19 December 2023

The Seven Mindset Shifts I’m Taking Into Next Year

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The Seven Mindset Shifts

Trade motivation for momentum and rewrite the stories that keep you small

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The myth-busts, hot takes, explainers, and tools worth keeping.

Hot Take· 1

Hot Take0:00:01

Why she refuses to say 'my community'

Jasmine stops herself mid-sentence for saying 'my community,' correcting it to 'our community.' She argues that claiming ownership of the audience excludes the very people she values most. It is a small language shift with a stated point about inclusion.

The moment you make something 'mine' it excludes the listener
She frames the audience as 'ours,' a shared thing
She models catching and correcting her own language in real time

“the minute that I make anything my own, it excludes you, the person I find the most valuable”
Jasmine Star · 0:00:01

#community#language#inclusion

Explainer· 1

Explainer0:01:04

Why confidence follows action, not the reverse

Jasmine unpacks the principle that action builds confidence. Business owners wait to feel confident before showing up, but confidence is actually the proof you earn by taking action and facing challenges. Hard work rarely gives the exact answer you want, but it guides you toward the right one.

Owners wait for confidence before acting, but that order is backwards
Taking action is how you prove to yourself you can do hard things
Action leads to confidence, which encourages more action and results
Effort gives you results and direction, not necessarily the exact answer you wanted

“When taking action is actually how you build confidence, by proving to yourself that you're capable of facing challenges in making progress, you increase your…”
Jasmine Star · 0:02:03

#confidence#action#self-belief

Story· 1

Story0:15:54

Her solo retreat and confronting work addiction

Jasmine shares that mentors and family pushed her to take her first-ever solo trip, to a place called Sensei. She reveals she comes from a long line of addiction and had become addicted to work to avoid feelings from 2022. A week alone with therapists, meditation, and yoga taught her that her worth is not in her work.

Trusted people told her to step away because she was overworking to compensate
She names work as an addiction used to avoid unaddressed pain from 2022
She spent a week alone, something she had never done, doing therapy, meditation, and yoga
Core lesson: 'I am not my work' and her worth is not in what she produces

“I am not my work, and my work isn't me, and my worth is not in the work that I do, the work that I…”
Jasmine Star · 0:16:46

#burnout#work-addiction#identity#rest