Hello friends, when you face failure, what is the first thought that comes to your mind? Do you feel that you have lost everything or is it a new opportunity for you to learn something? There comes a stage in every person’s life when he has to choose whether he should give up and stop or accept that challenge and make himself better than before.
Today I am going to tell you the essence of one such beautiful book, The Power Mind Set. This book can not only change your thinking, but has the power to change the perspective of your entire life. We often consider our experiences and circumstances as the basis of our life, but have you ever thought that it all starts with our thinking? The Power of Mindset tries to explain this to us.
When we go through a failure, our mind set decides whether that success is an end for us or a new beginning. This book explains how our thinking has a profound impact on our decisions and our future. A person with a fixed mindset believes that his abilities are limited, whereas a person with a growth mindset considers every challenge as a means of his development.
This book teaches us We have the power to change our mind set. Imagine what your life would be like if you took every failure as an opportunity to learn and move forward. You would be able to see every challenge as if it brought a new opportunity for you. This book does not just talk about ideas but also connects you with real stories and examples to understand it.
So if you also want to bring that change in your life that will help you reach your full potential, then be a part of this wonderful journey of this book. Chapter One The Mind Sets Have you ever wondered who really shapes our personality and our perspective? Is it the magic of our genes and nature or our upbringing and environment? To be honest, this question is as simple as it seems.
As humans, we all have some things in common, but still we are all very different and unique from each other. There is no one else like us in this world and this is what makes us special. Some people believe that every person has a fixed nature which can never change, while some believe that a person’s mind set is formed by his upbringing, experiences and his thinking style.
So who is right? The answer is both of them work together but the real thing is how you see yourself, this thinking of yours can either make or break you. Think about it. Some people believe that they are very smart and they have no doubt about it. This is called fixed mindset. Such people feel that they have limited capabilities and they never try to change themselves.
For them every situation is a platform where they have to prove how smart and capable they are but as soon as they fail, it completely disappoints them. On the contrary, some people believe that everything can be achieved with effort and practice. This is called growth mindset. This mindset tells you that no matter what stage you are in, you can always learn something new.
These people improve themselves on the basis of their inner passion and hard work. For them every failure is a lesson and every challenge is an opportunity. Imagine you are a college student. It is Monday and your whole day was bad. You got low marks in your favorite class. You had to pay a parking fine. And when you tried to share your problem with your friend, So he did not pay any attention.
Now what will happen if your mindset is fixed? You will start cursing yourself. You will feel that you are the biggest fool. Your life is useless and maybe this world is also against you. You will get sad and eat junk food and blame others for everything. But was it really that bad? People with a fixed mindset consider small failures as a part of their entire personality.
For them, either everything is good or everything is bad. They are unable to see the middle path. Now look at this situation with a growth mindset. Now you will analyze your every failure. You will understand that maybe you should adopt a new technique of studying. You will also think that the car should have been parked at the right place and maybe your friend was also going through some trouble, so he did not pay attention to what you said.
You will see every situation as a learning opportunity and this way of thinking will calm your negative emotions. This difference can change your whole life. People with a fixed mindset associate their failures with their identity. If they become successful, they consider it as a defeat of their entire existence.
On the other hand, people with a growth mindset know that failure is just a step and every step takes you closer to your goal. This book, The Power of Mindset, explains how a small change can lead you to great success. This is not just a way of thinking, it is an art of living. So think, do you want to live your life with a fixed mindset where every failure breaks your confidence or do you want to adopt a growth mindset where every failure makes you stronger? This decision is yours.
Chapter Two Inside the Mindset When your mindset is fixed, your thinking becomes limited. You assume that your abilities are fixed and no change is possible in them. In such a situation, you start considering hard work and effort as a bad thing. Your thinking is that if you have to work hard in something, it means that you are not good at it.
You consider yourself either very smart or not smart at all. On the other hand, people with a growth mindset see effort as an opportunity. For them, hard work is not just a means to prove something but a way to improve themselves. Their aim is to constantly improve themselves. One has to improve oneself and not to show others how talented one is.
Mindset is not just a thought but a powerful belief system. To prove this, Carol Duck conducted an experiment in Hong Kong University. This university provides education in English language and this language was not easy for some students. In a survey, students were asked that if they are offered a course to improve English skills, would they like to do it? The students who said yes had a growth mindset.
