You were born with a growth mindset.

When you were first learning to speak and walk, you fell and fumbled over and over again. But there was a part of you - an algorithm - that understood that this was part of the process and that you would develop those skills over time and with effort.







We can get back in touch with that empowered aspect of our mind. Doing so can change our life in profound ways.





 





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Mindsets have the power to transform behaviors, trajectories and entire systems. 🧠















A mindset is a way of seeing.  It is directed by electrochemical firing patterns in the brain that we've used repeatedly. Those patterns direct what we pay attention to, what we notice, how we believe the world operates.







These patterns develop in large part based on the mindsets of people around us



* how they talk about whether change is possible

* whether people are the way they are and there's nothing that can be done..

* or whether they see things as changeable and upgrade-able.

















Notice Micro-Progress in Yourself and Others



One way we can update those electrochemical firing patterns by noticing our own micro-growth and by paying attention to others who are modeling what it looks like to persevere, adapt, build, create - despite anything that has happened in the past.



 



















Re-Frame Mistakes

Another way we can expand into a growth-oriented mindset is to make new meaning about what mistakes ARE.

Mistakes, failure and awkwardness are NOT a sign of weakness or inferiority.

They are the very ingredient of something NEW.

 

When something feels awkward or unfamiliar, that’s a sign that you are activating new electrochemical activity in your brain...

Mistakes are a sign that you are venturing into ‘new neural territory’.





 

Every firing of new connections increases the chance that those connections will fire again.

Those first electro-chemical firings don’t feel familiar or masterful. But they are necessary for launching new networks that eventually (with consistent effort) become a place of mastery and earned skill.

That is the essence of growth mindset. It's a pillar of everything I have taught and embodied when it comes to learning about how our brains function.













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