| Everyone is talking about mindset and thought work. Including me. I am an outspoken advocate that your thoughts create your career and life so choose the ones that are creating the career and life you want! I teach using a proven method I call the Mindset Model, inside Career Alchemy Academy and in private coaching to help release limiting thoughts and claim ones that are just as true and more empowering about our careers and lives. Because thoughts are just sentences in our heads. We get to decide what thought we want to believe. Yet, the process of managing our minds is not simple. Mindset work is a muscle that needs to be developed, worked and maintained. 1 Way To Make Sure 2024 Was Your Best Year YetI was reading the latest novel from one of my favorite authors, Liane Moriarty, of Big Little Lies fame. Her book, Here One Moment starts off with a crazy event. A woman on a packed airplane whose takeoff has been delayed begins to tell people when and how they will die. I know, it sounds a bit morbid, but the book is anything but that. I won’t give more away except for the part that is the point of this blog. One of the characters keeps a journal that that is entitled OGT which stands for One Good Thing. It is a version of a gratitude journal. The character would write down One Good Thing about their day, every day. One of the ways you can build your Mindset muscle and create better career outcomes is by deliberating choosing a thought. Not just any thought, but your OGCT. One Good Career Thought. PLUS: By deliberating choosing One Good Career Thought every day you begin to train your brain to search for good things that are happening in your career. You can start by looking backwards at 2024. Spend a few minutes and jot down 1 Good Career Thought about all of these that apply and add more of your own: Your Boss Your work colleagues Your clients Your vendor relationships Your job search Your career path Your paycheck Your office space You! How does this exercise change how you feel about 2024? Then, as you head into 2025, start your own OGCT journal. Begin to train your brain to look for (at least) OGCT every day. This has a multiplying effect. Make 2025 your best year yet! | 
