Modern Business Magazine July 2016 | Page 36

MODERN LEADERSHIP Why your state of mind matters more than your CV By Jenny Brockis “It is your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.” Zig Ziglar uncertainty, the swell of change and the consequence of all our errors. In a world that places so much value on knowledge and expertise, having a bright shiny CV positively glistening with academic accolades would appear be the guaranteed passport to career success. Our state of mind is fashioned by our attitudes, values and beliefs established in early childhood that are highly influenced by the people we spent the most time with, (usually our parents) and individual experience. This might have been true in the past, no longer. What matters now is knowing how t