Dr. Ruth Gotian is the Chief Learning Officer and Assistant Professor of Education in Anesthesiology and former Assistant Dean of Mentoring and Executive Director of the Mentoring Academy at Weill Cornell Medicine. She has been hailed by the journal Nature and Columbia University as an expert in mentoring and leadership development and is currently a contributor to Forbes and Psychology Today where she writes about 'optimizing success'. In 2021, she was one of 30 people worldwide to be named to the Thinkers50 Radar List, dubbed the Oscars of management thinking and is a semi-finalist for the Forbes 50 Over 50 list.

Dr. Gotian regularly publishes in such journals as Nature, Scientific American, Academic Medicine, Psychology Today, Forbes and Harvard Business Review. She is also the author of the book, The Success Factor: Developing the Mindset and Skillset for Peak Performance.

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Chapters:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:08) Ruth’s interest in optimizing success

(03:52) High achievers

(05:48) Nature vs. nurture

(08:40) Valence of velcro vs. teflon

(11:08) Tool: Success is all about mindset

(14:10) Dreamers vs. high achievers mindset

(17:38) Success is a moving target

(20:25) Tip: Create your own mentoring team

(25:37) Tip: Ways to identify a right mentor

(30:19) Focus on solving the present problems

(31:32) Don’t shy away from feedback

(33:20) How to build courage

(36:30) Importance of work ethic

(38:04) Key takeaways

(38:48) Conclusion

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