The Simple Mental Habit Every High-performer Shares

There’s a question I ask every guest on my podcast, Inspired with Alexa von Tobel. It comes near the end of every conversation, after we hae gone deep on business models, hard pivots and the relentless grind of building something from nothing. The question is simple: What is a mantra that runs through your head?

I started asking it on a hunch. After years as a founder, dropping out of Harvard Business School to launch LearnVest during the height of the financial crisis, scaling it to acquisition and then building Inspired Capital, I had come to believe that mindset wasn't a soft variable. It was a hard one. The words we repeat to ourselves shape the decisions we make, the risks we take and how quickly we get back up when things go sideways.

What I did not expect was how consistent the pattern would be. Seven seasons and more than 300 conversations with some of the most ambitious founders and leaders in the world later, nearly every single person has one. A phrase. A word. A sentence they return to, especially when it’s hard. And the science tells us why that matters more than we think.

Please select this link to read the complete article from Fast Company.