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7 Mindsets of Success: What You Really Need to Do to Achieve Rapid, Top-level Success
Put yourself in the driver’s seat of your success with tools from time management and planning for the future to conflict and accountability.
In The Seven Mindsets of Success , readers will not only explore topics like embracing discomfort, healthy conflict, time management, perspective, safety nets, and future self, but the intrinsic motivation behind their success. They will learn secrets and steps that are easily overlooked in business today. They will weigh the cost of their success and ask themselves, “Am I willing to do everything it takes?”
What if success could be as easy as changing your mindset to see your business or job differently, and in turn, see the world differently? Sten Morgan has become one of the youngest, top financial advisors in the country, and he built his business all in just three years. He is in the top percentile of people in his business, and more successful than advisors with thirty years or more experience, and he believes these seven psychological mindsets will unlock success for you too.
What’s stopping you from reaching rapid, top-level success in your industry? The answer lies inside.
“A great book . . . You need to know why you are doing this and why you want to be successful. Otherwise, your enthusiasm will fade and you won’t reach the levels of success that you want to reach. I give this book 5 out of 5 stars.” — Medium
“Challenges entrepreneurs to change their mindsets, and see their businesses, and the world, differently.” — Between Now and Success podcast
In The Seven Mindsets of Success , readers will not only explore topics like embracing discomfort, healthy conflict, time management, perspective, safety nets, and future self, but the intrinsic motivation behind their success. They will learn secrets and steps that are easily overlooked in business today. They will weigh the cost of their success and ask themselves, “Am I willing to do everything it takes?”
What if success could be as easy as changing your mindset to see your business or job differently, and in turn, see the world differently? Sten Morgan has become one of the youngest, top financial advisors in the country, and he built his business all in just three years. He is in the top percentile of people in his business, and more successful than advisors with thirty years or more experience, and he believes these seven psychological mindsets will unlock success for you too.
What’s stopping you from reaching rapid, top-level success in your industry? The answer lies inside.
“A great book . . . You need to know why you are doing this and why you want to be successful. Otherwise, your enthusiasm will fade and you won’t reach the levels of success that you want to reach. I give this book 5 out of 5 stars.” — Medium
“Challenges entrepreneurs to change their mindsets, and see their businesses, and the world, differently.” — Between Now and Success podcast
153 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 14, 2017
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August 20, 2020
Many advice suggest short-term actions for improving your career or achieving business success.
A mindset approach turns the focus on long-term by changing the way you think today in order to have a lifelong impact on how you act, behave, and live.
MINDSET 1: Future self
Picture yourself in 5 or 10 years and ask yourself:
1. What am I doing well? What your future self does that brings you closer to your dreams?
2. What could I be doing better? What you might eliminate so you grow faster?
3. What should I do next? Define a timeline and milestones to reach your goal.
MINDSET 2: Remove your safety net
Whatever is keeping you stuck where you are is also preventing you from feeling a sense of urgency. Urgency is required to gain traction to reach your ultimate goal. Removing the safety net will be stressful, so use that stress to move forward. Use the stress as validation that you care and use it as motivator.
MINDSET 3: Perspective
Explore the world around you and expand your mind to new ways and perspectives. Use the Johari window quadrant:
1. What others know.
2. What others don’t know.
3. What you know.
4. What you don’t know.
Understand that you don’t/can’t know everything and should try to expand your horizon and find answers to your questions. Learn to lean on others to find new information. Getting help is vital for getting ahead.
New perspective sources:
-Mentors that became what you want. Ask, learn and follow. The good and the bad. Follow advice for 6 months.
-Peers.
-Customers.
MINDSET 4: Circumstances
-Ignore the 90% of circumstances you can’t control and focus on the 10%.
-Overcome your excuses. They are enemies that don’t dictate what you do.
-Carry on in the most difficult circumstances. Push fear, worry, anxiety aside when facing a challenging task.
-Setting realistic expectations. Decide to work hard to grow and expand your skills.
MINDSET 5: Discomfort
You must overcome discomfort. If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you. Embrace new situations, even when they feel uncomfortable.
MINDSET 6: Conflict
Learn to view conflict as a tool for gaining new perspectives. It isn’t about winning, decide to fact-find and handle conflict proactively:
-Stay calm.
Seek the cause.
-Ask questions and listen.
-Remember the real goal. Try to find out more information, not win an argument.
-Talk face to face. Avoid email and phone.
-Take time.
MINDSET 7: Time balance
Be aware of the two times there are: clock time (seconds, minutes, hours), and, real time (relative time spend on immersive tasks, bored time, etc). View real time as intentional-time. Be intentional with every minute you spend. Plan out your day, and make a list of activities you need to do and those you should do (if there’s extra time). Look for distractions and inefficient tasks, what can be eliminated, delegated, turned down?
You can achieve rapid top-level success by:
1. Defining what “success” means to you.
Ask yourself: Is your view of success tied to a certain income level, revenue figure for your business, career goal, or lifestyle?
2. Devising a plan.
Once the endpoint is set, you can make a plan for how to get there.
3. Putting in the work.
Decide whether you’re willing to do what it takes to reach your goal (self-sacrifice and frustration even). Ask yourself whether you can push through the hardships and put in the necessary effort to succeed.
4. Seeing things differently.
Reach out for others’ input in order to gain new perspectives. This will help to your success.
5. Knowing your priorities.
You’ll face choices as you work toward your goal. Check your options against your priorities to ensure you always spend time and energy wisely.
A mindset approach turns the focus on long-term by changing the way you think today in order to have a lifelong impact on how you act, behave, and live.
