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend.A 2009 study also established that formal instruction in disability awareness combined with hands-on fieldwork experiences with people who have a disability can have a significant impact on the positive attitudes toward those with disability (Campbell, Gilmore, & Cuskelly). Not only are these characteristics of a positive mindset, but they may also work in the other direction—actively adopting optimism, acceptance, resilience, gratitude, mindfulness, and integrity in your life will help you develop and maintain a positive mindset. This worksheet will help you to identify times in your life when things have gone well, when you got things right, and when you thrived. Improves the professional’s performance and helps patients find healing and maintain a healthy lifestyle. students with a growth mindset view effort and struggle more positively. They see effort as a way to learn and develop their intelligence, and they understand that struggling with a task they haven’t yet mastered is the only way to grow. Because of their interpretations of effort and struggle, students with a growth mindset are more likely to thrive in the face of challenges.”

Writing about the people who you’re grateful for tends to be more powerful than writing about things. Davidson, J. (2016). The eightfold path: Right Thought. Jessica Davidson: Buddhism. Retrieved from https://jessicadavidson.co.uk/2016/09/16/the-eightfold-path-right-thought/ Next, you will answer several questions about the positive events and accomplishments from this time period, including: These might include family members, friends, colleagues, mentors, or coaches who have your best interests at heart and want to see you succeed.

Mayo Clinic Staff. (2017). Positive thinking: Stop negative self-talk to reduce stress. Mayo Clinic Healthy Lifestyle. Retrieved from https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/positive-thinking/art-20043950