Sharpen Your Thinking, Transform Your Results: 3 Strategies to Win in Business & At Home
Rebecca Fitzsimmons
Holistic Leadership Coach & Keynote Speaker | I help leaders create life and business on their terms | Founder of Tactical Harmony | Podcast Host | Author & Dog Lover | Former NCIS Special Agent
If there’s one thing that separates high performers from the rest, it’s how they think.
Over the years, I’ve seen this truth play out as an NCIS Special Agent living and working around the world, as a senior leader directing a team at a technology company and definitely as an entrepreneur running my own business.
The way you approach challenges, decisions, and opportunities determines your results—not just in business, but in every area of life.
As John Maxwell said: "You don’t overcome challenges by making them smaller, but by making yourself bigger."
Simply put, if you want better outcomes, start with better thinking. And today, I’m sharing tactics I personally use to keep my mindset sharp and focused on growth + possibility.
Here are three simple, yet powerful shifts you can make today to upgrade your mindset and drive real results:
1?? Challenge Your Default Thinking
Your brain is wired for efficiency, which means it often relies on habitual thinking patterns. The problem? What worked before might not work now.??
It is on us as leaders to overcome the old, so we can welcome the new.?
Try this:
? The next time you face a decision, ask yourself: “Is this the best way? Or just the most familiar way?”
? Seek an outside perspective—run your idea by a mentor, peer or anyone who thinks differently than you. Look for contrast here!
? Read or listen to content that challenges your beliefs to stretch your thinking. (I personally listen to podcasts to keep me operating at peak performance.)
?Growth happens when you stop accepting your first thought as the best thought.
2?? Ask Better Questions
The quality of your life and the quality of your business or career is a reflection of the quality of the questions you are asking yourself on the daily.?
Want a different outcome? Ask yourself a different question.?
Example: Instead of asking: “Why is this happening to me?” try asking:
? “What can I learn from this?”
? “What’s the opportunity hidden in this challenge?”
? “How can I make this work in my favor?”
When you shift from problem-focused to solution-focused thinking, your actions follow.? Energy flows where we place our attention and focus. So it is essential for us to expand our minds and operate from higher levels of consciousness.??
3?? Train Your Brain to See Possibilities
Most people, without even knowing they are doing so, tend to operate with a scarcity mindset, constantly looking at what’s missing.? It’s our brain keeping us safe and doing its job.?
But leaders who get results train themselves to focus on possibilities instead of limitations. They use their mind, instead of letting their minds use them. They focus on where they want to go, instead of where they don’t want to go.?
Here’s how to practice:
? Each morning, write down 3 things you can do today to move forward.
? Instead of saying, “I don’t have time,” ask, “How can I make time?”
? Surround yourself with people who encourage expansive thinking (relationships are mirrors, my friends.)
Your brain finds what you train it to look for, so it is on us to take radical ownership and train it to look for solutions, not roadblocks.
It’s like any athlete in their sport - they are trained to look where they want to go (think skiing or auto racing) instead of where they don’t want to go.? The alternative can be lethal…literally.?
Closing Thoughts: Time to Take Inspired Action
Improving your thinking is a daily habit, not a one-time shift. Choose just ONE of these strategies today and commit to applying it.
Small wins add up to something extraordinary in time. Focus on getting 1% better each and every day.
Which one resonates most with you? Let me know in the comments—I’d love to hear how you’re implementing this in your life and business!
P.S. Interested in my leadership + mindset workshops, 1:1 coaching or keynotes?
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Ill leave you with this:
Better thinking leads to better decisions, which create better results—in both business and life.
The strategies you implement today will shape the success you experience tomorrow.
So, challenge your thoughts, stay intentional, and never stop leveling up.
As Winston Churchill once said, “The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.”
The future you want starts with how you think today.
Thrill yourself,
Rebecca Fitzsimmons, Founder of Tactical Harmony