Tips for Developing a Mindset for Positive Growth
When things go wrong, do you tend to see it as a failure or an opportunity to learn and grow from the experience? With the former, it’s usually a sign that your mindset is of the fixed variety, and it can hold you back in life. With a positive growth mindset, it’s all about believing that you can grow and develop. Your mindset generally stems from your beliefs, but these can change, albeit not overnight. Adopting a strong and positive mindset can take a bit of time and effort, but it’s a super important part of self-improvement. Here are some tips for helping yourself develop a positive growth mindset.
Positive growth mindset versus fixed mindset
Before we dive into how to get a positive growth mindset, it’s helpful to understand how it differs from a fixed growth mindset.
People with a positive growth mindset believe they can do almost anything they set their mind to (within reason, of course!), making them more open to new opportunities and challenges.
If you have a positive growth mindset, you are usually less concerned by other people’s opinions and see things as a learning curve. This means you’re not bothered if you fail at a new challenge, and any setbacks can be solved by looking at things differently.
In a nutshell, a positive growth mindset believes that you can build on your talents with hard work and confidence and that your chances of success don’t start and end with natural ability or aptitude.
People with a fixed mindset are more likely to believe that there are limitations based on their talents and skills and that this can’t be improved. Unsurprisingly, this makes them far less willing to take on new opportunities for fear that they won’t be successful. If you have a fixed mindset, you also tend to be overly concerned with what other people may think of you and are constantly aware of the threat of failure. You’re more likely to look within yourself when things go wrong and put the blame on yourself rather than looking for an outside solution.
As you can see, a fixed mindset can be super self-limiting!
Tips for achieving a positive mindset
Ready to start working towards adopting a positive mindset? These tips can help!
Embrace your non-strengths
We all have things we’re not so good at, and it’s super easy to gloss over them rather than acknowledge them. When you do this, you’re likely to struggle with developing a positive growth mindset, as it saves you from working on self-improvement. Accepting your non-strengths is a big first step to switching up your mindset.
Talk nicely to yourself
A fixed mindset often goes hand in hand with negative self-talk. This can be difficult to break away from if you’ve been stuck in a cycle of negative self-talk for a while. If you tend to doubt yourself and tell yourself that certain things aren’t possible, it can easily keep you rooted in a fixed mindset.
Positive self-talk is super essential for turning this on its head. Whenever you catch yourself engaging in negative self-talk, take its power away by reversing your thought processes. People with a positive growth mindset believe there’s a great chance of success with their goals, even if this doesn’t play out in reality.
Embrace challenges
People with a positive growth mindset have one thing in common: they tend to embrace challenges and not shy away from them. Think of it this way: challenges are just another opportunity to grow and successfully meet your goals.
Focus on experiences, not just results
Do you shy away from trying new things because you’re scared it won’t turn out right? Switch up your thinking to focus on what you’ll learn from experiences and work out what kind of positive action you can take from them in the future. That way, you’re not just thinking about the end result and are using it as a springboard for growth, regardless of how things turn out. Along the way, be sure to celebrate your wins – no matter how small they may be.
And if things don’t turn out the way you’d hoped? Reframe your thinking to view mistakes and setbacks as learning curves, not failures. This makes it much easier to mentally pick yourself up again and carry on.
It’s not a race
Developing a positive growth mindset isn’t an overnight process, and it’s super important not to feel discouraged about this. Just commit to working towards a positive growth mindset and trust that it will happen, even if you encounter a few setbacks along the way.
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