MASTER Risk Model - Learning Resources - Mindset

Limiting Beliefs

Write down one limiting belief about managing up or down—replace it with a neutral fact you can act on today.

Say aloud one strength that disproves a belief holding you back in middle management—repeat it confidently.

Choose a simple task you’ve avoided due to doubt—start it and set a ten-minute timer to stay focused.

Put a sticky note on your screen with a positive counter-belief. Read it before every meeting today.

Swap negative self-talk with a “What if I can?” statement—test it in a safe, low-risk situation.

Visualize yourself succeeding at something you doubt—notice how it changes your presence.

Empowering Beliefs

Choose one empowering belief about your role as a bridge—write it on a notecard to review before tough meetings.

Repeat an empowering belief in front of a mirror each morning—focus on tone, posture, and eye contact.

Make a phone lock screen with a short empowering belief about being the link between strategy and delivery.

Share an empowering belief on Teams or Slack—something that drives your current approach to execution.

Choose a belief that energizes you—apply it to a current cross-team challenge and note the shift.

Start your day by writing one empowering belief and one action it will inspire today.

Opportunity beliefs

Pick one cross-functional challenge and write three opportunities it could create for your team this week.

Start your day by asking: “Where could today’s biggest blocker become our biggest opportunity?”

Revisit a live initiative and identify one overlooked opportunity your team could explore this week.

In your next meeting, reframe a partner’s concern as an opportunity in one clear sentence.

Scan your backlog and label one item as an “opportunity zone” for personal skill growth.

Set a five-minute timer to brainstorm new opportunity angles on a recent miss—no editing allowed.

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