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THE UNTAPPED POWER OF MENTAL STRENGTH

WHAT DOES IT TAKE to be extraordinary?

Extraordinary people possess a state of mind and emotional calm that transcend the pressures and challenges of life. They understand the mind–body connection and have trained themselves to possess the mental skills that make it possible to go from good to great. They focus on performance. To attain all this, you must first develop a growth mindset.

As we grow up, we adopt one of two mindsets. Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck describes these mindsets as either fixed or growth-oriented. In a fixed mindset, whatever skills, intelligence, or personality traits we happen to have are believed to be concrete and are not under our control. If you’re not inherently smart, ...

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