In a fixed mindset, people think that success is all about talent, having the gift.

A growth mindset is saying, okay, talent obviously matters, it's a factor, but it's not enough,

it's what we do with our talents. I wasn't the best table tennis

player I've never got into the top 20 of the world rankings but with that attitude I

maximized my own potential. I think leadership counts when it comes to

innovation. I mean the way Amazon conduct

meetings then when they start talking the most senior person always speaks last.

You'll get an unvanished access to the insights of your brilliant team, rather than speaking first

and everyone basically converging on what you as a leader has just said.

There are a lot of people with truly brilliant ideas, huge potential, who never act on their dreams.

But having the idea doesn't mean a thing.

You've actually got to act on that idea.

Honestly, I think we shouldn't underestimate how damaging it can be.

If... Matthew Saeed, he's written some of the most important, challenging, thought-provoking books in the self-development,

self-improvement, team development, team-building, company-building leadership space.

And his ideas are original. They are challenging, they are fresh, they are important.

He was an elite level sportsman.

And his ideas come from the world of sport, but also the world of business, from politics, from writing, from culture, from society.

He evangelizes about diverse thinking, about including more ideas, about challenging leadership, about challenging yourself, about what it takes to start,

and why most people spend their life sitting on ideas that could potentially change their life, but are seemingly imprisoned, trapped and blocked by their own mindset.

He talks about how some of the most talented people in the world can fall short of their potential and how some people with seemingly no

talent at all can achieve miraculous things. If you apply the learnings from

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