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Eira Hayward

Day-one psychology asks you to generate an interrupt to your mindset continually, or regularly, in order for you to perform at your best.
The idea of a day-one mindset was popularised by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, who famously signs off his annual shareholder letter with “It remains day 1”.
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-morris-7966a03/?originalSubdomain=uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael Morris</a> explains that a day-one mindset asks a question: What are you capable of doing today, given all the lessons you’ve learned and skills you’ve developed; all the resilience and appropriate emotional states you’ve built up; and the network you’ve established, as you face down today’s challenges and opportunities? He says: “State or mindset determines our ability to access our own resources. If you analysed and compared your performance on your best day versus your worst day, there’s a big chance that your mindset had a lot to do with it.”
At the start of the year, we tend to go through resolution or goal-setting exercises, even if it’s only in our own heads, he adds, and this acts as a catalyst or an interrupt to our current mindset.
The trick is to introduce this interrupt into our everyday, and Michael lists a range of tactics that he finds helpful to do this. They are:
<ul>
<li>Attend a training course or conference</li>
<li>Take a holiday</li>
<li>Meditate</li>
<li>Read a book (or consume content of some form)</li>
<li>Have an offsite</li>
<li>Goal setting</li>
<li>Personal triggers</li>
</ul>
For more details on Michael’s tactics, read his original post <a href="https://www.mindtheproduct.com/how-can-you-nurture-a-day-one-mindset/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> How can you nurture a day-one mindset?</a>

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SUNDAY REWIND: How can you nurture a day-one mindset?

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