Foundation of a Growth Mindset
In a Fixed Mindset, people believe their qualities and attributes are fixed traits and therefore cannot change. Those in a fixed mindset believe there is no real way to improve their intelligence and skills. Rather than working to develop and improve, they often give up and don’t seek out new challenges. They also believe that talent alone leads to success, and effort is largely irrelevant.
Conversely, in a Growth Mindset, people possess an underlying belief that their learning and intelligence can grow with time and experience. When people believe they can improve and acquire new skills via concerted effort, they put in extra work. This leads to a positive feedback loop where additional effort leads to skill acquisition and achievement.
Our mindset is inextricably linked to the social and physical environment we exist in. If you’re having trouble achieving your desired mindset, it may be due to the setting. Our psychology operates very differently when we are relaxed and receptive and confident about our abilities to find positive solutions and learn new tasks to that when we feel defensive, constrained, dis-empowered and criticised.
The first opens up a floodgate of neuro-biology and epigenetics that activates the brain to be receptive and creative - the second state floods us with chemicals geared to flight or fight response, protection and being guarded. One state is expansive and receptive, the other is contracted and defensive. Part of preparing your mindset for growth is getting it into the calm, open and receptive state - where you will be able to be open to learning new concepts and reinforcing this with positive feedback cues to encourage yourself to maintain your momentum.
As such the first step is one of taking self-accountability of your mental environment and applying strategies to interact with new learning opportunities in ways that give you time to process, reflect and review outcomes so that you can re-assess your next steps.
In the following resources we will explore how our minds powerfully influence our receptivity to being in a growth mindset. Being conscious of this we can take actions to create a positive environment for cultivating a growth mindset and getting momentum behind us to build upon positive changes in out lives.
Conversely, in a Growth Mindset, people possess an underlying belief that their learning and intelligence can grow with time and experience. When people believe they can improve and acquire new skills via concerted effort, they put in extra work. This leads to a positive feedback loop where additional effort leads to skill acquisition and achievement.
Our mindset is inextricably linked to the social and physical environment we exist in. If you’re having trouble achieving your desired mindset, it may be due to the setting. Our psychology operates very differently when we are relaxed and receptive and confident about our abilities to find positive solutions and learn new tasks to that when we feel defensive, constrained, dis-empowered and criticised.
The first opens up a floodgate of neuro-biology and epigenetics that activates the brain to be receptive and creative - the second state floods us with chemicals geared to flight or fight response, protection and being guarded. One state is expansive and receptive, the other is contracted and defensive. Part of preparing your mindset for growth is getting it into the calm, open and receptive state - where you will be able to be open to learning new concepts and reinforcing this with positive feedback cues to encourage yourself to maintain your momentum.
As such the first step is one of taking self-accountability of your mental environment and applying strategies to interact with new learning opportunities in ways that give you time to process, reflect and review outcomes so that you can re-assess your next steps.
In the following resources we will explore how our minds powerfully influence our receptivity to being in a growth mindset. Being conscious of this we can take actions to create a positive environment for cultivating a growth mindset and getting momentum behind us to build upon positive changes in out lives.
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