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Do you have a growth or a fixed mindset?

September 1, 2022

By Julien Quickstad, Psychology with My Wife Podcast 

A fixed mindset is where you believe that your intelligence, qualities, and talents are fixed traits. There are some things you are good at, and some things you are not. Failure is the worst thing that can happen to someone with a fixed mindset, which leads to avoiding challenges all together. 


Do you want someone to think you are weak or incapable? Heck no! Anything you are not good at is a direct blow to your ego and who you are as a person, but if you just do things that you are good at everyone will think you are capable, intelligent, and have superior qualities! 


Some people aren’t as smart as you or aren’t as athletic than you; others are smarter and more athletic. When you hold a fixed mindset, you believe everyone has intrinsic qualities that make us better or worse at things. Really, it’s not learning or becoming better at something; it is always being the best at something. What a pessimistic way of thinking!


A growth mindset means that you feel your talents and traits are malleable. When faced with a challenge, an individual with a growth mindset will consider it an opportunity to develop the qualities the task demands. 


This means that intellect, character, and your expertise, are external qualities apart from who you are. For those with a growth mindset it is not about the journey but the destination (cliché, I know). You are born with certain qualities, but they are just the beginning of where you can end up. 

 Let’s look at the thought process of someone with a fixed mindset vs. a growth mindset:

Your mindset can determine the interactions with others, your career decisions, and your thought process in basically every part of your life. The key to hacking your mindset is focusing on the qualities that you need to learn to be successful rather than the specific habits that you need to be doing. If you want to learn more checkout: Mindset by Carol Dweck.


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