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Figuring Things Out

SIDE NOTES #7 - Effort based reward

Mar 24, 2024
Exploring the concept of self-rewarding based on effort, embracing stress as a tool for mindset enhancement, and reviewing insights from a climbing book. The episode emphasizes valuing effort over outcomes and highlights the importance of embracing challenges for long-term progress.
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  • Reward effort, not just outcomes, for sustained progress.
  • Acknowledge stress as a positive enhancer for mindset and goals.

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Embracing Effort Over Outcome for Long-Term Progress

The podcast episode emphasizes the importance of rewarding oneself based on effort rather than outcome. It discusses how the emphasis on outcomes like winning races or achieving goals may not be the best way to support progress. Instead, the concept of a stress-enhancing mindset is introduced, which involves leveraging stress positively to achieve goals. Dr. Crump outlines a three-step process to adopt this mindset by acknowledging stress, welcoming it, and utilizing it to achieve goals.

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