Chapter+5

= Chapter 5: Business and Leadership =


 * 1) ===Recently, a friend of mine said, “I never take a job where I have more than 50% of the required skills and knowledge.” Would this be beyond your comfort level? Why? What would you do if you found yourself in this position?===
 * 2) ===Do you think leaders are born not made, as in “a born leader”? Why?===
 * 3) ===Now break up business leadership into its separate parts: knowledge of the company, management skills, negotiation skills, planning for the future, and all the others you can think of. Do you think each of these is learnable or not?===
 * 4) ===Do you have a worker or co-worker who has a fixed mindset? How does it show itself? What are some steps you could take to teach him or her a growth mindset?===
 * 5) ===Is there something in your business or career you’ve been wanting to try for? What’s stopping you? Can you analyze it from a growth mindset and plan a first step?===
 * 6) ===Suppose you were passed over for a promotion? How would you react in a fixed mindset? Would you be down on yourself? Would you blame others? Would you feel angry and vindictive? Now how would you react in a growth mindset? What would you do to gain the feedback, skills, and knowledge you need to be promoted next time?===
 * 7) ===What would you do if you found out your (fixed-mindset) boss thought you had a bad attitude, a losing personality, no talent for the job?===