Protect Your Mindset: Invest in Yourself and Cut the Noise

Frazier opens Monday’s Growth Notes by sharing that he launched Lantern, a personal development operating system for loan officers built from principles of high achievers and designed to be completed in 60 minutes daily, including listening to Growth Notes; he also notes a waitlist in the show notes and thanks beta testers. He emphasizes that in negative markets, protecting mindset is essential, and in his Club 75 cohort they’re doing a 90-day fast from doom scrolling and unhelpful noise. He challenges listeners to invest in health, nutrition, and mental input, avoid venting and complaining online, and use social media intentionally for connection like a CRM. He recommends curated podcasts, audiobooks, videos, and other positive inputs to “win the day,” start fresh today, and build both a business and a life they love.

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Avoid the “Misery Loves Company” Trap: Protect Your Mindset and Momentum

On a Sunday Growth Notes episode, Frazier warns loan officers to “stay away” from the company called Misery, describing how negativity spreads through coworkers, networks, and online groups when people vent about the market, lenders, clients, appraisers, or agents. He explains that these conversations can feel validating but effectively “recruit” you, as the negativity follows you, reshapes how you view opportunities, and leads to contempt for the people you serve. Using Jeb Blount’s “bucket of crabs” analogy, he says negative people instinctively pull others down, especially when your progress mirrors what they avoid confronting. He urges listeners to be deliberate about what they allow into their heads and who they spend time around, to stop participating in negative conversations, and to choose environments that lift rather than pull them down.

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Stop Doom Scrolling: Protect Your Attention and Your Mindset

Frazier explains why doom scrolling is destructive by describing the attention-based business model of news and social platforms, which profit by keeping users engaged and selling their attention to advertisers. He says these platforms exploit human negativity bias—the brain’s tendency to prioritize negative information for survival—using algorithms, headlines, and outrage content to keep people scrolling. Frazier argues that consuming negative content, especially in the morning or during breaks, doesn’t just waste time but poisons the mindset needed to build a business, making it harder to act with enthusiasm and see opportunities clearly. He emphasizes that attention shapes attitude, attitude shapes actions, and actions shape results, urging listeners to be deliberate about their “information diet” and to protect and control what gets access to their mind.

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