Welcome to Mindful Monday!

My book, The Price of Becoming, is now 2 weeks old. So far, it is a USA Today National Bestseller, an LA Times Bestseller, a Publishers Weekly Bestseller, and Success Magazine Bestseller. I think you'll enjoy it. I appreciate your support!

Here are some things from this week...

• A fun conversation with Angela Duckworth about the power of your situation + agency
• You should run a book club for The Price of Becoming
• Applications are now OPEN for our next Learning Leader Circle​
• An incredible speech from Admiral William McRaven
• The two quotes my friends text me from The Price of Becoming

#703: Angela Duckworth - Grit Is Not Enough

​Angela Duckworth is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a MacArthur "genius" grant recipient. Her book Grit was a #1 NY Times bestseller, and her TED Talk is among the most-watched ever. Her new book is Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best. During our conversation, we discuss Why Grit Isn't Enough, Situation Over Willpower, How Belief Gets Borrowed, John Wooden's Socks, and How the Right People and Places Bring Out Your Best. You can also WATCH our conversation on YouTube.

Run a Book Club For The Price of Becoming​

Book clubs are great because they help build community around a set of ideas. They create great dialogue. And there is power in learning useful and entertaining things together. Because of that, we have built a guide to run a The Price of Becoming book club. If you'd like to run a The Price of Becoming book club at your workplace or in your community, let me know, and I'll send you the guide.

Apply To Be In My Next Learning Leader Circle

​Applications are now open for my next Learning Leader Circle. If you want to surround yourself with growth-focused leaders who are striving to get better, then you might be a fit for our Learning Leader Circle. Here's what Alyssa LeBarre said about her time in The Learning Leader Circle: “I love the intentionality of the content and the conversations. I loved that we went deep right out of the gate. It felt scary but also safe. I have never been part of a training that felt as real as this. I was forced to look in the mirror and be honest with myself and really make changes to the way I am living day to day. I can honestly say this was one of the most impactful trainings I have ever been part of. It felt so normalizing but also empowering to sit in a room full of people who operate at a high level and are consistently seeking ways to better themselves. I felt seen and heard, and that what I contributed mattered. That is rare to find and not something I have ever really experienced.” CLICK HERE to apply now.

No Rank, No Excuses

Admiral William McRaven tells the story of a young SEAL named Joe, one of the best on the team, whose momentary lapse in weapons discipline nearly cost him his career, and why McRaven overruled his own command sergeant major's advice to go easy on him. He follows it with a humbling moment from his own life, years later, when a young lieutenant told him he had "nothing left to prove," and closes with a passage from "Gates of Fire" about what real leadership actually costs. CLICK HERE to watch it. What ties these together is a simple idea: nobody is entitled to respect because of rank. You earn it, every single day, by being held to the same standard as everyone else... Including yourself.

Two Quotes Friends Love From The Price of Becoming

“The loneliness of uncommon choices becomes the community of uncommon people."

"There's a cruel gap between effort and evidence."

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Ryan Hawk NEW Book - The Price of Becoming​