What Happens When Mindsets Collide

When I was twenty two I worked at a trucking company. I decided one night that dying my hair blue was going to be the perfect idea. I mean who at a trucking company wouldn't like some spunk in the work force. However, when I got to work I quickly found out not only didn't they like it but it was against company policy. I was quickly asked to get rid of the color in my hair. My view of their company drastically changed and it changed what type of worker they thought I was.  

What happens in your company when mindset's collide? How do you get the crew back on track and ultimately if you are of the growth mindset and others are of the fixed how does that impact the overall office culture?

Colliding mindsets can be the catalyst for downfall. It can create negativity, fighting among staff and a place where people don't want to be. However, it can also be what is needed in order for hard conversations to happen. 

A wise person told me once that you are the product of the five people you spend the most time with. If the people in your office are of the fixed mindset, they may bolster your ego, but they may not challenge you to grow and learn. Do you keep them around? Or do you become like them?

It is important that you take care and face the problems in your office, if you are trying to move forward by learning, taking on calculated risks and growing your office cannot afford to move forward with someone who is staying behind.


Your job as the boss is to set the tone of the office and if you go to work with new and innovative ideas your staff will begin to learn that it is okay to also take chances. The dental field is changing all the time, what works today in business may not work tomorrow and what patients want today could drastically change tomorrow. However, if you stay out of the mud you will improve with the times. Many CEO's have fallen because they are unwilling to change and the people around them do not challenge them they only boost their self-esteem. Don't allow a fixed mindset to ruin what you have worked to build.

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The power of Mindset

Have you ever woke up in the morning and said, "Today is going to be a great day?" And it turned out that way. Everything seemed to be in your favor. The stars were aligned? Was it luck or did your belief that it was going to be a great day create the power of the day?

You can chose to believe how you want but I believe that you create the day you want by the mindset you have. Your beliefs although, small have the power to transform your life for good or bad. If you sit in a, "fixed mindset," you sit forever trapped in the belief that you must prove yourself everyday, because proving yourself is how you win the game. While a growth mindset asks you to evaluate your failures and turn them into successes.

When you first started your business did you know it all? Were you afraid of failure? Or did you take on the challenge as a learning experience? How you answer these questions tells you what kind of mindset you have and gives you the power to change it if you chose.

Visualize where you want to go and what you would do if you weren't afraid of failure? Well, you can. Start by visualizing your successes and being less afraid of your failures. View your future and the future of your business as a growing and learning experience.

A seventh grade girl in the, "Mindset" study stated, "I think intelligence is something you have to work for...Most kids, if they're not sure of an answer, will not raise their hand to answer the question. But what I usually do is raise my hand, because if I'm wrong, then my mistake will be corrected." (Pg. 17) In the last view years of your business have you raised your hand and asked a question when you didn't know the answer. Or did you take a risk you weren't sure what the right one?

The choices we make can make us smarter or stick us in the mud. People don't wake up in the morning with a predetermined day, but they do chose the decisions they make that create or enforce their good or bad day. The mindset they choose, will help ensure growth or stagnation. You may chose to pass up an opportunity, "but it's another to pass up an opportunity that's important to your future."

Although, everyday you wake up and say today is going to be a great day and you are forging head with changing your mindset. You will have set backs, you will have challenges that drag you down. However, what you do with those setbacks do make or break the future you have.

Continue learning from the book, Mindsets next week by following our blog. Check out updated positive quotes for your life on Facebook and Twitter And in need of something more, check out our website for speaking engagements, books and freebies for you office.

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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