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Jeff Heggie Daily Success Strategies

169: Which is Better: Fixed Mindset or Growth Mindset

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What is Mindset? And Why is it important?

Your mindset is simply your beliefs.

It’s an established set of attitudes that you hold.

They’re powerful beliefs that have an incredible impact on everything you do.

Can your beliefs about yourself impact your success or failure?

Yes, absolutely!

Your beliefs not only play a vital role in what you want, but also whether you achieve it.

People with a Fixed Mindset believe that qualities such as intelligence and talent are inborn, fixed and unchangeable.

But those with a Growth Mindset, believe that through commitment and hard work, these abilities can be developed and strengthened

Most people want to believe they have a Growth Mindset

But reality indicates that most people actually have a fixed mindset

As you begin to understand the fixed and growth mindsets, you will see exactly how one thing leads to another - how a belief that your qualities are carved in stone leads to a host of thoughts and actions, and how a belief that your qualities can be cultivated leads to a host of different thoughts and actions, taking you down an entirely different road.

Questions from Carol Dweck to determine your mindset

Which Mindset Do You Have?

1. Your      intelligence is something very basic about you that you can’t change very      much.
2. You can      learn new things, but you can’t really change how intelligent you      are.
3. No      matter how much intelligence you have, you can always change it quite a      bit.
4. You can      always substantially change how intelligent you are.

Q.1&2 - Fixed-Mindset

Q.3&4 - Growth Mindset

1. You are      a certain kind of person, and there is not much that can be done to really      change that.
2. No      matter what kind of person you are, you can always change substantially.
3. You can      do things differently, but the important parts of who you are can’t really      be changed.
4. You can      always change basic things about the kind of person you are.

Q.1&3 - Fixed Mindset

Q.2&4 - Growth Mindset