🔥 Insights Unleashed: A Note From Our Chief Mentor
Jay Shetty’s quote above offers a powerful lesson for business leaders. Just as physical strength is developed through consistent effort, repetition, and recovery, mindset is shaped by daily habits, intentional learning, and resilience.
Many people equate mindset with Carol Dweck’s concept of growth vs. fixed mindset, which highlights the belief that abilities can either be developed (growth) or are set in stone (fixed). While this framework is valuable, mindset in leadership extends far beyond these two categories. It includes emotional intelligence, adaptability, strategic thinking, confidence, and even the ability to navigate uncertainty.
Leaders must cultivate different dimensions of mindset, much like training different muscle groups for overall strength. For example:
Resilience Mindset: The ability to recover from setbacks, reframe failures as learning opportunities, and maintain forward momentum.
Abundance vs. Scarcity Mindset: Seeing opportunities where others see limitations, which is critical for innovation and strategic growth.
Service-Oriented Mindset: Leading with empathy and prioritizing impact over ego, which fosters stronger teams and long-term success.
Decisive Mindset: Balancing analysis with action, ensuring that overthinking doesn’t lead to stagnation.
Just as muscles atrophy without use, an unchallenged mindset becomes rigid. Leaders who actively train their thinking, by exposing themselves to new ideas, engaging in self-reflection, and seeking feedback, become more agile and effective.
So the next time you hit the gym or go for a run, consider that the same discipline applies to leadership. Strength isn’t just about lifting weights; it’s about lifting perspectives, adapting to challenges, and conditioning your mind to lead with confidence and clarity.
In my book "Master Your Mindset: How Women Leaders Step Up," I discuss a dozen different mindsets that are critical for leaders to strengthen. What do you think are the most important ones? Email me at molly@vellamo-leadership.com to share your thoughts.
