Getting your brain in the game: how to stop headtrash from ruining your day - with Renie Cavallari of Powered by Aspire

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#180: Renie Cavallari is an organisational anthropologist, CEO advisor and strategic leadership coach. She explains how to deal with negative thoughts, improve your mindset, and prevent external factors from ruining your day.

What you’ll learn

• [2:19] What an organisational anthropologist is.
• [3:13] How leaders affect the team dynamics in their organisation.
• [3:43] How Renie became focused on bringing brands to life.
• [5:25] The principles of organisations being aligned with their brand.
• [6:24] What headtrash is and how it can limit your potential.
• [7:36] The key aspects of improving human performance.
• [10:05] How a leader’s mindset can affect their organisation.
• [13:43] Different forms of headtrash that everyone experiences.
• [14:50] The difference between the functioning brain and the emotional brain.
• [16:00] How to manage your thought patterns and remove headtrash.
• [18:45] The three best ways to deal with negative thoughts.
• [22:50] Questions you can ask yourself to become more solution-focused.
• [27:40] The practice of improving your mental state to decrease your emotional stress.
• [30:45] Five questions to ask yourself in the morning to connect with your emotional brain.
• [35:22] Different ways to implement a practice of self-reflection.
• [39:28] How to measure your progress in improving your mindset.
• [42:55] Resources for improving your mindset and life outlook.

Resources mentioned in this episode
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• HEADTRASH: The Leading Killer of Human Potential
• J.D. Power
• Shift-Stuck Questions
• Joy Journal, Renie Cavallari
• The Dream Factory, Peter Thomas
• Change Work Life Coaching

For the show notes for this episode, including a full transcript and links to all the resources mentioned, visit:
https://changeworklife.com/getting-your-brain-in-the-game-how-to-stop-headtrash-from-ruining-your-day/

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