Whoa! I am totally blown away with this book! I’ve has mindset in my mind as a lot recently as I have a skincare business with the #1 skincare brand in America. I’ve been reading books and listening to podcasts too become a better business owner in these social media times. This book, Intentional Mindset by Anderson, is exactly what I needed!

This book is great because it gives an acronym of ACCREDITED with a train for each letter. A chapter for each train containing seven ways to be successful with the trait. There’s even a story of three salespeople and their different mindsets. I love the addition to Fred, Frank, and Frances and some examples of how they make excuses or simply step it up.

The 2019-2020 season of the Wisconsin Badgers basketball team is slowly shared, one chapter at a time. The addition of the team dynamics helps solidify the lessons learned in each chapter.

I appreciate NetGalley and BenBella Books for this life changing book on release day! Consultations! I give Intentional Mindset by Dave Anderson 5 out of 5 tiaras because of all the great nuggets included among the stories and fantastic tips! The end of the book includes some hints as to how to focus on these traits over 70-days. I’ll be ordering myself a hard cover of this book for sure!

Synopsis:



This is about finding your WHY and sticking to your goals to better yourself. How you should focus on your own achievements to increase your goals and not what others do. There is a wealth of information here on how to prioritize and keep going even on the hard days. Remembering that one day does not always determine whether you had a successful day or not due to so many factors.

It is told with the use of three employees that are different in their approach to work. There are also references to the Badgers which will appeal to sports fans as well.

Dave also has a podcast called The Game Changer Life that you can check out. He has also written several other business books as well. He has worked at a Fortune 50 company and was a leading sales person. He has also written many articles. If you would like to learn more about the author you can find that here.

Review:
Staying motivated for many is a struggle which is why this book is a must read. This is a guide to help you measure your successes and failures against yourself and your own accomplishments instead of others and not rely on others for affirmations of a job well done. This is such a great book. There are also resources that the book suggests that can help you more and expand on what you learn within the book.

It is definitely a book to reread for me. I will be going back over this and trying to stay on track with this one. I loved that it focuses on you and what you can do and not on others and how your everyday choices can make a huge difference in your success.

While this does cover three different employees, it also has a lot of references to the Badgers. I am not a big sports fan so I was not extremely interested in those parts but the rest of this book was very good.

If you have career goals this book is definitely a motivational and inspiring book just on the surface but if you really take the time to follow this guide you will likely achieve so much more and isn’t that the point? So order yours today!

This was given via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

Intentional Mindset is a great book for those trying to improve the minds of their high school or college sports teams. These topics could be applied to other areas however with the example being a high school basketball team I feel it is more able to connect with people in the same area. The topics are written clearly and the book was well thought-out and relevant.