Take a Look at Your Own Points of View

 

Take some time to evaluate your own points of view. Don’t hold back; be completely honest with yourself.

Do you have a more negative outlook on life?

Do you even get annoyed in the company of others who take on a more positive attitude?

Are you so set in your ways, you are unwilling to explore, learn, and re-create your life?

 

If, you’ve answered yes to any of these pertinent questions, then there is one more question to ask.

Do you wish to take responsibility for using your mindset and do the work to create the most growth you could ever have imagined or hoped for in all areas of your life?

Once you have examined your views and thought patterns and beliefs in total honesty, you are ready to move on to the next step.

 

• Is a challenge simply an excuse to quit?
• Is a roadblock a way to host a pity party?
• Do you procrastinate in order to turn away from perfectionism?
• When someone else experiences success, do you feel less than?
• Do you view a challenge as something fearful?

 

Are You Willing to be Open to Something New?

 

What if you could take a good hard look at those questions and re-create them to show up as positives? Are you willing to be open to explore new possibilities? Transformation is yours if you are willing to do the work and walk the walk. With practice, any new way of being becomes a habit. It’s your choice whether you want to have a habit of positive growth or negative decline.

 

Let’s look at how this could potentially work.

 

A Challenge is a Form of Growth and not an Excuse to Quit

 

When faced with a challenge, it is easy to spend time and energy focusing on the challenge itself. The thoughts you think, such as it being too hard or why does this happen to me (also known as “woe is me” syndrome) can easily distract your energy from the task at hand. What would happen if you viewed your challenge as a way to grow and expand?

 

What if that new responsibility led to more money, a higher position, or a transfer with a promotion? This is how to view your situation from a growth mindset point of view.

 

Is a Roadblock a Chance to Host a Pity Party?

 

If you have a deep subconscious belief that “everything bad” happens to you, then the chances are high that you invite roadblocks into your life. Sometimes it’s easier to host a pity party than to come up with creative and intelligent resources to solve the problem at hand. What would happen if you viewed a roadblock as an opportunity to use your creativity go around it or under it?

 

In a growth mindset, this is what you would take on – viewing a roadblock as a way to stretch, grow, and improve rather than something to feel sorry for yourself about and an excuse to quit.

 

Do You Use Procrastination as a Way to Avoid Perfectionism?

 

Does the thought of not being good enough haunt you, so you procrastinate? What would happen if you were to approach a project or a challenge as an opportunity to expand your horizons or to re-create yourself as a master at the task at hand? A growth mindset will offer you the opportunity to change your perception, face the task head-on, and take it on with all the vim and vigor you could ever desire.

 

When Someone Else Experiences Success, Do You Feel Less Than?

 

If someone else experiences success, you have a choice. Either you can be happy for them and inspired by them, making you want to strive higher, or you can feel resentful or jealous. Many people choose to allow the success of others make them feel bad about themselves. However, it does not have to be that way.

 

Individuals with a growth mindset hold the belief that intelligence can be learned and developed and it is not just for the elite few. It is available to anyone with a desire to improve. The brain is trainable.

 

Do You View a Challenge as Fearful?

 

When faced with a challenge do you become overwhelmed and debilitated by fear or do you grasp on tight and face it head on? Your mindset will determine how you handle a challenge and ultimately what the outcome of that challenge will be, as well.

 

People with a growth mindset know that a challenge is way of doing things differently, thinking smarter and working harder.

 

 

Focus on the Process and not on the Praise

 

As a parent, are you tempted to praise your child for every success both big and small? If you look at a new way of fostering a growth mindset, you will discover that praising the process is more effective. When your child figures something out and does a job well done, encourage and praise how, when and where they figured it out rather than the end goal itself. This encourages learning and growing and teaches children how to come up with creative and intelligent solutions rather than focusing only on the end goal.

 

Use Constructive Criticism

 

Criticism of any kind is thought of in a fixed mindset way, as though it is negative. However, constructive criticism offers a new model and method of teaching by showing what doesn’t work and questioning what will work. By offering constructive criticism, it gives them the opportunity to figure out how to fix something in a positive light.