Rewire Your Mindset: Own Your Thinking, Control, Your Actions, Change Your Life!

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Over the past two decades, many organizations have shifted from a waterfall to an agile development approach for planning and delivery of their largest, most critical initiatives. However, a majority of these initiatives continue to be delivered as projects. As they have embraced agile, though, savvy organizations have also transitioned to a product-based mindset that has gained traction over the past few years, due in large part to Mik Kersten’s book, Project to Product. 1 The shift from project to product has enabled many of these companies to deliver better business outcomes. It’s easy to get negative when you fail because you see the negative things about yourself or the way things have gone for you, so it’s important to view failures as a learning exercise instead of being a negative thing. In short, when you play video games, you teach your brain new skills. These effects can improve your gameplay, certainly, but they also carry over to the rest of your life: One of the standout features of the book is its emphasis on mindset frameworks. For Keane, rewiring one's mindset isn't an abstract idea but a structured process. The frameworks he introduces, ranging from goal setting to emotional resilience, are thorough, insightful, and, most importantly, actionable. They serve as both a guide and a toolkit for those willing to venture into the transformative path of mindset realignment. You may have heard of online programs and apps like Rosetta Stone, Babbel, and Duolingo, but you can study languages in other ways too.

With this, you can review clients’ responses to surveys or reflections about their recurring thought patterns and assign sequences of psychoeducational, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, or mindfulness activities to facilitate self-inquiry and questioning of existing mindsets.

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Once you have your bite-size habit ingrained — say, committing to meditating, starting with the goal of 1 minute a day — it’s easy to expand or contract as you need to. Add on to an existing routine Once you have decided on your path and committed fully, take inventory of your situation. What are your current actions getting you? Direct your mind toward assessing what is working and what isn’t. Make the shifts. Resolve is about finding solutions to whatever may come your way. The concept of mindset is generally defined as a way of thinking that determines your behaviour and outlook. For example, if you are determined to keep trying no matter what happens then this is an example of having a positive mindset. On the other hand, if you choose to give up at the first sign of failure then this is an example of having a negative mindset.

In the pantheon of self-help literature, every so often, a book emerges that doesn’t merely float ideas but anchors them in actionable steps. Brian Keane’s "Rewire Your Mindset" is one such book. Channeling the legacy of profound books like "Atomic Habits," Keane doesn't just dwell on theory but takes readers on a journey of practical application. In fact, it’s believed bilingualism may offer some protective benefits against cognitive decline. Learning a language at any stage of life could help slow down future decline related to age, including symptoms of dementia. Sarrasin, J. B., Nenciovici, L., Foisy, L. M. B., Allaire-Duquette, G., Riopel, M., & Masson, S. (2018). Effects of teaching the concept of neuroplasticity to induce a growth mindset on motivation, achievement, and brain activity: A meta-analysis. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 12, 22–31. Gross-Loh, C. (2016, December 16). How praise became a consolation prize. The Atlantic. Retrieved from https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/12/how-praise-became-a-consolation-prize/510845/Self-directed neuroplasticity is different from experience-dependent neuroplasticity, a passive process in which we reinforce habits by doing them unconsciously over and over again, whether they’re good or bad. Scarcity cues are like air: all around us and inside us. They can hit us through advertising, social media, news, chats with coworkers, walks in the neighborhood, and so much more. They can be direct and all-encompassing, like a sagging economy or a global pandemic. Or they can be subtle and slight, like our neighbor buying a shiny new car. Studies show that whether you’re thinking about running or actually running, similar neurons are firing in your brain — and creating those feel-good pathways with visualization can help motivate you to get up and actually lace up your shoes. Set up the right cues in your environment The only way to deal with fear and reprogram your mind is to face it head-on. You must look it in the eye and take action in spite of it. Are you afraid of failure? Look at it this way: Failure is an education. If you do something and fail, you will know what doesn’t work. You’ll be able to take a more educated, informed approach next time. You’re better off than where you were before.