054: The Gift Mindset: What to Do When Life Throws You a Curveball with Renee Giarrusso
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Each of us is limitless, and self-leadership is where it begins. You can't lead others until you know who you are and what you stand for. As a leader, it is essential to energise mindset, accelerate communication, collaboration, and leadership to lift performance and culture. You should be self-aware and have a clear goal for the adaptive leadership mindset where leaders do the things that really matter & create future leaders.
There are skills that you need to have to lead and live a life of purpose, connection and contribution. Empathy is an essential skill, which allows us to see things through the eyes of others. The other is optimism -- appreciating what you have and focusing on what you can do. The last one is curiosity: observing, asking questions, and exploring the things you are curious about.
In today’s episode, we have Renee Giarrusso, Founder & CEO RG Dynamics-Limitless Leaders to share with us the key traits of being a limitless leader. Listen to the episode to learn the importance of each skill in detail.
TOPICS WE DISCUSSED INCLUDE
- Getting to Know Renee Giarrusso (05:21)
- The biggest shift from 16 years ago to now (07:34)
- Self-leadership (09:40)
- Important soft skills for leaders (10:33)
- Gift of empathy, optimism, and curiosity (16:25)
- The great resignation (17:56)
- Building self-growth (19:13)
- Is empathy a learned skill? (20:31)
- Being present and Increasing self-awareness (22:38)
- Practicing gratitude (25:21)
- Optimism versus toxic positivity (28:24)
- Focus on the headset and the heart set, not the text set (29:51)
- Top Five Tips for Leaders (30:21)
Links and Resources:
Book: Gift Mindset: Unwrap the 12 Gifts to lead and live a life of purpose, connection and contribution
Book: The Secret Code of Success: 7 Hidden Steps to More Wealth and Happiness
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