Abstract
If you stand in one place and look at the horizon, it can be fascinating for a while. However, if you stand in that same spot long enough, chances are you’ll become bored looking at that same view all the time. Human beings are fascinating creatures: On one hand, we are creatures of habit and dread change, especially if it requires effort—but we get bored by tediousness as well and crave expansion. This craving for expansion may be more intense in some than in others, but it is in all of us. Unless there is variation in our viewpoint, we become bored sooner or later.
In this chapter, a number of hard suggestions will be made regarding self-renewal and mental expansion. Traveling, meditation, work-life balance, self-reflection, and networking will be highlighted as popular strategies for mindset rejuvenation. The phenomenon of personal and professional excellence as a vehicle for continuous renewal will subsequently be discussed with four main themes at its foundation: right action, right thinking, right mindfulness, and right connection.
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Marques, J. (2014). The Value of Broadening Our Mindset. In: Leadership and Mindful Behavior. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137403797_8
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