Mindsets Quotes

“The fact is that Chinese parents can do things that would seem unimaginable-even legally actionable-to Westerners. Chinese mothers can say to their daughters, "Hey fatty-lose some weight." By contrast, Western parents have to tiptoe around the issue, talking in terms of "health" and never ever mentioning the f-word, and their kids still end up in therapy for eating disorders and negative self image.”
― Amy Chua, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

“Most people are interested in success, but are too busy and distracted by their habituated day to day activities, to be COMMITTED to creating real success in every area of their lives.”
― Tony Dovale

“An alignment crisis happens when we remain chronically misaligned with our purpose.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“There will always be more that can be done to improve, perform, refine, produce. A final, satisfying point of “arrival” or “making it” does not exist. Finding our value in what we create may seem appealing and can even be motivating for the short term. But it all too easily becomes an endless hamster wheel of proving ourselves and believing that the next “level” of creativity is what will bring the security and significance we seek. Instead, what people actually need is a new starting posture.”
― Chris Lumry, Creativity Unlocked: An Inside-Out Approach to a Life of Joy and Purpose

“It’s not enough to know thyself. You must also be thyself.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“If you chronically inhabit your void, burnout is a predictable consequence.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“If leadership impacts don't Improve the human condition, beyond salary, of the company's staff...then it's GREEDERSHIP.”
― Tony Dovale

“Doing your best isn’t an activity; it’s a mindset.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, The Path to a Meaningful Life

“It’s not the activity that holds the key to finding your passion; it’s what your actions accomplish.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“Your mindset touches nearly every aspect of your life, yet for the most part, you don’t realize it exists, or that most people come equipped with a different mindset than you.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“Your mindset is fundamental to who you are: it’s what you know deep down to your core and why you do what you do. Like an operating system, it runs in the background and guides your decisions, interactions, and how you interface with the world around you.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“We were never meant to be like each other. Instead, we’re perfectly designed to complement one another.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“You are far more extraordinary than you have allowed yourself to believe. Every mindset is important, valuable, significant, and equipped with incredible gifts. Our world would not be as enjoyable, beautiful, or productive without any one mindset.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“You aren’t a jumbled assortment of traits and characteristics. On the contrary, the various aspects of your being are sublimely interconnected.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“To find out who you are, you must also see who you are not.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“Your mindset helps you understand who you are by understanding the How, What, and Why aspects within you.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“A mindset is an innate disposition governing how you expect people to behave (and not behave), what you are motivated to do (and not do), and why you do what you do (and the consequence if you do not).”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“Though you may value many principles, there is one you instinctively uphold above all others.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“The formula to end burnout is straightforward: maximize your passion and minimize your void.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“When someone compromises your mindset principle, your “Grr!” reflex automatically kicks in. Just like your physiological reflexes, this psychological reflex serves and protects by safeguarding a virtue of humanity.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“Purpose is heartfelt, benevolent, and personally meaningful to you. It’s a state of being that you desire for yourself, yet you recognize its importance in the world, and you want it for others too.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“Purpose isn’t what you do. Purpose is your reason for doing something. It’s the why behind what you do.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“While your passion gives you energy, your void sucks the life force out of you like a vampire, leaving you feeling depleted and disengaged.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“Mutually exclusive refers to opposing behaviors, actions, or states of being that cannot take place simultaneously. For example, you cannot do what you love and do what you loathe at the same time.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“Just as you need to add logs to a fire to maintain it, you need to feed your passion to keep it burning strong.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“While your principle represents how you expect people to behave and your passion informs what you’re motivated to do, your purpose underscores why these two are so imperative: because it brings about the desired state of being you long for.”
― Karen Whitten, The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself

“MINEsets are very real and relentless mindsets.”
― Don Hand, HandCrafted Soul'utions: Investigating the Missing Whole in Your Soul

“We just don’t know what we don’t know.”
― Don Hand, HandCrafted Soul'utions: Investigating the Missing Whole in Your Soul

“Divorcing all dual tendencies of self-seated desires is where the presence and provision of peace will begin.”
― Don Hand, HandCrafted Soul'utions: Investigating the Missing Whole in Your Soul

“Mindsets, and not just skillsets, make the critical difference in dealing to take on challenging situations.”
― Kouzes/Posner, Leadership Challenge 4th E