Implementing a Growth Mindset
A growth mindset when one is open minded and has a positive outlook. A growth mindset in reality is something we evolve with experience embracing a process and not just focused on the outcome. A growth mindset is always work in progress and embracing the process. It can truly be the foundation or anchor that empowers each individual to be responsible along with being accountable to find alignment in some way with their core values and principles.
Changing mindset is a long journey that requires concerted effort and shifts in perspective. While difficult, changing your mindset can change your life. There are certain actions I’ve found helpful in improving mindset:
The most important thing to remember with these habits and disciplines is “consistency”. Patterns that are positive cannot result from once in a while. They must be consistent - and over time you will become more confident and resilient and not afraid to fail.
Changing mindset is a long journey that requires concerted effort and shifts in perspective. While difficult, changing your mindset can change your life. There are certain actions I’ve found helpful in improving mindset:
- Understand your Current Mindset: Evaluate which ones are useful to you and which you’d like to change. You may already possess some great mindset models. The key here is to be honest with yourself. If it’s hard to accurately assess your mindset(s), look at your repeated behaviors and actions. You may be able to glean your mindset by seeing patterns in your feelings that preceded your actions.
- Develop a Growth Mindset: The most essential part of change is believing you can change. Developing a Growth Mindset is an invaluable first step in journey to mindset mastery. Sincerely believing that you can change and improve will help alleviate destructive self-limiting thoughts.
- Keep a Gratitude Journal: Self-awareness is crucial to work on mindset, so schedule a regular check-in with yourself. Keeping a Five-Minute or Gratitude Journal can be helpful here. Try to keep your records as timely and frequent as possible, for as time passes, we tend to remember experiences differently.
- Create Rituals: Find a ritual that helps prime you into the right mindset. Rituals are powerful habits often accompanied by ceremonial activities. Meditation is a popular and effective way to reset, but it’s not the only option. Your ritual could be the gym, long walks or creating something. Experiment with several rituals to see what helps you get in the desired mindset.
- Be Gentle With Yourself: Do not be a perfectionist when it comes to your mindset. Bad days and setbacks are inevitable. The key, as with most of life, is continuous effort over time. When you find yourself straying from your desired mindset, forgive yourself and use your rituals to help yourself re-align.
- Set Your Mind: The mindset you cultivate has outsize impacts on your experience and your perceptions. Mindset is the software you apply to your day to day experiences; a set of filters you apply to any given experience. Your mindset determines which bits of information you pay attention, which ones you value and which ones are beneficial to ignore. It’s worth investing the time and energy to evaluate and cultivate the mindset you want.
The most important thing to remember with these habits and disciplines is “consistency”. Patterns that are positive cannot result from once in a while. They must be consistent - and over time you will become more confident and resilient and not afraid to fail.
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