The Mindset Programmer

Single mother of three young kids holding an admin position at a small law firm who dresses like she on a perpetual Saturday night date. Yet, she tells the big wigs at PG&E exactly what she thinks of their “lame ass” offer - and where they can stick it. I have often wondered if women like Erin Brockovich were born with that kind of confidence in themselves - because I don’t think I was. What Erin seems to have in abundance in this case is conviction. She has strong feelings about the people who were wronged by PG&E, and she allows those feelings to fuel her energy at work.

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FOR ENTREPRENEURS IN TRAINING. “We’re telling you what to do; why don’t you just do it?” Investigation #3. This well-meaning admonishment often has the opposite effect: it gets ignored. While it is true that the experts have walked their path to success, it may not necessarily work for us in the exact same way. We struggle to imitate their path and get derailed by self-doubt. So how can we extract the value in learning about someone else’s success? How can we make it work for us?

FOR ENTREPRENEURS IN TRAINING. “We’re telling you what to do; why don’t you just do it?” Investigation #1. Here we have a statement that, in theory, sounds easy enough to do. Yet, we don’t do what they tell us to do. Why is that? Why wouldn’t we trust the people who have walked the path we are embarking on? Who have achieved the results we are after? There is something about being told what to do that doesn’t always work for us. Do you think we are being defiant, or is it something else?

“I know what to do but I can’t make myself start.” Why is it that, despite our best intentions, we struggle to take the actions we want to take? Here is my best answer: our heads are too full! When you are looking to change careers, it will be necessary to take training courses to acquire skills in your new field. [ 235 more words ]

A Fat Mind Kills Action “I know what to do but I can’t make myself start.” Why is it that, despite our best intentions, we struggle to take the actions we want to take? Here is my best answer: our heads are too full! When…

Angry? Frustrated? Inspired? On top of the world? Here is the golden question: What will you do about it? (Or do you think that those feelings mean nothing?)

ACTION: "You must do something about how you feel." - Jim Rohn

It's not that we don't hear our inner wisdom. We just don't like what it's saying.

"A bag heavy with gold or a clay tablet carved with words of wisdom; if thou hadst thy choice, which wouldst thou choose?" - The Richest Man in Babylon

“Math became useful.” With all the calculus courses and differential equations I punished myself with in college, I never thought I would hear someone say that anything math-related from the classroom would be useful. Until Enhanced Eddie learned to use more of his brain than most of us do—and found dormant ways to increase his wealth.

“You’ve got to keep better track of yourself,” says the kid to the giant. Hm, should we keep better track of ourselves?

We own our attitudes. What a notion! We decide whether we will feel good about ourselves at the end of today or not. Stuff happens all day long. To all of us. What are we going to do with it?

“In the fall, we either enjoy, or we excuse. For those who failed to take full advantage of of the spring, who failed to guard their crops carefully throughout the heat of summer, there can be no legitimate reasons…only excuses, and excuses are merely apologetic attempts to place blame on circumstances rather than on ourselves.” (“The Seasons of Life,” Jim Rohn)