I am a skeptic when it comes to new theories and ideas about people unless there is some scientific validity to them.
Recently I have reading about the work that Dr.
Carol S.
Dweck has done on achievement and success at Stanford University.
She describes two kinds of mindsets: fixed and growth.
People with a fixed mindset believe that basic qualities like talent, intelligence, and personality are fixed.
People with a growth mindset believe that these same basic qualities can be developed through effort.
It used to be thought that brain development was determined, a concept that fits much more with the fixed mindset.
We now know from a wealth of scientific studies that our brains keep growing by forming new connections when we put effort into learning new things.
Most of us have some fixed mind thinking.
We generally form these ideas early in life and then accept them as the truth about us.
Thinking from a growth mindset point of view we may well want to re-visit these conclusions.
A growth mindset also puts the responsibility on each person to take leadership of his/her own life.
The implications for developing a growth mindset are large.
Life becomes filled with new possibilities.
The ability to develop a growth mindset puts a whole new light on how to age successfully.
It brings the opportunity to recharge ones life.
It is when people enter the second half of life that they become newly aware of what they still want for themselves.
I have known people who have put a lot of energy into their careers now realize that they want to have better emotional connections.
The ones who stay stuck in their fixed mindset long for the change but do little to achieve their goal.
In contrast the people who develop a growth mindset open themselves up to learning new relationship and self growth skills in order to get what they want for themselves.
A growth mindset is the best friend to have throughout life.
Recently I have reading about the work that Dr.
Carol S.
Dweck has done on achievement and success at Stanford University.
She describes two kinds of mindsets: fixed and growth.
People with a fixed mindset believe that basic qualities like talent, intelligence, and personality are fixed.
People with a growth mindset believe that these same basic qualities can be developed through effort.
It used to be thought that brain development was determined, a concept that fits much more with the fixed mindset.
We now know from a wealth of scientific studies that our brains keep growing by forming new connections when we put effort into learning new things.
Most of us have some fixed mind thinking.
We generally form these ideas early in life and then accept them as the truth about us.
Thinking from a growth mindset point of view we may well want to re-visit these conclusions.
A growth mindset also puts the responsibility on each person to take leadership of his/her own life.
The implications for developing a growth mindset are large.
Life becomes filled with new possibilities.
The ability to develop a growth mindset puts a whole new light on how to age successfully.
It brings the opportunity to recharge ones life.
It is when people enter the second half of life that they become newly aware of what they still want for themselves.
I have known people who have put a lot of energy into their careers now realize that they want to have better emotional connections.
The ones who stay stuck in their fixed mindset long for the change but do little to achieve their goal.
In contrast the people who develop a growth mindset open themselves up to learning new relationship and self growth skills in order to get what they want for themselves.
A growth mindset is the best friend to have throughout life.