MINDSET 1: Future self
Picture yourself in 5 or 10 years and ask yourself:
1. What am I doing well? What your future self does that brings you closer to your dreams?
2. What could I be doing better? What you might eliminate so you grow faster?
3. What should I do next? Define a timeline and milestones to reach your goal.
MINDSET 2: Remove your safety net
Whatever is keeping you stuck where you are is also preventing you from feeling a sense of urgency. Urgency is required to gain traction to reach your ultimate goal. Removing the safety net will be stressful, so use that stress to move forward. Use the stress as validation that you care and use it as motivator.
MINDSET 3: Perspective
Explore the world around you and expand your mind to new ways and perspectives. Use the Johari window quadrant:
1. What others know.
2. What others don’t know.
3. What you know.
4. What you don’t know.
Understand that you don’t/can’t know everything and should try to expand your horizon and find answers to your questions. Learn to lean on others to find new information. Getting help is vital for getting ahead.
New perspective sources:
-Mentors that became what you want. Ask, learn and follow. The good and the bad. Follow advice for 6 months.
-Peers.
-Customers.
MINDSET 4: Circumstances
-Ignore the 90% of circumstances you can’t control and focus on the 10%.
-Overcome your excuses. They are enemies that don’t dictate what you do.
-Carry on in the most difficult circumstances. Push fear, worry, anxiety aside when facing a challenging task.
-Setting realistic expectations. Decide to work hard to grow and expand your skills.
MINDSET 5: Discomfort
You must overcome discomfort. If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you. Embrace new situations, even when they feel uncomfortable.
MINDSET 6: Conflict
Learn to view conflict as a tool for gaining new perspectives. It isn’t about winning, decide to fact-find and handle conflict proactively:
-Stay calm.
Seek the cause.
-Ask questions and listen.
-Remember the real goal. Try to find out more information, not win an argument.
-Talk face to face. Avoid email and phone.
-Take time.
MINDSET 7: Time balance
Be aware of the two times there are: clock time (seconds, minutes, hours), and, real time (relative time spend on immersive tasks, bored time, etc). View real time as intentional-time. Be intentional with every minute you spend. Plan out your day, and make a list of activities you need to do and those you should do (if there’s extra time). Look for distractions and inefficient tasks, what can be eliminated, delegated, turned down?
You can achieve rapid top-level success by:
1. Defining what “success” means to you.
Ask yourself: Is your view of success tied to a certain income level, revenue figure for your business, career goal, or lifestyle?
2. Devising a plan.
Once the endpoint is set, you can make a plan for how to get there.
3. Putting in the work.
Decide whether you’re willing to do what it takes to reach your goal (self-sacrifice and frustration even). Ask yourself whether you can push through the hardships and put in the necessary effort to succeed.
4. Seeing things differently.
Reach out for others’ input in order to gain new perspectives. This will help to your success.
5. Knowing your priorities.
You’ll face choices as you work toward your goal. Check your options against your priorities to ensure you always spend time and energy wisely.
November 21, 2020
Whilst this book had a number of helpful tips and advice, I didnt feel there was really anything that differentiated the advice of others. I listened to the audio version of this book and feel like it was a tough read
February 4, 2021
The author discusses the 7 mindsets needed for success. Imagine Future self, Removing the safety net, Perspective, Circumstances, Discomfort, Conflict and Time balance. The points and references were succinct and spot on.
May 11, 2020
Extremely tacky and cliché
December 28, 2022
It's been a while since I've read one of these "success" books. 7 Mindsets proved to be worth the return. It was encouraging and helpful.
February 6, 2023
i cannot understand the aspects of the book, maybe it is not the good one for me
February 26, 2024
It is very nice book
November 19, 2017
Our fast pace life does not always allow us to stop rethink and move forward again instead we just do.
This book shows how important it is to stop and think about what we are doing. Many of the mindsets are mindsets in previous 'success like' books but Sten crosses that perception of 'success guru with another tip. " He is very relatable and these are mindsets he applied in his life to become a success.
As I said nothing new but perhaps in his explanations they somehow made more sense. Instead of making a list of goals you want to achieve I liked the idea of where do you want to be in 3- 5 yrs and then work your plan backwards. Focus on what you can control is a powerful mindset.
Not to give to much of the book away but practical and a worthwhile read - be generous to yourself and buy it
This book shows how important it is to stop and think about what we are doing. Many of the mindsets are mindsets in previous 'success like' books but Sten crosses that perception of 'success guru with another tip. " He is very relatable and these are mindsets he applied in his life to become a success.
As I said nothing new but perhaps in his explanations they somehow made more sense. Instead of making a list of goals you want to achieve I liked the idea of where do you want to be in 3- 5 yrs and then work your plan backwards. Focus on what you can control is a powerful mindset.
Not to give to much of the book away but practical and a worthwhile read - be generous to yourself and buy it
September 23, 2018
Re-read and created steps to implement
Updated rating the 4 stars. Re-read the book and created checklist of changes to implement. Like following up w/ people who've achieved the "level of success" that I'm aiming to reach for their feedback. From there implement and see what works.
Updated rating the 4 stars. Re-read the book and created checklist of changes to implement. Like following up w/ people who've achieved the "level of success" that I'm aiming to reach for their feedback. From there implement and see what works.
October 20, 2023
"7 Mindsets of Success" was a mixed read for me. While it offers valuable insights into seven mindsets for success and rapid goal achievement, it didn't fully engage my attention. Some concepts felt repetitive, and the effectiveness of the book may vary depending on individual needs and expectations. It left me with ambivalent feelings, as certain concepts resonated more than others.
May 10, 2020
Tacky read
March 3, 2018
very similar to other books on this topic.
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