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Jan 15

Episode 049: Vision is not enough. It must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must also step up the stairs.

By David Taylor-Klaus Mindset Mondays

https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10155750897332687/ Mindset Mondays with DTK - Ep #049 - Stop talking. Start walking. One of my 2nd grade teachers called me "The Mouth of the South." (It may have actually been written on a report card!) That was a well-deserved nickname, I assure you. I could, and still can, talk a good game. In fact,…

Jan 08

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Episode 048: A year from now, will you wish you had started today?

By David Taylor-Klaus Mindset Mondays

https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10155737066712687/ Mindset Mondays with DTK - Ep #048 - I hate this question! The fact that I hate it tells me it's important to be with it, to ponder it, to steep in it, and, eventually, to answer it. So while I do all that, let me ask you the question: "A year from now,…

Jan 02

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Episode 047: The problem human beings face is not that we aim too high and fail, but that we aim too low and succeed.

By David Taylor-Klaus Mindset Mondays

https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10155723003337687/ Mindset Mondays with DTK - Ep #047 - Get goal-setting "just right" ... For me, there is a zen to setting goals. Do you set them accessibly low, impossibly high, or artfully in balance? Regardless of the answer, the underlying motivation is important, because, as Michelangelo pointed out: "The problem human beings face is…

Dec 26

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Episode 046: To escape criticism: do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.

By David Taylor-Klaus Mindset Mondays

https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10155708268547687/ Mindset Mondays with DTK - Ep #046 - I love hate mail? Finding the joy in receiving hate mail (or any criticism, for that matter) takes some serious reframing. At first, each and every criticism lands on my skin like a bloodied whip. I'm prone to take it personally. Or at least I was…

Dec 18

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Episode 045: [One] who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it is committing another mistake.

By David Taylor-Klaus Mindset Mondays

https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10155693983912687/ Mindset Mondays with DTK - Ep #045 - Don't compound the damage! I can't say that I love making mistakes. In fact, I don't love making them. Yes, I do get that mistakes are the fertile ground of learning so I'm OK with making them ... especially while holding to my goal to "Make…

Dec 11

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Episode 044: Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.

By David Taylor-Klaus Mindset Mondays

https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10155679341892687/ Mindset Mondays with DTK - Ep #044 - Comfort? Bah, humbug! What's so enticing about staying in a comfort zone? Ummm. DUH! It's comfortable! I don't have to stretch, work hard, grow, fail, flail, or fly! I can essentially melt into my favorite couch, flip on Netflix, and shut off my brain... Inertia wins…

Dec 04

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Episode 043: Becoming is better than being.

By David Taylor-Klaus Mindset Mondays

https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10155666205012687/ Mindset Mondays with DTK - Ep #043 - I am a work in progress! Back in 7th grade, I was fascinated with Paraclesus' idea of the homunculus: "a microscopic but fully formed human being from which a fetus was formerly believed to develop." Motivated in part by the humor of the 440 year old,…

Nov 27

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Episode 042: Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

By David Taylor-Klaus Mindset Mondays

https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10155659211707687/ Mindset Mondays with DTK - Ep #042 - Life, the Universe, & Everything. If you believe Douglas Adams in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," the answer to life, the universe, and everything is 42. What if it was even simpler than that? I choose to believe George Bernard Shaw's approach: "Life isn't about…

Nov 20

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Episode 041: Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.

By David Taylor-Klaus Mindset Mondays

https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10155635257592687/ Mindset Mondays with DTK - Ep #041 - True Confession (GULP!)... I fear irrelevance more than death... When I'm dead, I won't KNOW that I'm dead. I'll just BE dead. If I were to be irrelevant - having no meaningful impact - then I feel like I'd want to be dead. For someone living…

Nov 13

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Episode 040: Everything you want is on the other side of fear.

By David Taylor-Klaus Mindset Mondays

https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10155620704497687/ Mindset Mondays with DTK - Ep #040 - Find your courage! You set your sights on it. You built a plan. You were ready to roll. And then ... “What if I fail?” and “I can't do this!” and “I’m not good enough!” How many more times will you give in to the fear…