Entrepreneurial Mindset for Transformative Education with Stephen Carter
Thinking like an entrepreneur leads to more success in life--growth mindset, grit, redefining failure, and opportunity seeking are core attributes of this way of thinking that leads to radical transformation for ALL learners. This podcast is designed for leaders and educators in K-12 schools who are interested in the transformative power of engaging students with hands-on, innovative experiences that provide practical training for success in life.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 16 minutes
- Episodes
- 102
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
The Importance of Mindset: Part One
This is the first episode in a three part series that explores the importance of mindset. From knowing what you want to choosing how to think to desiring your purpose, training one's mindset is centr…
It's Time to Set Meaningful Goals
Two of the most important skills we can ever develop in life include understanding how to set meaningful goals and then creating systems to accomplish those goals. Goal setting is central to the entr…
Use Your Time for Impact and Intentionality
If we focus on investing our time with impact and intentionality, we will reap the rewards of the entrepreneurial mindset--this is especially important as we work toward the fulfillment of our missio…
It's Okay To Fear Failure As Long As You Redefine It First
It’s trendy in educational circles to talk about “embracing the learning experience of failure” or “teaching students to not fear failure,” but at the end of the day, it’s the same old story: we’re a…
The Principle of Direction
The entrepreneurial mindset is a mindset based on principles and principles are truths that directly impact our lives. Principles are at work regardless whether or not we acknowledge them, but when w…
Seek Directional Growth in Your Life
Teaching the growth mindset is foundational to teaching entrepreneurship and I can think of no better place to teach this than in a space dedicated to real-time displays of flourishing growth. But th…
We need to Be Interesting and Be Interested
When I talk to business owners regarding their pain points, the conversation often trails toward the hiring process. “We can’t find good people,” they say before bemoaning all the problems with “this…
Invest in Your Rock Stars
We’re all guilty of it—we don’t spend enough quality time with our rock stars. Don’t get me wrong, we certainly know who our rock stars are, but because they are the ones who've got it together, who …
The Most Powerful Tool of the Entrepreneurial Mindset
At the end of the day, the most powerful tool in our tool box for entrepreneurship is compound interest. And I'm not just talking about a financial tool or economic indicator--I'm talking about the h…
Finding the Right Space in your School for Entrepreneurship
Believe it or not, your school already has the perfect space for entrepreneurship to not only happen but to thrive--all it takes is recognizing it and creating the necessary freedom, resources, and a…
Admit it—We Need Coaching
I can KNOW everything in the world about leadership and organization and team collaboration, but without someone in my corner challenging and pushing me, my growth will be stunted. This revelation br…
Let's Increase Engagement with the Entrepreneurial Mindset
Feeling disengaged? Have students, parents, or teachers that would classify as disengaged? They're in the majority--67% of US employees report feeling disengaged from their work. Rather than see this…
Entrepreneurial Wisdom from the Ant
In a classic Biblical teaching, we are encouraged to look to the ants in order to learn wisdom. Based on the teaching of Jim Rohn, there are two key attributes that ants can teach us that directly co…
Establishing Rocks to Achieve Your Goals
What do rocks have to do with goal setting? Everything, it turns out. Going back to Stephen Covey's famous "put first things first" habit, rocks became synonymous with the big, important things in l…
Achieving Sanity Through Prioritizing Our Email Inbox
Let's work "on" instead of "in" our email. Some time management professionals will tell you to ignore email as much as possible or only look at it once a day. Often this results, however, in missing …
An Inspiring Story about Grit and Entrepreneurship
Ready to get fired up with some inspiration for you day? How about the story of a group of high school students who rallied behind a Wildly Important Goal to create a new business venture that fueled…
Trailer for Entrepreneurial Mindset
Ready to supercharge your growth and development? Want to dive in to growth mindset, grit, redefining failure, and opportunity seeking? Subscribe to this podcast to get inspired and help radically tr…
Teaching Grit Through Setting Goals
We all innately understand the value of becoming grittier but often we fall into the trap of assuming grit is an innate, fixed trait. Thanks to the growth mindset, however, we can dive into the way i…
Planning for Personal Growth
We hear a lot these days about personal growth but if we don't have a plan for our growth, our growth will be undirected and haphazard. Having a plan means looking at all key aspects of our life--int…
Mission, Vision, Values: The Essential Starting Point
So we have a mission, a vision, and core values for our organization (be it a business, church, or school). Before we congratulate ourselves, however, let's ask how deeply it has infiltrated each and…