The document discusses developing a growth mindset and grit through adopting a "lion's mentality". It argues that growth comes from failure, and advocates for extreme ownership, sacrificing oneself for others' success, focusing on one's own vision and journey, and developing habits like waking up early and cold showers. Failure is the core of growth, and developing grit through persevering through difficulties is necessary to achieve success like a lion in its domain.

2. These are challenges or objections I keep coming up against as I speak to people
about all that I’m working on.
Having a lion’s mentality and grit and growth mindset is what will help you continue to
drive forward.
And for those who are also receiving this feedback OR you’re just looking to level up
your own growth mindset – I want to run through some of my thinking in this area.
So – with all of this in mind – what does it mean to have a lion’s mentality and a grit
and growth mindset.

4. WHAT DO I MEAN BY LION’S MENTALITY
With the lion’s mane and the manner in which they purvey their dominion – it’s the
feeling of dominance, power and absolute mental clarity it gives you that I want to
communicate in today’s blog.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE GRIT AND GROWTH MINDSET?
This is what I see as being the ‘in-the-weed’s’ part of the Lion’s mentality. To
successfully become a lion in your own life – you need to have grit.
A gritty mindset means you’re prepared to walk in and amongst the weeds to help bring
home the flowers. And having a growth mindset means that with each day you toil
amongst the weeds – the stinging nettles, the barbs and other traps will be dangers
you’ll face, fall upon, stand up, overcome the next day, and ultimately come out
stronger than ever before. To become the lion, you must have grit and go for growth.
So now let’s get into the ‘weed’s of what this all really means:

5. UNDERSTANDING THAT GROWTH IS FOUNDED UPON
FAILURE
This is critical to growth and gritty mindset – and truly is at the core of everything I’ve
discussed above. You learn nothing from success and everything from the way you fail.
It is not a straightforward journey – and the path is fraught with difficulty.As I look to
build Pearl Lemon Properties – it’s going to be a similar journey with many problems
along the way – and I expect the next 1-2 years to be challenging as we seek to build
out the business from the ground up.
PRACTICE EXTREME OWNERSHIP
Practising this mindset will make all of those people around you rise. No one else is
going to take responsibility for your future (and often their own) – so put the blame on
yourself.

6. BE PREPARED TO SACRIFICE YOURSELF
Having a lion’s mindset (or rather a lioness) is about understanding that the success of
those around you can come as a consequence of your own ‘needs’. Simply put – make
sure the money keeps coming in, and the money keeps growing, and make sure your
partner is taken care of – and the rest will absolutely take care of itself.
LISTEN TO ADVICE BUT ONLY THE PARTS THAT HELP WITH YOUR DIRECTION
Where you identify people who know more than you and have good insights – try and
take on board what they say and integrate it into the way you approach your work

8. FOCUS ON YOUR JOURNEY, KEEP THE VISION
Along the way – there’ll be many reasons to slow down. Many reasons to give up. Many
‘reasons’ for waking up late, for not getting something done, for this and for this. But
you must keep to your journey – even if some days are slower than others. It’s YOUR
vision and YOUR journey and for YOU to walk alone and successfully walk it so.

9. HERE ARE SOME OTHER HABITS THAT I BELIEVE
CHAMPIONS ADOPT
● Wake up early (not 730am like me – that’s terrible – gotta be pre-6am)
● Take cold showers (I don’t do this – I need to do this)
● Read for 1 hour a day (I used to do this – need to work on it)