The Impact Foundry Podcast

How we think about things has tremendous influence on how we come across to our leaders, teammates, and others. Ultimately, our mindset impacts the results that we will achieve. In this episode we will make the distinction between a Growth Mindset and a Fixed Mindset and share some ideas on how we might be able to cultivate a Growth Mindset within ourselves and on our teams.

As creatures of habit, we are what we repeatedly do. Winston Churchill said, “Watch your habits, they determine your character.” Our habits are in need of our attention and our effort. We won’t just discuss our good habits in Episode 13 of The Impact Foundry Podcast, but also our bad habits. Bad habits are like toxins which undermine all of the other things we strive for--like piss in a fine merlot. Join us as we discuss some practical ways to keep our bad habits at bay, and make room for good ones to rise up in their place.

Periodically, we need to take the time to look at all that we have going on in our lives from 30,000 feet: a big picture point of view. We need to look at 8 different areas of our lives to make sure we are giving each of them the attention they deserve. That’s because if one area, or one “gear”, is out of line, the rest of the gears of our life can follow suit and our lives don’t run smoothly. In this episode we take on “The Gears of Life”, a tool which helps us gain clarity on how we are doing and what we need to be paying more attention to. It can also be a great tool to complete as we look to be mentored or coached. Join us for Episode 12 and gain some insight on you.

As long as there have been people inhabiting the earth, the sun has come up and gone down at the same time. Days have lasted 24 hours. It’s amazing to see what some people have done with their 24 hours over the course of their lives. In this episode, we will take a look at our Time Management Toolbox, a set of tools that has become even more critical in our world of hyper-busyness, remote work, and the quest for work-life balance.

The Good Lord gave us two ears and one mouth...but you would never know it with some people. Listening to understand goes way beyond listening attentively or listening to respond. When we listen to understand we not only listen with our ears, but with our eyes and our brain. Listening is work because we must not only manage a great deal of external distractions, but we also need to mange the even more common internal distractions that happen between our two ears. Listening to understand will make us remarkably more impactful in whatever we do.