From the course: Cultivating a Growth Mindset (2018)

Unlock the full course today

Join today to access over 22,600 courses taught by industry experts or purchase this course individually.

Nurturing your mindset

Nurturing your mindset

From the course: Cultivating a Growth Mindset (2018)

Start my 1-month free trial

Nurturing your mindset

“

- Ironically, your mindset isn't quite as set or fixed as it sounds. Just as your opinions can change over time, so can the way you think, feel, and respond to events. This is great news if you want to work towards creating a growth mindset. On the flip side, as your mindset can change, you can also slip back towards a fixed mindset if that's where you were before. This means that you need to commit to creating and then maintaining a growth mindset over the long term. For the most part, your beliefs will dictate your mindsets. You'll believe you have the ability to learn new skills, or not. You'll believe you can control how you respond to situations, or not. Our beliefs are so deep rooted, it can take time to alter them. The important thing is to understand in order to create a growth mindset, you need to change the way you think and process information. But probably more importantly, you need to commit to doing this over the long term. There is no quick fix. It's a gradual and…

Contents