Positive Psychology (2)

Viv Thackray suggested the following four steps to develop a growth mindset.Growth2

Follow these four steps to develop a growth mindset:
Step 1: Learn to hear your fixed mindset inner dialogue, typical fixed mindset comments that you might say to yourself are,“Maybe you don’t have the talent?” or “You’ll fail, so why bother?”

Step 2: Recognise that you have a choice in how you respond to such criticism, challenges or setbacks. The choice is yours, you can maintain a fixed mindset or adopt a growth mindset.

Step 3: Talk back to your fixed mindset inner dialogue with a growth mindset voice. A typical growth mindset response to a criticism might be, “Most successful people had failures on their way” or “If I don’t try I automatically fail.”

Step 4: Adopt a growth mindset approach by committing to:
* take on the challenge wholeheartedly
* learn from your setbacks and try again
* hear the criticism and choose a growth mindset response, your mindset is up to you