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The nature of mindsets
The three basic mindsets
- The fixed mindset: Believes strengths are innate gifts that can't be developed.
- The growth mindset: Believes strengths can be developed with effort.
- The benefit mindset: Believes in developing strengths and meaningfully contributes to a future of greater possibility.
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Describing the nature of mindsets
- Mindsets are unique to everyone.
- Mindsets are created by experiences.
- Mindsets create blind spots. They provide us with fragmented ways of looking at the world.
- Mindsets are self-deceptive.
- Mindsets shape our everyday lives. Changing our lives means shifting our mindsets.
- Mindsets create our shared world. They are a powerful leverage point for cultural and systemic change.
- Mindsets can be transcended, using mindfulness.
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What a Fixed Mindset is
It's a mentality that seeks validation. The individual builds a certain degree of knowledge and skills due to various reasons. Then, instead of consistently improving them, the person begins to see...
Disadvantages of a Fixed Mindset
- It provokes dissatisfaction and disappointment.
- It decreases self-knowledge and self-awareness.
- It cuts off opportunities. A fixed mindset person is usually afraid to take risks.
- It encourages mediocrity.
- It attracts mediocre relationships that will hardly bring long-term satisfaction.
- It leads to stagnation.
What a Growth Mindset is
The growth-oriented person perceives failures as useful feedback. He doesn’t stop to wonder if he’s appreciated by others or if he should do more to impress. The growth-oriented person seeks excellence through practice.
This involves consistency and persistence. When failing, he doesn’t get discouraged but rather motivated to succeed the next time.
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If you believe things about yourself like…
- “It's hard for me to lose weight.”
- “I'm not good with numbers.”
- “I'm not a natural athlete.”
- “I'm not creative.”
- “I'm a procrastinator.”
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Actions change your beliefs
It's your daily actions that will change what you believe about yourself and the person you become.
Focus on the process. Focus on showing up, on sticking to the schedule, on “not quitting.”
Eventually, the results and the self–confidence will come anyway.
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Growth Mindset
People with a Growth Mindset believe they can grow, develop, and master whatever skills and abilities they wish in life.
They enjoy learning and overcoming challenges, work...
Mindset is a belief system
It includes the ideas we have about ourselves and the world around us.
These beliefs come from our innate dispositions, childhood experience and/or cultural/societal influence and are often entrenched.
Examine the evidence
If you believe you can’t learn new skills or change the way you work, look at the evidence that supports both your negative and positive beliefs.
This may not necessarily lead to a modification of those beliefs, but is an important start. You can use belief monitoring to keep track of your thinking.
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