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How to Develop A Growth Mindset: 5 Ways to Harness its Strength

Experience to Lead

Focus on Self-Awareness. When thinking of how to develop a growth mindset, self-awareness is critical. Krueger has no doubt that his lack of self-awareness lost him a spot as a coach on the Olympic team in 2012. Olympic Committee decided to shift his spot as a coach on the overall U.S.

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The Best Mentors Think Like Michelangelo

Harvard Business Review

Social psychologists have already confirmed that in the best romantic relationships, partners sculpt one another in such a manner as to bring each person closer to their ideal self — the person they want to be. How exactly does a mentor develop a vision of the mentee’s ideal self? I was on a selection committee.

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