Martin Adams

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A better question to unlock a more ambitious strategy

How you frame you goal can mean the difference between it being failure and achievable

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What's the score you're keeping?

I was watching this interview of Mark Rober on the Colin and Samir YouTube channel and he mentioned The Mario Effect. It's the concept that if you're faced with a learning challenge, if you lose points for each failure, you'll be less likely to

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Is your fixed mindset preventing you from learning?

Chances are that you are more of a growth mindset type of person. I doubt you'd be reading these articles about mindset and mastery if you weren't. But whether we like it or not, having a fixed or growth mindset isn't an absolute. We

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Why we make promises we don't keep

Ever meet someone who says they will do something, but they just don't follow through? Maybe you reading this are that someone. You know, where you'll say that you're starting a new project, but nothing happens and you've not done anything on

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Embrace micro failures

Our brain is an incredible machine that learns through failure. It's goal is to filter the signal from the noise. The signal being the actions that were deemed successful and the noise being the actions that were unsuccessful. This is how we learn. Whether it is learning to

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The truth makes us lie

At times we find ourselves pulling our hair out because someone will double down being wrong even in the face of irrefutable evidence. Why is this? More importantly, do we do this? In the book Black Box Thinking by Matthew Syed, he explores why pilots are more open to admitting

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Why is everyone else doing better than me?

Why does no one else struggle like I do?

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Do you get distracted by new ideas?

You just can't say no. The answer to why you're trying to do everything.

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Do your ideas get rejected by others?

How do you get people to listen to your ideas when they just don't 'get it'?

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Can you contradict yourself?

They say the sign of intelligence is to be able to hold two contradictory thoughts at the same time.

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What role are you playing?

It's not about you, it's about the position you hold.

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You always gain something by beginning something

In a recent interview with veteran YouTubers Rhett and Link, Rhett says the phrase “You always gain something just by beginning something”. However, it’s the following part that is really interesting. He goes on to say that it never ends up succeeding how you imagine it would, but it

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Are you clear on your direction?

Are you clear on your direction?. You can't action what's vague. Example on my why and how I translate this to actionable skills.

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What even is happiness?

Success, money and fame—do these give you happiness?

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Don't be trapped into a false growth mindset

Have you fallen for the trap of measuring false outcomes?

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Are you taking note?

How will you recall your 'ah-ha' moments?

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Become Antifragile

The one value you should adopt to become antifragile

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Your self-esteem

Do you find you are your own worst critic? Let's talk about self-esteem.

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What's your mindset belief system?

With the right beliefs, you can unlock your growth mindset journey

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Do you have a growth mindset?

You need a growth mindset to unlock your full potential

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Do you have grit or will you quit?

How do you know if you'll get through the dip and not quit?

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What's your self learning program?

Create yourself a 6 week learning program to start your Autodidact journey.

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Where do you find your why?

In the previous article I set out the question Why this idea?. It was aiming to bridge the gap between what you do and why you do it?. As an entrepreneur, the what comes down to the product I'm building, the content I create and the community I&

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Why this idea?

It all starts with why.

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Flowtelic note-taking app: Deep in the Cloud Sync woods

A behind the scenes of what's getting me super excited for Flowtelic, the note-taking app for personal knowledge management