Clay LinkousCo-founder, Linkous Solutions · International Speaker, Executive Coach, and Facilitator / Champion of Physicians, Leadership, the Human Experience, SDOH, Vulnerable Populations, & Neurodiversity.

Unlock Your Potential: The Growth Mindset Advantage #shorts

13 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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Clay Linkous says a growth mindset means asking yourself two things every day: what was my contribution, and what can I learn from this. It requires curiosity and humility to stay open to improvement instead of getting defensive.

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going to create frustration. So growth mindset is this— is growth mindset is approaching your work every day, all day with these 2 questions: is what was my contribution to this? And what can I learn from this? And it's always having this idea of like, there's got to be a spirit of curiosity, there's got to be a spirit of humility. And always realize that there was something you maybe could have done better, differently, Next time, etc., right? So that's a growth mindset, is how can I get better? How can I grow from this? And I'm going to open myself up to people sharing from them, right? So that's the idea behind a growth mindset. And that's how you defeat defensiveness.