Most of us recognize the transformative power of having a growth mindset.
Does having a growth mindset stop us from going down the slippery slope of a fixed mindset again?๐ฌ
Last Thursday, I had an interesting conversation with an ex-classmate over dinner.
When I updated Wendy about my current work as a growth mindset coach, she went, โ๐ข๐ฉ! ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฆ๐ตโ.
โ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง-๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ.โ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ.
Everyone experiences doubts and anxiety.
But we can learn to manage them better.
Here’s what I learned.
5 lessons you may consider to shift towards a growth mindset.
โจ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ญ ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐บ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฝ.
Make progressive changes.
Every small change = many small wins!
This rewards your brain to work harder to adopt new habits over time (neuroplasticity).
โจ ๐๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป’๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ, ๐ป๐ผ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ.
Your mindset influences your life.
Start by tracking 3 tasks that you accomplished each day and see your confidence grows.
โจ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป:
As my mum taught me, ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ = ฬถโIฬถ ฬถdฬถoฬถnฬถโtฬถ ฬถkฬถnฬถoฬถwฬถโ.ฬถ
Your aptitude for learning is your ONLY KEY to becoming your best self.
โจ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐:
Everyone makes mistakes!
There is no failure from trying new things and learning. Ask ‘๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐๐๐ 1 ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ?’ They are meant to show you the way forward.
โจ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช!
YOU must first learn to trust ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, before others can trust ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. 100%.
Recognize times when ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ showed up and take responsibility.
Be THE source to inspire others’ trust in you.
Our mindset exists on a spectrum instead of a binary trait. ๐
In her book โMindsetโ, Dr Carol Dweck PhD explained that we will experience both fixed and growth mindset tendencies in different situations. ๐๏ธโ๐จ๏ธ
This is how your brain is hardwired to keep you safe from unfamiliar situations or perceived risks.
Through self-awareness and consistent effort, you can shift from a fixed mindset towards a more predominant growth mindset over time.
While you can’t change your mindset completely, you can make the shift. ๐
โฉPS: How did you shift your mindset? Share your success!
