PUTTING A GROWTH MINDSET TO WORK.

• Author: Branch, Ashlee "Tree"
• Position: CARING PEOPLE

I graduated in 2015 with a psychology degree, two minors, and a lot of ideas about what I wanted to do next.

I applied to graduate school and even received a scholarship! But then in my final meeting with the program director, I admitted to myself--and him, which was awkward--that this did not seem like the right path for me.

With my academic plan derailed, my future was a giant question mark. But I'd learned of a job opportunity with a business education company called Mirasee. I applied, and everything quickly changed.

The application process took three weeks. Instead of submitting my resume, I had to contend with this:

* 8 thought and morality essays (that could have been assigned by Dr. Thaddeus Ostrowski, my former ethics professor)

* A website design assignment

* 2 video production assignments (helped along by Dr. Jenn Brandt and Dr. Judy Isaksen)

* 3 psych evaluations (Yay! I get to use my major!)

* And an IQtest 232 people applied for the position. I was hired.

It's been a year and a half now, and I'm still working for Mirasee. I've gotten to contribute to lnc.com articles, perform research for a best-selling Amazon book, and work with my favorite people.

Mirasee is an organization that coaches entrepreneurs on how to start and grow their online businesses. We help people make their visions a reality under our founder Danny Iny's mantra:

"Business is about building a sustainable way of making the impact that you care about making."

Despite all of this feel-good energy from my job, I still had doubts about myself. My coworkers...