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S2 E4 Attitude + Mindset: Developed Mindsets - “instead of focusing on what you can’t change, focus on what you can create”


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Mindset: the set of ways you choose to think and feel about things

Your mindset determines how you perceive the world. It’s internal.

  • Subconscious mind and powers about 95% of how we behave
  • Determined by asking questions
  • Mindset stays with you unless you change it
  • A positive mindset will help you reach your goals. A negative one will hold you back.
  • Helps you to not focus on the things you can’t change, but rather focus on things you can create.
  • Can be changed with practice and effort.

First get clear about your mindset

  • Sometimes we develop mindsets from a place of fear
    • Embrace your fears
      • Embrace pain, failure, and disappointment
      • Discover how you can use these “negative” feelings to learn from them
      • Understand that you can still have joy while feeling these things
  • Sometimes we develop mindsets from a place of desiring perfection 
    • Be kind to yourself and others
    • Treat yourself and others well…because you’re both worth it
  • Sometimes we develop mindsets because we don’t know any better
    • Study and read books by people with positive mindsets
    • Learn stories about people who have found joy after diversity
  • Sometimes we develop mindsets from bad habits
    • Challenge all of your negative thoughts
      • Your negative thoughts are what develop stress and anxiety; your positive thoughts are what develops joy
        • Negative thoughts do not help you prepare; uncertain ones do
    • Train yourself to expect the good. Whether it happened or not, you stayed in a state of joy
  • Sometimes we develop negative mindsets because it’s all we see
    • Visualize joy
      • You will start to see the world as open to your wildest dreams and a better life
      • You will get what you expect

The characteristics associated with a positive mindset:

  • Optimism: a willingness to make an effort and take a chance instead of assuming your efforts won’t pay off.
  • Acceptance: acknowledging that things don’t always turn out how you want them to, but learning from your mistakes.
  • Resilience: bouncing back from adversity, disappointment, and failure instead of giving up.
  • Gratitude: actively, continuously appreciating the good things in your life
  • Consciousness/Mindfulness: dedicating the mind to conscious awareness and enhancing the ability to focus.
  • Integrity: the trait of being honorable, righteous, and straightforward, instead of deceitful and self-serving

 

https://positivepsychology.com/positive-mindset/

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The addJOY PodcastBy Maria Newport M.S.Ed., Kanika Bell Ph.D.