Robert Overweg is the founder of the Adaptable Mindset program. He and his team empower people to develop their own Adaptable Mindset, to develop mental flexibility, to learn how to create mental space and to find new possibilities.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“in the beginning when we started not everyone was crystal-clear on the need of adaptability or the need of working on mindset. Most people were more interested in working agile or working in scrum. These basic things which were maybe like 15 to 20 years old… But luckily companies like PwC, McKinsey started to publish about the necessity for adaptability and that really helped us in creating a space for working on your mind as well”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Meditations Book by Marcus Aurelius
- The Intelligence Trap: Revolutionise your Thinking and Make Wiser Decisions Book by David Robson
- Do Design: Why Beauty is Key to Everything (Do Books) book Book by Alan Moore
- A Liberated Mind: The Essential Guide to ACT Book by Dr Steven Hayes, Mark Deakins, et al.
Favourite Quote:
- “Any photographer going out to photograph goes out with preconceptions of what can be found. the resulting photographs just confirm these preconceptions” Sherrie Levine
- “The frames of your mind define how you perceive the world. Expand your frame of mind and you will find new possibilities”
Recommended Online Resources:
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Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Follow your own path, take care of this mental space that we have been talking about, take care of your inspiration and build a structure that supports you. Like structure of how many times you exercise, where you take your inspiration and a few things which helped me a lot which is how to find your USP, your unique selling point. It could be by thinking what is your spiky point of view? What is the one thing that you believe is true but other people still have difficulty accepting but you can have beautiful discourse about and you can talk for hours or days about that specific subject. I think those are wonderful tips. ”…[Listen for More]
More About Robert Overweg:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“I really appreciate people who correct me, because without them, I might have been repeating mistakes for a long time.” Mufti Menk
Other Quotes From the Chat with Robert Overweg:
- “You see that something is amiss, that something might be wrong and then you are able to create something out of it that then blankets all over the world. And not just a few people can just change the world and how we do business and how we heal people. Very interesting and very empowering as well that these sorts of things they are possible”
- “don’t optimise for everyone”
- “Double down on the things that you find important and your audience finds important. Because if you try to optimise for everyone you get more of a generic offering… I also think that is something which is not very efficient because I believe very much in really connecting and connecting with their intrinsic motivation and with their curiosity. For that you need a form of specialism”
- “Take care of your inspiration, create brain space, take care of your body, of the mind. Chisel away at being that is you and also constantly reflect and find new opinions. And don’t be afraid to drop old convictions and find new ones. That’s actually a very good thing”
- “Only focus on what you can control”
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