Make a conscious choice to be your best 

Mindset is the No. 1 differentiator for driven, accomplished advisors. How you think and show up in the world has a profound impact on your business results, your quality of life and the engagement of everyone around you. 

Your mindscape is the mental landscape where your beliefs, assumptions and thinking patterns roam and dictate your behavioral choices. How you think shows up in real life as an observable, measurable set of behaviors. This means you can learn how to think in a specific way, teach others to do likewise and embed these same thinking processes as a sustainable system in your practice and other parts of your life. 

Make a conscious choice 

Consider this: If you are committed to personal best, chances are you value taking care of your physical health. Maybe you go to the gym, give your body a workout, eat nutritious food and rest on a comfortable bed. 

Why do you do this? Your physical wellness regime provides you with vibrancy, strength, longevity and a positive outlet for stress, so you make it a priority. Plus, you enjoy it. Keeping your mindscape robustly healthy is the same thing.  

What is your mindscape? Think of this as your mental landscape where your beliefs, assumptions and thinking patterns roam and dictate your behavioral choices. How you think shows up in real life as an observable, measurable set of behaviors. This means that you can learn how to think in a specific way, teach others to do likewise and embed these same thinking processes as a sustainable system in your practice and other parts of your life. 

These muscles are worth grooming, stretching and scrubbing clean because when your mind is sharp, you can make better decisions and stay the course. 

Declare your mindscape a zero tolerance zone for rogue thoughts that have malicious intentions to take you down. It is absolutely vital that you rigorously protect and develop your mind. Declare your mindscape as open for productive thoughts only, and hold yourself accountable to this commitment. 

Michele Gervais is a business solutions consultant from London, Ontario, Canada, who specializes in working with financial advisors. Hear more in the new episode of MDRT Presents: