Mindset is a term that is thrown around a lot these days….abundance mindset, scarcity mindset, fear mindset, fixed mindset, growth mindset, confident mindset and many others. It might seem simplistic to believe that your mindset (in other words, your views on something) can have a big impact on your life.
But there’s actually research that has demonstrated your mindset really does matter. Each unconscious and conscious belief affects our lives every moment. According to the research of Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck, the power of our beliefs, both conscious and unconscious, and how changing even the simplest of them can have profound impact on nearly every aspect of our lives. When you change your mindset you become more creative, more artistic, more intelligent, more successful, more athletic, and more fulfilled.
Here are some examples of the benefits of having a good mindset:
- You aren’t afraid to step out of your comfort zone. Changing your mindset to one of growth allows you to see the many different paths available to you in whatever you are seeking-job advancement, creative outlets or something more personal. This allows you to move forward rather than being stuck in the same place.
- When you change your mindset, you see there is plenty of resources to go around. Even though there will be competition you will see the opportunities in every aspect of your life.
- You become comfortable sharing ideas without feeling threatened or intimidated, which leads to better choices, environments and relationships. You aren’t afraid of being a part of a team and participating in group situations.
- Changing your mindset to one of growth helps you build better personal and romantic relationships. You realize people will always have differences. You learn that a relationship involves learning about and from each other, you grow together and develop skills to work well together.
- You’ll begin to judge yourself and others less. You won’t have time to waste on judging others are saying or doing. Instead you’ll be focusing on making progress in your life.
- The change to a growth mindset has you accepting constructive criticism for what it is and using it to grow from. The growth mindset helps you be more confident because you won’t need validation to reassure you that you’re doing it right.
You can change your mindset. And it will improve your life. Your skills can be cultivated, learned, practiced and grown. You no longer worry about what will happen. Instead you will commit to the process of doing, finishing and learning along the way.
Changing your mindset helps you become a better person, improves your skills and helps you build relationships. You will step out of your comfort zone to go after what you want and believe you will get it.
