How to develop their thinking, helping to achieve success

Blessed are the people with outstanding brains, they have every chance to succeed, and the lot of others - to accept the bird in the hand. If you think so, then you need to read this article about a new study from Stanford University, which stated that success depends on the way of thinking.

Psychologist Carol DUEK (Carol Dweck) throughout his career has been studying performance and ways of thinking, and its latest research has shown that a predisposition to success largely depends precisely on the attitude to the problem rather than from a high IQ.

DUEK found that two types of thinking can be distinguished: a fixed mindset and thinking of growth.

If you fixed mindsetThen you are sure that you are is what it is, and can not change it. This creates problems when life throws you a challenge: if you think you have to do more than what you can handle, you feel the hopelessness of the venture.

People with growth mindset They believe that they can become better if the endeavor. They are superior to people with a fixed mindset, even if

Common sense dictates that a person endowed with high intelligence, self-assured. This is true, but only so long as everything is given to him easily. The decisive factor is that, as you meet problems and failures. People with a growth mindset with open arms greet life's obstacles.

For people with a growth mindset failure - is information. We call what happened in failure, but for them it is rather perceived as: it did not work, but I know how to solve problems, so try to do something else.

Carol DUEK

No matter what type of mindset you have now, you can develop a mindset of growth. We will tell you about a few strategies that can help you rebuild your thinking.

Do not be left powerless

Each of us gets into a situation when you feel helpless. The question is how we react to that feeling. We can either learn the lesson and move on, or poniknut. A lot of successful people have not already done so, had succumbed to the feeling of helplessness.

Walt Disney (Walt Disney) was fired from the Kansas City Star newspaper because he "lacked imagination and had no good ideas", Oprah Winfrey (Oprah Winfrey) fired from positions presenter in Baltimore, because she was "too emotionally involved in their stories," Henry Ford (Henry Ford) had two failed car the company before the opening of Ford, and Steven Spielberg (Steven Spielberg) was repeatedly expelled from the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California.

Imagine what would have happened, bear all these people fixed way of thinking. They have resigned themselves to failure and lost hope. People with a growth mindset do not feel helpless, they understand that to succeed, you need to crash, but then start all over again.

surrender to the passion

Inspired by people constantly pursue their passion. Always people can appear more talented than you, but you can compensate for a lack of talent, passion. Thanks to the passion pursuit of perfection continues unabated in inspired people.

Warren Buffett (Warren Buffett) advises to look for his passion with the help of technology 5/25. Make a list of 25 things that are important to you. Then 20 cross out from the bottom. The remaining 5 is your true passion. Everything else - just fun.

proceed

Unlike people with the growth mindset is not that they are braver others and are able to overcome their fears, and that they understand: fear and anxiety paralyze, and the best way to deal with paralysis - do something. In people with the growth mindset is the inner core, they realize that they do not need to wait for the perfect moment to move forward. In taking action, we transform restlessness and anxiety in a positive direction energy.

Walk an extra kilometer or two

Strong people do their best, even in their worst days. They are always pushing themselves to go a little more. Disciple of Bruce Lee (Bruce Lee) ran every day with a mentor 5 kilometers. One day after jogging Bruce offered to run another 3 kilometers. Tired student said: "I'll die if more mileage 3 km," - to which Bruce replied, "Well, do it."

His student so angry that he ran the 3 km, and then, exhausted and furious, attacked Bruce, angry at him for this comment. A teacher explained his answer as follows:

Stop tantamount to death. If you're going to set limits to his ability, physical or whatever else, they will spread to your whole life. At work, morality, everything else. There are no limits. There is a temporary stop, but we can not dwell on them, you need to go further. If this is going to kill, then kill. Man must constantly raise their level.

If you do not get every day a little better, then you get a little bit worse - but what kind of life?

Expected results

People with a growth mindset understand that from time to time they are waiting for failure, but it does not stop them from waiting for the results. Waiting for results allows you to stay motivated and pushing for improvements. In the end, if you are not going to succeed, why is all contrive?

Be flexible

Everyone is faced with unforeseen difficulties. Inspired by the people with the growth mindset see this as an opportunity to become better, but not a reason to abandon the goal. When life is challenging, strong people will look for options, not yet get results.

Do not complain when things do not go as you planned

complaints - an obvious sign of people with a fixed mindset. People with a growth mindset are looking for opportunities in any outcome of the cases, they have no time for complaints.

Follow all the above items

Every day, watch how you react to even minor events. And always try to respond correctly. As it would make people with a growth mindset.