Small Change ➡️ Big Improvements

13 Jan 2023 · 1 min

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A short spoken excerpt encouraging switching from a negative to a positive (growth) mindset by appending the word “yet” to self-critical statements (e.g., “I’m no good at that” → “I’m no good at that yet”) to introduce possibility and reduce finality. The speaker notes using this tactic for others and claims it yields benefits over time.

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One of my favorite ones is having a negative mindset versus a positive mindset. So when somebody says, I'm no good at that, I always say, add the word yet at the end. I'm no good at that yet, or I can't do that yet, or I suck at that for now. Right. And instead of making those insecure declarations final, just add a little bit of doubt to the negativity. You start to find that you have a more positive point of view on what's possible. And I like doing it for other people. When I catch somebody saying, well, I don't know how to do that, and I go, yet. You know how to do that yet, or you suck at that right now. So that, to me, is very easy to do. And it pays. David ends over time.