Sublime

“Becoming is better than being.”

A growth mindset is about believing people can develop their abilities.

Remember that having innate talent is not a goal. Expanding skills and knowledge is.

The growth mindset is a starting point for change, but people need to decide for themselves where their efforts toward change would be most valuable.

Mindsets are an important part of your personality, but you can change them. Just by knowing about the two mindsets, you can start thinking and reacting in new ways.

When people believe their basic qualities can be developed, failures may still hurt, but failures don’t define them.

We can appreciate them as much as we want for the growth-oriented process—what they accomplished through practice, study, persistence, and good strategies.

Growth Mindset vs Fixed Mindset — “Those with a ‘fixed mindset’ believe that abilities are mostly innate and interpret failure as the lack of necessary basic abilities, while those with a ‘growth mindset’ believe that they can acquire any given ability provided they invest effort or study.”

The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset. This is the mindset that allows people to thrive during some of the most challenging times in their lives.