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What This High Achiever Does To Improve

Clive Griffiths
Clive Griffiths
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What This High Achiever Does To Improve Their Performance.

Continuous Improvement Through Rethinking.

What the Adam Grant says in the book Think Again:

Our convictions can lock us in prisons of our own making. The solution is not to decelerate our thinking – it’s to accelerate our rethinking.

Rethinking challenges assumptions and fuels improvement.

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What that means in practice:

⇥ Question your own strategies regularly.
⇥ Stay open to changing old beliefs.
⇥ Adapt to new information quickly.

⇥ Seek feedback to refine your approach.
⇥ Unlearn methods that no longer work.
⇥ Constantly evaluate for better alternatives.

Rethinking drives growth and adaptability.

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Mini-mission:

1. Reflect on a recent failure or unmet goal.
2. Identify the assumption you made that led to the outcome.
3. Test a new approach based on updated insights or feedback.

Rethink failed assumptions now!

Why?

↳ Focusing on failed assumptions accelerates learning.
↳ Testing new approaches sharpens decision-making skills.
↳ Continuous re-evaluation prevents repeating mistakes.
↳ Intellectual flexibility leads to breakthroughs and better outcomes.

You can use rethinking to drive continuous improvement through practical steps and learning from past mistakes.

PS. Want to know how to start?
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Clive Griffiths

Clive Griffiths

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