Infinite mindset
Play for staying in the game rather than for beating this quarter's number
A way of framing decisions that treats the work as having no finish line. No final score, no fixed rules. Players join and leave. Five practices sit underneath: advancing a Just Cause, building trusting teams, studying a worthy rival, existential flexibility and the courage to lead. The everyday test is whether a choice buys a short-term win at the cost of staying in the game at all. It is a lens rather than a routine, which makes it easy to agree with and hard to check yourself against.
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Author · Start with WHY
In his own teaching, five practices sit under the mindset: advance a Just Cause, build trusting teams, study worthy rivals, prepare for existential flexibility, demonstrate the courage to lead. The claim the class page makes is that people who adopt it build stronger and more inspiring teams and careers.
Source: The Optimism Company: The Infinite Game private class
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