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Jan 26

Episode 153: Certainty is a cruel mindset. It hardens our minds against possibility.

By David Taylor-Klaus Mindset Mondays

https://youtu.be/nOf3xM8qE_k Episode #153 — "I’m absolutely certain that certainty is bad!" Our brains are wired to perceive uncertainty as a potential threat to our survival. In response, we seek out certainty wherever we can find it, preferring certainties – no matter how painful or uncomfortable they may be – to the unknown and the uncertain.…

Jan 19

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Episode 152: The art of leadership is the capacity to hold all emotions and still act in the most noble way.

By David Taylor-Klaus Mindset Mondays

https://youtu.be/8Ak2-S1FF94 Mindset Mondays with DTK - Ep #152 — The Science of an Art? Much has been written about the science of leadership. And I've written, spoken, and ranted about it quite a bit. I am not at a loss for opinions on and theories about it, myself. AND ... what excites me most is…

Jan 12

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Episode 151: If you are willing to feel everything, you can do anything.

By David Taylor-Klaus Mindset Mondays

https://youtu.be/hbK4E2eBX94 Episode #151 — Feel It All! When I selected a quote for this week, control over the US Senate was still up in the air pending a runoff in Georgia and the US capital city had not yet erupted in destructive or violent protest. As I sit here watching the dissolution of civility in…

Jan 05

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Episode 150: People claim to want to do something that matters, yet they measure themselves against things that don’t.

By David Taylor-Klaus Mindset Mondays

https://youtu.be/8JymhWOKuIw Episode #150 — Know Your Currencies! All too often, people use a single currency to evaluate success: money. That metric may show up as 'deals closed' or 'projects won' or 'net worth' or 'savings amassed' or even 'money spent.' No matter how people choose to label it, they’re still using money as their metric.…

Dec 29

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Episode 149: Whatever it takes to finish things, finish. You will learn more from a glorious failure than you ever will from something you never finished.

By David Taylor-Klaus Mindset Mondays

https://youtu.be/Nw0DW1Tt1P0 Mindset Mondays with DTK - Ep #149 — I'd Rather Fail Than Not Finish! As a long-distance road cyclist, I have noticed that as soon as the finish line becomes visible, I have this compulsion to accelerate. And, no, these are rides, not races. And the data reveal that that I am not alone:…

Dec 22

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Episode 148: Learning without thinking is useless. Thinking without learning is dangerous.

By David Taylor-Klaus Mindset Mondays

https://youtu.be/1LNx_zSG-JA Mindset Mondays with DTK - Ep #148 — Useless or Dangerous? Though I loved Mrs. Southworth, my high school Human Anatomy and Physiology teacher, I hated the early months of the class. There was no thinking ... it was at best, acronyms and other mnemonics; at worst, sheer drudgery. I still remember the origin,…

Dec 15

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Episode 147: A thought is a substance, producing the thing that is imagined by the thought.

By David Taylor-Klaus Mindset Mondays

https://youtu.be/FJBqcCQp0Oc Episode #147 — Thoughts matter for they become matter. This is as simple as it gets: our thoughts are the raw materials for the world we are creating. "A thought is a substance, producing the thing that is imagined by the thought." — Wallace D Wattles What can be imagined can be realized. What…

Dec 08

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Episode 146: In a country that doesn’t discriminate between fame and infamy, the latter presents itself as plainly more achievable.

By David Taylor-Klaus Mindset Mondays

https://youtu.be/uHsuuTdmGfE Mindset Mondays with DTK - Ep #146 — Let the Ease-full Road Be the High Road If you've joined me for even a few of these broadcasts over the last nearly-three years then you know my truth that we are always at choice. And that is exactly what surfaced for me this week: we…

Dec 01

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Episode 145: You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.

By David Taylor-Klaus Mindset Mondays

https://youtu.be/cd2a85tum7Q Mindset Mondays with DTK - Ep #145 — It's hard to hear one's heart at speed. These last couple of days have been filled with details and machinations. Screenings for COVID, jockeying for space in the refrigerators, cleaning ovens, last minute work projects, and tons of food prep. And this is just for five…

Nov 24

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Episode 144: The soul that gives thanks can find comfort in everything; the soul that complains can find comfort in nothing.

By David Taylor-Klaus Mindset Mondays

https://youtu.be/Q7qJMrAMbps Mindset Mondays with DTK – Ep #144 — Celebrate ... Even in 2020 I love the concept, promise, and inevitable impact of the gratitude journal exercise. And yet, I fought it for so long. When I look back at what I captured in my earliest gratitude journal, I'm shocked (not shocked?) by what those…

Mindset

Episode 153: Certainty is a cruel mindset. It hardens our minds against possibility.

Episode 152: The art of leadership is the capacity to hold all emotions and still act in the most noble way.

Episode 151: If you are willing to feel everything, you can do anything.

Episode 150: People claim to want to do something that matters, yet they measure themselves against things that don’t.

Episode 149: Whatever it takes to finish things, finish. You will learn more from a glorious failure than you ever will from something you never finished.

Episode 148: Learning without thinking is useless. Thinking without learning is dangerous.

Episode 147: A thought is a substance, producing the thing that is imagined by the thought.

Episode 146: In a country that doesn’t discriminate between fame and infamy, the latter presents itself as plainly more achievable.

Episode 145: You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.

Episode 144: The soul that gives thanks can find comfort in everything; the soul that complains can find comfort in nothing.

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