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A growth mindset is the ultimate determining factor of your success. Having a growth mindset can help you to better yourself, advance in your career, and achieve the things you want in life. So now the question is, what is a growth mindset and why is it so important?

Coffee.Yoga.Life. is a community for those of us who know that we are ready for success in our lives. My goal is to help you get the skills, encouragement, and motivation to achieve your goals. This list of personal development resources includes the books, online course sites, resume writing sites and podcasts that have helped me over the years. And, if you’re at all like me, you also love a good personality test. So there’s a few of those listed as well.

You’ve now spent so much time working on that new shiny new thing and not on your goals, and you feel like you have to scrap all that work and go back to square one with your goal? 

It feels a bit defeating doesn’t it?

But that doesn’t have to be your story!

The time will pass anyway. You can spend it working towards your goals OR you can spend it spinning the same wheels that you’re spinning today wondering why you’re not super excited about life.

Let's talk about what's really holding you back from being successful. I'm sure there are many reasons that you can list. Let's take a look at the most common reasons and see if we can get you back on track to achieving your goals and being successful.

I was poised for continued support and success in my climb up the corporate ladder.

But then…

Then I realized that I was chasing a dream that wasn’t really mine.

When was the last time you actually stopped and really experienced life?  Are you focusing on what you are reading right at this moment or are you wondering what you are going to do in an hour, this afternoon or tomorrow?

As you go through your life, you will ultimately feel levels of physical and emotional pain.  The more you experience and practice mindfulness, the more capacity you will have to understand, endure and control the pain. 

With practice over time, you can figure out how to become more and more mindful in your everyday life.  Mindfulness can help even if you are in the middle of significant suffering.  Mindfulness has been compared to a deeply personal journey of discovery.

Almost everything we do is a habit, which means that in most cases you have been doing it so long that it is now an unconscious thought or action. As soon as you see someone, you make a judgment and categorize them. We can’t help it. Our brains are always trying to keep us safe, based on our unconscious definition of safety. It has to quickly categorize the people and situations you encounter so that it knows how you should respond. 

This is the basis of unconscious bias. 

New experiences open you up to meet new people, try new things, and learn a bit more about the world around you. And they open you up for more new experiences.

What are you missing out on because you are scared? 

Because something feels uncomfortable? 

What would it take for you to step out of your comfort zone and do the thing that makes you scared?

It’s amazing how one book or one story has the potential to completely change your focus and your mindset. This one book for me was...