Fixed mindset accomplishments

If you have been following our posts about mindsets you may be asking yourself, "I have a fixed mindset and I'm just fine." However, stop and ask yourself what have you been missing? Or what are you missing out on now. It is the belief of Mindsets author, "Carol S. Dweck, that people with a fixed mindset you are comfortable when you are safe. If things get too hard you may tend to loose interest.

If you are in business this can be an everyday occurence. Things don't tend to be stable. You can enter a meeting where you have to look at the numbers, this may be uncomfortable. Next, you step into a meeting where an employee has an upset patient, you maybe uncomfortable or not have all the answers there either.

How do you know where you stand? Ask yourself, when a puzzle is hard is it fun? When you are presented with a challenge do you thrive or do you run?

Furthermore, when do you feel successful? Do you have to achieve right now or do you achieve when something is hard and you figure it out? Do you have to have, "immediate perfection?" Or can you have flaws?

No worries, because either way you can change your mindset. But first you have to be aware of what mindset you have. To start changing your mindset, when you your not perfect right away, push through and tell yourself, "it is okay, because you are learning."

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Increasing our Intelligence

For years I was under the belief that my intelligence was a fixed number set mainly based on your genetics. I listened to individuals around me tell me they weren't able to complete a task, because their parents weren't good at that either. For example, in a conference one time a parent said to me, "I know my son can't do math, because I couldn't either."

However, then I read this book, "Mindset The New Psychology of Success."  It completely changed the way I looked at things. Don't get me wrong, I knew if someone tried hard they could achieve certain things, but I believed there was a cap on how high they could achieve.

A growth mindset let's you live your live not based on the genetics you were given but the abilities you foster and practice.

"A few modern philosophers ... assert that an individuals intelligence is a fixed quantity, a quantity which cannot be increased. We must protest and react against this brutal pessimism... With practice, training, and above all, method we manage to increase our attention, our memory, our judgement and literally to become more intelligent than we were before." (Carol Dweck, Pg. 5)

The two types of mindsets are fixed and growth. A fixed mindset believes you can only achieve so much. It is grounded in perfection and proving yourself. While a growth mindset allows you to engage in situations because you are going to learn. You worry not about what how you look but what you are going to learn going through the process.

Some of us may have a little of both mindsets and some may be a fixed mindset in some situations while a growth mindset in other situations.  No matter where you are at in your life, you can change, because you have a choice. "Mindsets are just beliefs." They're powerful beliefs, but they're just something in your mind, and you can change your mind." (Pg. 16) Stop and visualize where you want to be.

In the upcoming blog posts we will continue to discuss this book and help you work through where you are in your mindset, strategies than can help you move from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset and help you achieve the goals you have for yourself. Subscribe to our blog to keep up on this topic.

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What is your state of mind?

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The mindset you enter your day with can help you or hinder you. Do you want a challenge? Or do  you think that failure defines who you are? Do you pick the hardest puzzle on the table, even if you might not be able to do it, because at least you'll learn something new? 

I have recently been reading this book called, "Mindset, the New Psychology of Success." The author discusses how there are two types of mindsets. One is a fixed mind set and one is a growth mindset. 

A fixed mindset leaves you were you are. You don't believe you will grow and your confidence and abilities are linked to being on the top. Your intelligence is a predetermined thing and you cannot change it. 

A growth mindset believes that you can change and move forward no matter what your intelligence is because effort can increase intelligence and ability.  The author quotes Robert Sternberg, "the present day guru of intelligence, writes that the major factor in whether people achieve expertise, "is not in some fixed prior ability, but purposeful engagement." 
Take this short quiz to determine what type of mindset you have, decide if mostly agree or disagree with each statement (Pge 12):

1.     “Your intelligence is something very basic about you that you can’t change very much.“

2.     “You can learn new things, but you can’t really change how intelligent you are.”

3.     “No matter how much intelligence you have, you can always change it quite a bit.“

4.     “You can always substantially change how intelligent you are. “

Mindset is related to not only what you believe about intelligence but also your personality and character. Answer these statements whether you mostly agree or mostly disagree with each one.

1.” You are a certain kind of person, and there is not much that can be done to really change that.”

2. “No matter what kind of person you are, you can always change substantially.”

3. You can do things differently, but the important parts of who you are can’t really be changed.”

4. “you can always change basic things about the kind of person you are.”

In the first set of questions 1 and 2 are individuals who have more of a fixed-mindset. Where questions 3 and 4 are of the growth mindset. In the second set of questions 1 and 3 are the fixed mind-set questions and 2 and 4 reflect the growth mindset. 

Check back next Monday's blog on a further in-depth look of the mindsets.

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