The Importance of Your Mindset
On today’s episode, host Sheila Boysen-Rotelli talks about how to cope with stress, building resiliency, and the importance of taking a pause when things get tough.
Episode Highlights:
Who you are on a day-to-day comes from the mindset that you have
Fixed mindsets come from the belief that you are who you are and that’s just the way it is
Intelligence, personality, and creativity cannot be changed in a fixed mindset
A fixed mindset causes someone to feel like they need to constantly prove themselves
People in this mindset do not take criticism well and consider it an attack on their character
A bad day can ruin your week and leads to no growth
Success is based on intelligence, leading people to pick the easier problems to validate that intelligence
Lacking confidence in the possibilities that the world presents to advance who you are as a person
A growth mindset is a belief that you can change those characteristics and personality traits
Everyone can use their unique experience and application to grow as people
Learning and effort are encouraged by a growth mindset; people are more likely to pursue growth as individuals
People in this mindset take criticism as an opportunity to grow and tend to embrace it as constructive
You can get smarter by taking on bigger and harder challenges because failure is just an opportunity to grow
A bad day presents an opportunity to do better tomorrow
Depending on the area of your life, your views will vary, and your mindset will guide you
It is possible to break out of those self-limiting thoughts and become more than you already are by developing your most basic abilities
Focus on learning rather than achievement
Depending on natural talent stops you from becoming who you could become with hard word
No matter how small the belief, it can come to shape who you are as a person
Your mindset as a small child can play a huge part in who you become as an adult
Students in China were presented with the opportunity to take a free English course, those who accepted or rejected this showed the split between mindsets
Mindsets can change just by educating yourself about the two mindsets and thinking in a new way
A growth mindset is focused on the process and journey while a fixed mindset is focused on the destination
All successful people who have embraced a growth mindset love what they do
Fixed mindset people want to be on top while growth mindset people wind up there based on their enthusiasm for what they do
Things are not going to go exactly how you plan them, but that doesn’t mean it’s a waste of time
Growth mindset people value what they are doing at the moment rather than defining achievement by the end goal
No one is born as the best in anything, but that doesn’t stop people from achieving great things
Wilma Rudolph, the fastest woman on earth, started her journey as a premature baby
Actions and words in children’s lives influence how they think about themselves
Teach children to love learning and embrace challenges rather than trying to insert confidence with compliments
Learn to enjoy the process and embrace that growth mindset; your whole life will change
3 Key Points:
There are two types of mindsets in this world: a fixed mindset and a growth mindset.
People with a fixed mindset tend to shy away from big challenges for fear of failure, while people with a growth mindset run towards those challenges as opportunities to grow.
You can change your mindset whenever you want. Just because have a fixed mindset now does not mean you can’t adopt a growth mindset.
Tweetable Quote
“As we navigate the bumps throughout our life, throughout our career, our mindset really plays a huge role in our resilience.” - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
“That mindset about being artistic and creative will impact and shape your ability to become more artistic and creative.” - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
“The growth mindset enables the converting of our setbacks and reframing those into potential future successes.” - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
“A growth mindset, another way to look at this, is it allows you to love what you’re doing.” - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli