Flourish Health & Wellbeing Magazine - Mar 24 - Flipbook - Page 16
WHAT IS A
growth
mindset
There are essentially two types of mindsets within
this sphere. One is a growth mindset, the other is
a fixed mindset.
A fixed mindset refers to things we pick up early in
our development, where we9re influenced by the
opinions of teachers, parents, bosses, colleagues
and friends who tell us we9re 8good9 at something.
If this becomes our entrenched narrative, we may
decide we9re only talented enough to succeed at
certain things and close ourselves off because
we9re terrified of failure. On the flip side, we may
become too overly confident in specific disciplines
and shut off from other things we could be more
successful at - and happier doing!
A person with a growth mindset thinks differently.
They believe that your basic qualities are things
you can cultivate through your efforts and that
although people may differ - in their initial talents
and aptitudes, interests, or temperaments everyone can change and grow through
application and experience.
They don9t necessarily believe that anyone can do
absolutely anything, but that a person9s true
potential is unknown and that it9s impossible to
foresee what can be accomplished with years of
passion, toil, and training.