Your mediocre thinking

In my "Winning Team Workshops," I challenge the participants, again and again, from all directions. Of course, this is intentional, even if it is exhausting for most of them.

I'm talking about a mental challenge here. One of them is how, in our mindset, we deal with extremely successful people.

The differences between the teams are enormous: While some are inspired by controversial people, such as Elon Musk or Steve Jobs, and see them as role models in most ways of thinking, others are cynical and try to find negative characteristics.

I don't need to tell you which teams and companies are generally more successful when it comes to strong growth and innovation.

Whether you like it or not, your beliefs about extreme success directly determine your actual success in life and business. And if you lead teams (or even an entire company), you have a strong multiplier effect: I have never seen a team hungry for success with a hesitant team leader.

Important: This is not about maintaining the status quo, but about achieving outstanding results.

Here are three "test questions" to see how strongly your team stands in its own way and thus prevents greater success:

1. Evaluation. What is the reaction in your team when shown pictures like the Tesla in space or other "senseless" craziness of successful people? Is cynicism predominant or does the statement, "We can do something like this," prevail?
2. Hunger. How many of your people read, hear or watch success stories of outstanding people; e.g. biographies? To what extent do people know the reasons for their success? Or does the "knowledge" come from newspaper headlines and social media?
3. Language. How do you and your people express themselves? Do you talk in subjunctives and restrictions or do you say clearly what you want to achieve, even if it is risky? Language is an excellent instrument for the analysis of thoughts; i.e. the people’s mindset. And vice versa: Our words influence our actions.

So then, what do you think about Elon Musk and others? Your answer is decisive for success - whether you like it or not.

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