Brain Food: Action Reduces Fear

Something I discuss often with my coaching clients is the difference between performing from a place of freedom and love and performing from a place of constriction and fear.

the way we think about the world has a profound effect on what we do in it. If we cultivate a growth mindset and believe that skills come from struggle, then we are more likely to expose ourselves to the good kind of growth-promoting stress. But the power of mindsets doesn’t stop there. It turns out that our mindset toward stress not only determine

Carol S. Dweck has found that success in any field—sports, business, the arts, in life—can be “dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities.” She found two types of people in this world: those with a “fixed mindset,” who didn’t believe their abilities were capable of changing, and those with a “growth mindset,” who believ

Pursuing great work—whether it is in sports or art or business—is often terrifying. Ego soothes that fear. It’s a salve to that insecurity.