We need a mindset shift!

The Mindset Shift

Planning, taking notes, strategy, action plan, scheme, blueprint, tactic etc are all important to have for completion of any problem or task. But, no matter how much you plan, ultimately you have to get down to do the work. If you can not adhere to the plan you have created, all the planning is of no use.

To follow through the plan you have created, the first thing you need is is Discipline, this is key.

Abundance Mindset
Throughout our lives we have been taught that everything is scarce, there is only one prize, there is only one winner in life. Growth mindset teaches us to avoid the scarce mentality. Start with the assumption that there is more space and more resources than what you might see or know of. You need to find a way to create more opportunities. You can expand solutions to be inclusive of your ideas as well as others.

Adopt an Abundance Mindset Over a Scarcity Mindset Covey and others teach us to think in terms of abundance, and avoid a scarcity mentality. This means starting with the assumption that there’s more space and more resources than what you might see by default. You find a way to create more opportunities. You can expand solutions to be inclusive of your ideas as well as others. Rather than fight turf wars, you create a larger space. Rather than fight for resources, you find more. When you operate from a scarcity mentality, the problem is you get defensive or offensive and find yourself competing unnecessarily. While you can spend your energy competing, you can also spend it creating more alternatives and expanding opportunities and finding abundance.

Positive Mindset
Acknowledge that you are stuck with a problem. Try to find solutions rather than dwelling on the problem. Start with these questions

What happened? … why do you think that happened? … and how does that make you feel and act, as a result?

Once you have the answers, you have some structure to what you are dealing with. Once you have some shape and form of the problem, ask deeper questions like

1. Evidence – Ask, “What’s the evidence you have for and against the belief?”
2. Alternatives – Ask, “Is there another way to look at the adversity?”
3. Implications – Ask, “What’s the impact?”, assuming that your negative explanation is right. Check whether you are making mountains out of molehills.
4. Usefulness – Ask, “Will thinking about the problem now, do any good?” If now is not the time, then either do something physically distracting, schedule a time to think things over, or write the negative thoughts down and deal with them when you’re ready.

This creates a solution path in the mind and instead of spiralling down the issue you get some sense of how to deal with it.

Growth Mindset
This mindset helps us change your outlook towards attributing results of people’s innate ability. We feel that people either have the talent or not. Its either a 1 or a 0. Growth mindset teaches us that we can always learn a new skill by right training and enough practice. There ar e always 1% o the people who are talented and they use that to progress themselves, but rest 99% folks push through by right training and deliberate practice In order to realign your mindset, try following these steps

• Ask a different set of questions: Asking how we can make the most of the situation or how can we thrive instead of survive is a very different set of questions than asking “why me?” or “what’s the use in trying?”
• Adopt a different set of assumptions: For example, rather than assume there’s not enough, assume there’s more than enough and you just need to find it. Keep in mind that you should always test your assumptions, but adopting a different set of assumptions can help you reach different conclusions you might not otherwise explore.
• Wear a different hat: We can change our mindset by changing our metaphorical “hat.” See more on ‘Six Thinking Hats’

What mindset do you want to inculcate?

~P