The document outlines 7 mindset shifts for success: 1. Do what you do best by living authentically and creating your unique brand. 2. Take 100% responsibility for your actions, thoughts, and situations rather than blaming others. 3. Give it all away by helping others succeed which empowers both them and yourself. 4. Lean into struggle by viewing failures as learning opportunities rather than something to fear. 5. Practice rest-based living through lifestyle design to leverage your time for high-impact tasks. 6. Think big through visualization, taking risks, and keeping a broad perspective rather than getting weighed down. 7. Be a lifelong student to maintain a learning edge and

1. The Success Mindset
6 Mindset Shifts
Jill Coleman

2. Why is Mindset Important?

3. #1: Do What You Do Best
“To be yourself in a world that is
constantly trying to make you
something else is the greatest
accomplishment.”
–Ralph Waldo Emerson

4. Do What You Do Best
O Unapologetic authenticity
O Live & work by your own set of core
values (e.g. biz partners)
O No one can do what you do – creates
your unique brand/niche
O Inner Authority (effortless)
O Stop competing & start creating

5. #2: Take 100% Responsibility
“If you act like a victim, you are
likely to be treated as one.”
--Paulo Coelho

6. Take 100% Responsibility
Take responsibility for:
O What you do
O What others do (yes!)
O Your attitude (gratitude & look
for lesson)
O Your thoughts (toward self & others)
O Every single situation you find yourself in
Complain vs. Finding Solution
(mutually exclusive)

7. Take 100% Responsibility
O Forget luck
O Forget what other people are doing
O Forget what you are “owed”
O Forget all expectations for others
O Forget all expectations for what
should happen

8. Take 100% Responsibility
O Stop blaming others
O Stop having expectations for
others—how do you manage this in a
business?

9. Take 100% Responsibility
O Take responsibility for your attitude
in every situation  Relentless
positivity (what does that mean?)
O “It can’t be done”  “How might
we…?”
O Your words literally create your
reality
O Question the status quo AND other
people’s limiting beliefs

10. #3: Give It All Away
“It is literally true that you can
succeed best and quickest by
helping others to succeed.”
--Napoleon Hill

11. Giving It All Away
O Empathy vs. Defensiveness
O Helping others doesn’t lessen your
own contributions
O Empowers you AND them
O Lack vs. Abundance
O Cultivates trust
O There’s enough happiness, success
and money to go around

12. Giving It All Away
O True fulfillment has to be about others
O Our passions/purposes are others-
directed
O Find ways to cultivate:
O Deliver remarkable content
O Offer mentorship/internship opportunities
O Don’t miss a chance to give someone a
compliment (don’t be stingy with praise)
O Don’t miss an opportunity to say thank you

13. #4: Lean Into Struggle
“Smooth seas do not make
skillful sailors.”
--African Proverb
“Learn to fail, or fail to learn.”
--Tal Ben-Shahar

14. Lean Into Struggle

15. Lean Into Struggle
O “Named must your fear be before banish it
you can.” --Yoda
O Fear of failure/perfectionism (keeps us in
holding pattern)
O Fear of confrontation
O Fear of disappointing others, e.g. parents
O Journey vs. destination
O Only via failures that we can ultimately
succeed  The best learning comes from
action

16. Lean Into Struggle
The Perfectionist The Optimalist
Journey as a straight line Journey as irregular spiral
Fear of failure Failure as feedback
Focus on destination (rat racer) Focus on journey & destination
(gratitude in present, hopeful for
future)
All-or-nothing thinking (prevents
action)
“Good enough” thinking (ready, fire,
aim, aim, aim…)
Defensive Open to suggestions/feedback
Fault-finder Benefit-finder (optimist)
Harsh Forgiving (empathic)
Rigid, static Adaptable, dynamic
Adapted from „Being Happy‟ by Tal Ben-Shahar

17. Lean Into Struggle
Expectations for what “should be” get into
trouble. How can we not be disappointed when
things don’t go to plan? [Psst. They never do!]

18. #5: Rest-Based Living
“A man sooner or later discovers
that he is the master-gardener of
his soul, the director of his life.”
--James Allen

19. Rest-Based Living
Lifestyle Design (Tim Ferriss):
O Make money while you sleep
O Free up your TIME so that you can do what
you want
O Leverage/guard time:
O Establish boundaries
(email, FB, blogging)
O Establish protocols (client
management)

20. Rest-Based Living
O Productivity: Chunking Time
O 4 Ways to Divide Day
O Block time – 2-3 tasks/day
O Down time – Restorative activities
O Face time –
Social/discussion/creativity
O Sweat time – Exercise/productivity

21. Rest-Based Living
O Productivity: Forced Ranking
Do highest score first
Item to
do
Impact on
your
business (1-
5)
Implementation
Time
1 (slow) - 5
(fast)
Total
Score
Write
blog
4 3 7
Buy
domain
5 5 10
Build
affiliates
5 1 6

22. #6: Think Big
“Where success is
concerned, people are not
measured in inches, or pounds, or
college degrees, or family
background; they are measured by
the size of their thinking.”
--David Schwartz

23. Thinking Big
O “I could never be on the cover of a
magazine.”
O Importance of visualization + action
O Narrow-minded vs. Open-minded
(your own thoughts determine how
successful you are)
O Why NOT you?

24. Thinking Big
O Easier to stay small—certainty/security
O Can you learn to take a risk?
O Practical Pessimism: Go right to worst-
case scenario and ask, what’s the
alternative?

25. Thinking Big
O Don’t get weighed down with the
mundane, there’s a world outside your own.
O Difference between being BUSY and being
PRODUCTIVE
“Big picture thinkers don’t let the grind get to
them, because they don’t lose sight of the all-
important overview. They know that the person
who forgets the ultimate is a slave to the
immediate.”
–John C. Maxwell

26. #7: Be a Life-Long Student
“Learning is not attained by
chance, it must be sought for with
ardor and attended to
with diligence.”
–Abigail Adams

27. Be a Life-Long Student
O Cultivates high self-worth
O Maintain slight edge (it defines what
you’re selling) – e.g. DVD
O Conscious effort – create time
O Reading vs. watching TV:
"Poor people have big TVs. Rich people have
big libraries.” --Jim Rohn

28. Review: 7 Success Principles
1. Do what you do best
2. Take 100% responsibility
3. Give it all away
4. Lean into struggle
5. Rest-based Living
6. Think big
7. Be a life-long learner

29. “To live is the rarest thing in the
world. Most people exist,
that is all.”
--Oscar Wilde
Questions?