All in Mental Mindset

Episode 33. The Matrix And The Struggle For Our Own Reality

Omer Abdullah
Careers, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Mental Mindset, People, Performance Management, Personal Development, Podcast

This month's podcast draw lessons from the world around us, specifically the sports and entertainment arenas. I focus on specific games or movies or entertainers and the lessons we can draw from what they've done or experienced or said.

In today's podcast, I recount a story from the movie, The Matrix and how it speaks to our need to be ourselves, to not get taken in by someone else's agenda, to create our own reality. It's just a movie, but the messages in it are very much a reflection of ourselves and our reality.

Episode 32. It Ain't Over Til It's Over - Lessons From Super Bowl 51

Omer Abdullah
Careers, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Mental Mindset, People, Performance Management, Personal Development

This month's podcast draw lessons from the world around us, specifically the sports and entertainment arenas. I focus on specific games or movies or entertainers and the lessons we can draw from what they've done or experienced or said.

In today's podcast, I go back to Super Bowl 51 and the amazing comeback that the New England Patriots made in that game, and what it can teach us all about perseverance and achievement in the face of the worst possible odds.

Episode 31. The Value Of First Principles In Difficult Times

Omer Abdullah
Careers, Communications, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Mental Mindset, People, Performance Management, Personal Development, Podcast

Today’s podcast is about what we do when we’re trying to get ourselves back on our feet, when we’re going through hard times and we need to re-center - as an individual or as a business.

It’s about the value of First Principles and the kinds of things we need to consider, understand and adopt when we're navigating a crisis.

Episode 30. How To Deal With Change

Omer Abdullah
Careers, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management consulting, Mental Mindset, People, Personal Development

In today's podcast, I continue this month's riff on uncertainty and risk, and talk about change. It's a topic that we all have to deal with, whether we like it or not.

Change is a critical part of our growth and how we deal with it is make or break. This episode discusses the two key steps that I believe we need to take to tackle the change we see in our lives, head on.

Episode 29. The Point Is Productive Struggle

Omer Abdullah
Careers, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management consulting, Mental Mindset, People, Performance Management, Personal Development, Podcast

Today’s podcast is about the concept of "productive struggle", this idea that our success in life is based on our ability to work through difficult issues and problems without knowing or having the path handed to us.

It was inspired by a quote from my daughter’s math teacher at parent night a while back. He spoke about the need for us to engage in struggle to get to where we need to go, and that despite our search for easy answers, the struggle was entirely the point. The concept intrigued me and that’s what I’ll discuss in this episode.

Episode 28. Moving Beyond Worry

Omer Abdullah
Careers, Communications, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, People, Personal Development, Podcast, Mental Mindset

On today’s podcast, I tackle a topic that we all grapple with, something we all need to deal with and manage at one point or another - worry and how to get beyond it.

How much time have we spent worrying about things that haven't happened, things that have little chance of actually happening, or that may never actually happen? Let's stop turning things over in our heads and, instead, get to work, moving forward. In this episode, I suggest how we might be able to do that.