The Reset Mindset: How to Get Unstuck, Focus on What Matters Most, and Reach Your Goals Faster
| Penny Zenker, 2024
What’s It All About?
In a fast-paced industry like manufacturing, focus and clarity are key. In her new book The Resent Mindset: How to Get Unstruck, Focus on What Matter Most, and Reach Your Goals Faster, productivity expert and “Focusologist” Penny Zenker shares how leaders can step back, get perspective, and realign themselves to improve their focus, grow their leadership, and focus on what matters most.
Penny’s book is full of simple-yet-powerful concepts, which she shares through engaging storytelling and great examples. At 154 pages, it’s a quick read, and can be enjoyed over the course of a plane ride—or in my case, throughout any afternoon by the pool!
If you’re ready turn ordinary moments into moments that matter, this is the book for you! Through Penny’s book, you’ll find out how to change the meaning, change your feeling, and change the outcome.
Favorite Quote
“With each repeated mental shift, your brain becomes more proficient at adapting, reassessing, and reframing your thoughts.”
Biggest Takeaway
After reading The Reset Mindset, I was able to put some of Penny’s insights into action. I received a text with some information that was not positive to me. But instead of having an immediate negative reaction, I remember Penny’s lessons and took a moment to pause and resent. Through this pause, I was able to look at the situation a bit differently and with a little more positivity. I reframed it and by doing so, was able to make the best of the situation instead of negatively spiraling.
A reset mindset is all about having the power to change your life in these small moments. And each time you do put a resent mindset into action, you build the muscles in your brain to better adapt to the next situation.
Bonus Information
Penny Zenker previously appeared on the Mindfulness Manufacturing podcast, where she shared some great tips for practicing a reset mindset and aligning with your team. The release of the Reset Mindset is the perfect time to revisit this episode, which you can listen to here.
Reviewed by: Trevor Blondeel, September 3, 2024
At Manufacturing Greatness, Trevor Blondeel works with manufacturers to connect the top to the shop. If you’re ready to improve your own organization, contact Trevor to learn how Manufacturing Greatness can help you build stronger leaders and develop a dynamic, high-performing workplace.