Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Fixed or Growth?

Barry told me about this book he was reading about changing your mindset.  The main question in the entire book is- DO YOU HAVE A FIXED MINDSET OR A GROWTH MINDSET?
If I want to continue to grow in every area of my life, I must have a growth mindset!


GROWTH MINDSET:
What once works, might not work.
 I can change the culture.
 I can learn and change my mind on something that I always believed was right and now its WRONG!
Even if it's all up to me- I can make a difference.

FIXED MINDSET:
I want to be comfortable...not uneasy
Why can't things stay the same?
This is how it will always be, can't do anything about it...
Been there, done that...We've tried that already.


I was thinking, whats the reason I become fixed and not growth over time? God began to show me that a lot of times, it's my PRIDE. My way is the right way, the best way, and no one else's opinion is worth listening to. I've done it this way for this long, why change? Why adopt a new way of thinking? Because you think that what your doing now is the RIGHT way! Listening to others opinions and ideas is humbling, especially when you're the one that "created the system." But the question still remains....Do you want to have a FIXED mindset or GROWTH mindset??

God help me have a GROWTH MINDSET!