In addition to who you are and beyond what others say about you, it’s also in what you can become, all your potential and determination that can be shown to the world If we apply a growth mindset, we can break with conditioning and strings moving forward with more confidence and optimism.
Few strategies can help promote change and achieve well-being as much as develop a growth mindset and dedicate ourselves to its application in our daily lives.
- Some say that people.
- Like any organization.
- Can be characterized by two different approaches: on the one hand.
- We have those who apply the growth mindset.
- On the other hand.
- We have those who use a more fixed mindset.
When we are among the people who identify with the first dimension, we end up building ourselves as entities that rely on one’s talent, and thus can be further improved and developed.
In other words, they can awaken their own potential through work, perseverance, and innovation to achieve success and well-being.
“If you believe fully in yourself, there will be nothing at your fingertips. “- Wayne Dyer-
On the contrary, we have another very common dynamic: one in which a person thinks that he already has everything he needs and has already come to where he could go, by applying this perspective in life, this fixed mentality, avoids any attempt at change or improvement.
These people close the doors of change and challenge, they are never ready to go further, because they prefer to stay on firm and safe ground, feed the same things, the same outdated strategies.
So, as curious as it may seem, does this last mentality end up being the daily dynamics of many of us?And also from a lot of companies. Of course, they don’t usually evolve much.
So when you least expect it, that voice comes to mind that says something like “You don’t have to change. “Don’t change! Don’t do anything. It is better that you stay where you are, you are already smart, you already have a job, is your company well positioned in the market ?, why take risks?
If this internal dialogue is familiar to you, the time has come to discover how it can be very beneficial to use the true goal of personal development: the growth mindset.
We all know that our minds have the ability to directly influence our lives, we are what we think, and what our thoughts make us feel, moreover, what most influences our reality is what we think of ourselves, in fact, that’s where the key lies.
This last thought is precisely what dr. Carol Dweck of Stanford University, one of the most recognized researchers in the field of personality and social psychology, and who coined the term growth mentality.
In a survey that lasted more than 30 years and was published in the MindsetWorks space, Dr. Dweck demonstrated that what students think of themselves directly affects their performance.
This idea in which we can all agree quickly generates important nuances and consequences that need to be understood:
The mentality we sow in our children and adolescents will be directly reflected in their performance, this is the conclusion that Dr. Carol Dweck in her thorough study, which was later published in Stanford’s report in 2007.
The growth mindset is something that goes beyond motivation, it is to ignite the spark to give someone the ability to make fire, to do much more, to show that their potential is not limited, that in life it is not enough to be, we must manifest ourselves, fight, be constant and optimistic.
There’s anyone who has ADHD?Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Some suffer from depression, some suffer from anxiety, some are introverted, some too sensitive, others too lonely. There are people who reject mathematics, others obsessive and some incredibly intelligent.
When someone tells us what we are, either by a simple comment or as a result of a clinical consultation, there are those who say something like, “Well?Is that who I am, is that who I am?is going to be good?.
This is something we see very often in the classroom: many children are conditioned by what adults say about them. No one taught them (and they didn’t teach us) to focus on things from a different perspective.
Applying the growth mindset is like saying, “It’s okay. The symptoms are there. I’m more nervous than usual, smarter or less intelligent than everyone else. I have a tendency to depression, I can see it. But that label doesn’t” say everything I am. What defines me is my behavior. ?
“Now that I know my difficulties or my facilities, I can see everything more clearly, but far from defining myself, I can use it to help me go further, improve my reality and make things change for the better!
Dr. Carol Dweck proposes, in her well-known book “Mindset: The Attitude of Success”, that we learn how to apply the following strategies in our daily lives to foster this growth mindset:
In conclusion, the growth mindset requires us to accept, look at ourselves and recognize qualities and defects, it also requires that we be able to see ourselves as people oriented to change, not as a fixed and immutable person.
The human being, on its own, is change and movement, it is fluidity, it is evolution, it is openness and continuous learning. Keep your mind ready and ready for the challenge of steady growth. The reward is happiness.