UPDATE: See my Art of Self-Coaching archive for all current course materials, including slides, class readings, and additional resources.
Here's a condensed set of slides from the second session in The Art of Self-Coaching, a new course I'm teaching at the Stanford Graduate School of Business this Spring, and the readings for this session are shown below. Seven more sessions coming up, and I'll post my decks as we go.
If you'd like to learn more about the topics being covered, here's my syllabus, and if you'd like a good laugh at my expense, here's a funny story from last week's first day of class.
CLASS 2: CHANGE
- Fixed vs. Growth: The Two Basic Mindsets That Shape Our Lives (Maria Popova)
- Why Change is Hard
- Blocking and Tackling (Fundamentals of Change)
- Babies, Bathwater and Goal-Setting
- True Grit (Angela Duckworth and Lauren Eskreis-Winkler)
Here are some other readings that have influenced my approach to these topics:
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (Carol Dweck)
- The Effort Effect (Marina Krakovsky)
- Growth Mindset in Context: Content and Culture Matter Too (David Dockterman and Lisa Blackwell)
And here are some additional posts of mine that explore related topics: