Cultivating Mental Agility Flashcards
A _____ mindset allows you to take risks, learn from failures, listen to feedback, and make improvements.
A. closed
B. growth
C. fixed
D. reversion
B. growth
Correct
Those with a growth mindset believe they can learn and grow with time and experience.
Jerimiah’s sales quota was increased at the same time his territory was adjusted. What would Jerimiah need to avoid in order to be mentally agile?
A. He should avoid staying focused solely on the task at hand.
B. He should avoid concentrating on his breathing.
C. He should avoid thinking about how he is reacting to the new pressures.
D. He should avoid the temptation to spend more time sleeping.
A. He should avoid staying focused solely on the task at hand.
Correct
Staying focused on the task at hand (sales quota) may cause you to lose the ability to be creative at finding solutions or making connections.
Rebekah has to make a decision in the midst of constant change at her job. What is her best course of action in making the decision?
A. Rebekah should choose the first decision that comes to her.
B. Rebekah should wait for her manager to tell her what to do.
C. Rebekah should examine the situation first.
D. Rebekah should do what she usually does in similar situations.
C. Rebekah should examine the situation first.
Correct
The more she examines the situation, the more she can evaluate whether a past solution works, or if she needs a new solution.
What will enable an organization to develop a culture of mental agility?
A. The organization should rely on its managers to have all the answers.
B. The organization can make it safe for people to fail.
C. The organization should focus on outcomes and not processes.
D. The organization should encourage homogenous thinking.
B. The organization can make it safe for people to fail.
Correct
An organization that makes it safe for employees to fail, and learn from failure, will encourage its employees to be mentally agile.
To avoid data paralysis, successful mentally agile professionals take in ideas and information, _____.
Select an answer:
A. then put them into action in the right circumstances
B. then put them into action in all circumstances
C. then file them away while gathering more data
D. then use them as “just-in-case” learning
A. then put them into action in the right circumstances
Frida’s team is rushing to complete a project. An unexpected change request comes in that will upset her project completion projection. What favorable outcome can Frida obtain by being mentally agile?
Select an answer:
A. She can do nothing so she avoids upsetting the goals for her team.
B. She can defer a decision to the manager and make the manager a star.
C. She can delay the completion date as long as necessary to make the change.
D. She can turn the change into a competitive advantage.
D. She can turn the change into a competitive advantage.
A tool that helps you train yourself to learn from the past, and enables you to become more mentally agile, is a _____.
Select an answer:
A. pocket journal
B. decision journal
C. idea journal
D. bullet journal
B. decision journal
Amelia is faced with a major change at work. As her manager, you notice she does not deal well with change. What might Amelia be doing that impacts her ability to have better mental agility?
Select an answer:
A. Amelia feels she should stick with her daily routine, such as going to the gym.
B. Amelia feels bad about the change, and is trying to get through it on her own.
C. Amelia is tapping into the wrong resources, such as friends and music.
D. Amelia is lingering too much on past changes and how she got through them.
B. Amelia feels bad about the change, and is trying to get through it on her own.
_____ is the process of pre-planning to determine possible issues in advance.
Select an answer:
A. Learning
B. Post-mortem
C. Scanning
D. Pre-mortem
D. Pre-mortem
