935: LEADERSHIP MINDSET: 6 Ways to Improve Your Growth Mindset in Tough Times

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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There is no denying we are in an extraordinarily tough season. When things feel heavy and hard for an extended period of time, it’s easy to feel a sense of constriction in our thoughts, mental health, and worldview. It’s easy to fall into a funk. And, it can feel impossible to pull ourselves out of it. During challenging seasons, it is crucial that you maintain a growth mindset. While it’s important to acknowledge what is happening in the world around us, it is also critically important to maintain habits that allow you to tap into hope and possibility regularly. If all you feel is constriction during hard seasons, you run the risk of shutting down completely. This doesn’t serve you or anyone else. Tapping into your growth mindset is going to be the superpower that allows you to keep going. In this episode, I outline six practical strategies to help you advance a growth mindset, including collecting the correct evidence, tracking small wins, staying in motion, leaning on the right support system, recognizing harmful narratives, and giving yourself permission to practice self-compassion through rest and restorative activities. Episode Highlights: 00:00 Introduction to Growth Mindset in Tough Times 02:23 Understanding Growth vs. Fixed Mindset 06:06 Six Ways to Improve Growth Mindset 12:12 Tracking Small Wins and Staying in Motion 15:34 The Importance of the Right Support System 18:22 Noticing and Changing Your Narratives 21:11 The Power of Rest and Self-Compassion Links Mentioned: Hire me to speak: saradean.com/speaking Coach with me: https://saradean.com/executive-coaching-services Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saradeanspeaks Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.8	Welcome to shameless leadership.
0:55.2	I'm your host, Sarah Dean. This show is for women, transgender people, non-binary folks, as well as allies, who are committed to advancing their leadership while also advancing the leadership of those around them. In each episode, we will offer practical tips, leadership strategies, and inspiring stories to help you become a more confident, compassionate, and inclusive leader. The truth is, you were born to lead. What might happen for you if you were to
1:00.9	wholeheartedly embrace that part of yourself? So let's start now together. Hello, shameless leaders.
1:08.0	I'm excited to dig in with you today because we're going to be talking about
1:11.1	growth mindset in tough times. And I don't know anyone who isn't enduring something challenging right now.
1:18.6	I actually was just on a call last night. We kicked off our aligned leadership incubator.
1:23.2	And I was on a call last night asking all the women leaders in our cohort kind of just
1:29.0	to identify like, where are you at and how are you feeling?
1:31.6	And no one was like, oh, I feel great.
1:33.6	Everything's great.
1:34.8	And so there's just a sense of heaviness, a sense of challenge, a sense of overwhelm.
1:41.3	And when we feel this way, it can be really hard to tap into growth mindset. It can feel
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