This is great. I've been following your blog etc for a while (but refocused after your appearance on Lenny's podcast). I started as a teacher and like you, got into 'product' accidentally; mainly because I was passionate about making change. Happy to have grown skill-wise a lot in the last ten years and working on setting myself up for even more change in the future.
Thank you for this! My daughter loves the original Mulan. Perhaps we'll skip the live action.
BTW, as a fellow person who always had terrible balance and spatial awareness: Barre3 workouts made a huge difference for me. For the first time in my life I can stand on one foot and have zero bruises on my legs from walking into furniture!
Thanks so much for sharing this incredibly constructive mindset, Deb.
Also, I'd love to see that first movie where the girl didn't have super powers. The whole super power thing gets on my nerves. I wish people could just be normal in movies.
I agree! I wish our children can see more movies where it is training and ingenuity that wins the day, not innate super powers. I want them to learn that they, too, can be do great things through hard work.
This is very timely, thank you for another great article. Over the holidays, I’ll take some time to reflect on that early conditioning and focus on learning and growing in 2025!
Thanks for this post. Great explanation of the "growth mindset," which I've loved since Dweck put out her book. I feel like some corporations are co-opting the idea to force accelerated changes on employees, but the core concept is valid. :) And as someone with crappy balance, I might try the balance board!
This is a great piece and thank you for sharing. It happened to come across my pc just when I needed to hear that exact lesson in life. I won't deny though, situations of a person's life most certainly effect their mindset no matter the determination, the amazing childhood, and the loving parents they were blessed with. I hope every person out there who hasn't had those things can read your blog, stand tall and continue on. That is what you have just done for me, and I thank you for it.
This is great. I've been following your blog etc for a while (but refocused after your appearance on Lenny's podcast). I started as a teacher and like you, got into 'product' accidentally; mainly because I was passionate about making change. Happy to have grown skill-wise a lot in the last ten years and working on setting myself up for even more change in the future.
Thanks so much for this post. I love the original Mulan, and all your explanations make perfect sense.
I hope we can all be like the original Mulan - scrappy, hardworking, and always learning.
Thank you for this! My daughter loves the original Mulan. Perhaps we'll skip the live action.
BTW, as a fellow person who always had terrible balance and spatial awareness: Barre3 workouts made a huge difference for me. For the first time in my life I can stand on one foot and have zero bruises on my legs from walking into furniture!
I will have to check it out. I always thought I was clumsy, but it turns out I lacked training!
I love the subject matter here! I often remind myself “My belief becomes my reality”.
As always, this article has real and relatable anecdotes; I see myself in those anecdotes, those anecdotes seem mine :)
Thank you Deb :)
Great read! I’ve been avoiding leg workouts because I’m not as “good” at it as upper body but I just got to put in the work!
I was depressed when I got on the Tonal for the first time, but it can only go up from here.
A great reminder, thanks for sharing your words Deb!
Thanks so much for sharing this incredibly constructive mindset, Deb.
Also, I'd love to see that first movie where the girl didn't have super powers. The whole super power thing gets on my nerves. I wish people could just be normal in movies.
I agree! I wish our children can see more movies where it is training and ingenuity that wins the day, not innate super powers. I want them to learn that they, too, can be do great things through hard work.
This is very timely, thank you for another great article. Over the holidays, I’ll take some time to reflect on that early conditioning and focus on learning and growing in 2025!
ler sobre isso, me levou a pensar nas coisas em que preciso melhorar. muito obrigada por essa postagem
Thank you for sharing your insights so authentically, Deb! Your writing always resonates with me.
Thanks for this post. Great explanation of the "growth mindset," which I've loved since Dweck put out her book. I feel like some corporations are co-opting the idea to force accelerated changes on employees, but the core concept is valid. :) And as someone with crappy balance, I might try the balance board!
This is amazing. Thanks for this article! It makes me relook some of my thoughts and mindset too.
This is a great piece and thank you for sharing. It happened to come across my pc just when I needed to hear that exact lesson in life. I won't deny though, situations of a person's life most certainly effect their mindset no matter the determination, the amazing childhood, and the loving parents they were blessed with. I hope every person out there who hasn't had those things can read your blog, stand tall and continue on. That is what you have just done for me, and I thank you for it.