Get to know your mindset; Is it a fixed mindset or a growth mindset?

Our mindset influences our opportunities to succeed and excel. (Mindset: The New Psychology of Success) book by Carol Dweck is one of the most important sources in Modern Psychology. Dweck, a researcher in Modern Psychology at Stanford University, touches upon the distinction between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset.

                     

Source: Dweck, Carol S. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. New York: Random House, 2006.

To go from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset, one needs to possess the willingness, awareness, and great patience every step of the way.

  Dweck mentioned in her book that we could achieve such change through a set of steps:

• Seek to increase self-awareness

• Replace the word “failing” with the term “learning.”

• Develop passion

• Make learning a daily habit

• Learn and accept constructive criticism

• Reward yourself

For more, read (Mindset: The New Psychology of Success) by Carol Dweck.