Growth Mindset

There is something about a field of sunflowers in bloom that is majestic to the eye .  When I see a field of sunflowers, I am often reminded of a phrase I overheard many years ago that has always stuck with me. “A sunflower doesn’t chase bees.” In these turbulent times, it is too easy to engage in …

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There are no shortcuts to accomplishing anything worthwhile, ever. Yet we all look for them, don’t we? Experience affirms that there is only ever a direct path from A to B, where B is mastery of something. Instinctively we resist the path. Our inner gremlin whispers “It’s too hard. It’s uncomfortable. I’m bored. I’m tired. …

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