WLP381 Black Box Thinking: Growth Mindset and the Secrets of High Performance
From 21st Century Work Life by Pilar Orti
March 20, 2026 · 26 min
About this episode
Pilar shares insights from Matthew Syed's book on growth mindset and high performance, along with personal updates and recommendations.
Pilar shares her booknotes from: Black Box Thinking: Growth Mindset and the Secrets of High Performance by Matthew Syed Another episode from the season Booknotes, where Pilar shares the notes she made while reading a book, allowing new insights to emerge spontaneously behind the microphone. In today's episode: Part 1 Pilar shares her booknotes from: Black Box Thinking: Growth Mindset and the Secrets of High Performance by Matthew Syed "The paradox of success: it is built upon failure." During the episode, Pilar shares: Zoe podcast episode from 16 March 2026 Tim Spector's 7 health habits for 2026 https://zoe.com/learn/tim-spectors-7-health-habits-for-2026 The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly The Trial by Rob Rinder Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths New newsletter! Pilates and Remote Work: https://pilatesandremotework.substack.com/ And don't forget to check out Connection and Disconnection in Remote Teams , the book! Part 2: Personal Updates Enjoying writing about Pilates, looking for different teachers to learn from and lots of voicoever jobs last week! If you're interested in All the World's a Workplace, sign up here.
People in this episode
Host: Pilar Orti
Topics covered
- growth mindset
- high performance
- failure
- booknotes
- personal updates
- remote work
Keywords
- growth mindset
- high performance
- failure
- booknotes
- remote work
- Pilates
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Zoe, Connection and Disconnection in Remote Teams
Books & works: Black Box Thinking: Growth Mindset and the Secrets of High Performance, The Proving Ground, The Trial, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
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