From the course: Cultivating a Growth Mindset (2018)

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Creating opportunities

Creating opportunities

From the course: Cultivating a Growth Mindset (2018)

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Creating opportunities

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- If you want to develop a growth mindset that enables you to thrive, reach goals, and continually achieve more in areas that are important to you, it's essential to take an optimistic approach and to learn how to create opportunities. Of course, sometimes opportunities come your way, maybe because of previous effort you've put in, maybe it's just luck. But the best way to increase your chances of coming across interesting opportunities is to take control and create them for yourself. Imagine you want to develop within your career. You want to take the next step, but you're not quite sure where to start. Is the most productive approach to rely on the tactic of hoping someone spots your potential and helps you to take that next step? Or would you rather feel in control of your destiny? Figure out what you need to do in order to reach the next step and plan how you'll make that happen. Psychological research tells us that high levels of self-belief enhance your confidence, which, in…

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