REINVENT YOUR FUTURE

Managing Your Mindset

February 3rd, 2025
by Jim LaDoux
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Your brain believes what you rehearse. This piece offers simple tools to shift self-talk from threat to possibility without resorting to toxic positivity.

20 Ideas for Managing Your Mindset

  • Label thoughts as thoughts (“I’m having the thought…”).
  • Track triggers; pre-plan responses.
  • Use “yet” to open a stuck story.
  • Run a daily three-wins review.
  • Practice 90-second emotional weather.
  • Swap “should” for “choose.”
  • Use if–then plans for common traps.
  • Ask “What else could be true?”
  • Reframe mistakes as data.
  • Borrow a mentor’s voice for tough moments.
  • Limit doomscrolling windows.
  • Write kinder self-check notes.
  • Name your values before big meetings.
  • Pair affirmations with actions.
  • Journal one sentence a day.
  • Practice compassion toward your past self.
  • Visualize the next right step, not the whole climb.
  • Use curiosity in place of judgment.
  • Breathe before you hit send.
  • End with gratitude (three specifics).

5 Questions to Consider

  • What story are you rehearsing?
  • Where is “yet” needed?
  • Which value will guide you this week?
  • What evidence contradicts your harshest thought?
  • What small action proves the new story?

Closing Thought

Train your narrator to notice possibility. Be proactive and let go of victim mindsets.
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