Motivation Monday: Adopt a Growth Mindset

One of the keys to having optimal success is to maximize your mindset.  In the book Mindset by Carol Dweck two mindsets are discussed:  Fixed and Growth.

The Fixed Mindset has these characteristics:

• Avoid challenges
• Give up easily when obstacles are in the way
• See effort as fruitless
• Ignore useful negative feedback or criticism
• Feel threatened by the success of others
• As a result they plateau early and achieve less than their full potential
• All this confirms a deterministic view of the world

The Growth Mindset has these characteristics:

• Embrace challenges
• Persist in the face of obstacles or setbacks
• See effort as a path to mastery
• Learn from criticism
• Find lessons and inspiration from the success of others
• As a result they reach ever higher levels of achievement
• All this gives them a great sense of free will

To get optimal success in fitness, finance, friendship, etc. it is important to choose the Growth Mindset.  Always look for ways to get better and if you fail, learn from it and move forward!