Following on from last week’s blog and to get you started with sharpening your Growth Mindset, here are some real examples of reframing current fixed mindsets which will assist you to shift your mindset from fixed to growth. I know you will find these 10 Reframes useful.
Review these pairs of statments and, where the fixed mindset statement resonates with you, change your self-talk to the growth mindset statement.
Fixed Mindset: I’m either good at something or I’m not. End of story!
Growth Mindset: I can improve my skills with effort and practice.
Fixed Mindset: When people give me feedback, it feels to me like they are criticising me.
Growth Mindset: I appreciate when people give me feedback. It helps me learn and grow.
Fixed Mindset: I’m too shy to speak in public or in front of a group at work.
Growth Mindset: With practice, I can become more confident and improve my public speaking skills. My first step is…[insert first step].
Fixed Mindset: I’m already really good at my job. I don’t need to get any better or learn anything new.
Growth Mindset: There’s always room for improvement. I enjoy the challenge of learning new things
Fixed Mindset: People who are naturally smart or lucky don’t need to try hard to succeed.
Growth Mindset: No one is born smart or lucky. We can all improve with time, effort, and persistence.
Fixed Mindset: Other people’s successes make me feel bad about myself. When I compare myself to others I come off second best.
Growth Mindset: Other people’s successes encourage and inspire me. They show me what is possible.
Fixed Mindset: Successful people are just so lucky/talented. They never experience failure so don’t know how hard things can be.
Growth Mindset: Failure is part of success. Most successful people have failed many times, and they succeeded because they didn’t quit.
Fixed Mindset: It’s embarrassing. I feel so stupid when I make a mistake and I seem to make them all the time.
Growth Mindset: Everyone makes mistakes. Mistakes provide opportunities to learn and grow.
Fixed Mindset: Failure means it is time to give up.
Growth Mindset: I only truly fail when I stop trying. I will try again using the lessons I’ve learned from each mistake.
Fixed Mindset: If I don’t improve and get good at things right away, I get frustrated and stop. I start to criticize myself.
Growth Mindset: I know improvement takes time and I celebrate the small steps and the effort I have put in. Even a little progress makes a difference!
As I said last week, cultivating a growth mindset requires openness, the desire to achieve something more, self-awareness, curiosity and the willingness to be vulnerable in new learning situations.
There will never be a better time than right now for you to develop and sharpen your Growth Mindset.
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