They believed that learning new things and improving yourself can make you smart. But the students who had a fixed mindset did not show any interest in this course. They believed that intelligence is a permanent thing and it cannot be changed in any way. The effect of similar mindset was also seen on brain waves. Carol and her team studied the brain waves of some people in a lab in Columbia.
They saw that when people with fixed mindset were told about their right or wrong answer, their brain waves moved only when they came to know that their answer was correct. This means that they were not able to change their brain waves. People with a growth mindset were only interested in proving their intelligence but when they were given new information from which they could learn something, their brain waves did not show any interest.
On the contrary, people with a growth mindset were eager to learn every new information. Their brain waves remained active even when they were given the wrong answer because they wanted to know what the right answer was. This shows their desire to learn and dedication towards self-improvement. People with a fixed mindset often want to stay in their comfort zone.
They are only interested in things that they already know and in which they can easily do well. They avoid any kind of challenge because they fear that they may fail and this will put their intelligence in question. But what if they change their thinking and try to reach their full potential? This is the question people with a growth mindset ask themselves.
They understand that failure is only a lesson and not the end. They see every challenge as one in which they can learn and move forward. People with a growth mindset know that failure hurts but they do not let it become an obstacle in their progress. Their attitude is that if I fail, I will learn from my mistakes and try it again and win.
This thinking is what makes them different from those with a fixed mindset. While people with a fixed mindset are afraid of failure and run away from challenges, those with a growth mindset consider every failure as a part of their development. Their journey does not stop, rather they make themselves better than before at every step.
This teaches us that our thinking determines the direction of our life. If we keep our mind open and are ready to adopt new things, then we can bring the change in our life that we are looking for. The Power of Mindset teaches us how deeply our thinking affects our future. So what will you choose? A fixed mindset that stops you where you are or a growth mindset that takes you beyond your limits and makes you realize your full potential.
The decision is yours, but remember that the power of your mindset can change your life. Chapter 3: The Truth About Ability and Amplifying Have you ever thought that your thinking and mindset affect every aspect of your life, especially your performance? And how deeply does it affect success? In the third chapter of The Power of Mindset, The Truth About Ability and Abilities, the answer to this question is found through very interesting and inspiring stories.
This chapter helps us understand how our mind set determines our abilities and achievements. So let’s start with a study by Carol and her team in which they studied in depth the performance of chemistry students and their mind set. These students were doing a very difficult course which determined whether they would be selected in the pre-medical curriculum or not.
There was a lot of pressure on them but there was also a hope in their hearts. When the study began, the researchers noted that students with a growth mindset saw every failure as a new opportunity. If they scored low marks in the test, they would prepare for the next test with twice the effort. On the contrary, students with a fixed mindset would give up on the rest of the exams after failing once.
Their strategy was to just cram and not try to move forward. Students with a growth mindset tried to understand the books and notes. They did not just cram. When they scored low marks, they would And working hard to improve yourself proves that anything can be achieved with the right mindset and the right approach. Now let’s talk about the R.
Field High School of Los Angeles, which was once considered the worst school. Both the students and teachers here were satisfied with their situation, but there were two teachers whose mindset created history. Jame Es Kalan and Benjamin Himes thought that if taught in the right way, their students could also learn college level calculus. These teachers not only taught their students but also convinced them that they could face any challenge.
They took the students out of the level of failure and taught them to believe in themselves. The result was that their students topped the national charts and proved that anything is possible with the right mindset and hard work. From this story, we understand that labeling someone stupid or idiot can stop someone from becoming better, but the right guidance and mindset can give anyone the strength to make the impossible possible.
One thing is clear from this chapter, your abilities are not permanent, they can be made possible with hard work and approach. And with the right mindset, it can be improved and enhanced. If you believe in yourself, you can overcome every obstacle. Teachers like Jamie and Benjamin have proved that when you show faith in others, they learn to believe in themselves and this belief, this mindset leads to great achievements by leaving behind failures.
So the next time you face a challenge, ask yourself, can I overcome this? If your answer is yes, then you are already close to victory because with the right mindset and hard work, anything is possible. Chapter Four Sports The Mind Set of a Champion Whenever you see a sports person celebrating after his victory, what is the first thought that comes to your mind? Do you think that the player is naturally gifted or is he someone who has worked hard day and night and turned every failure into his experiences? It is often said that he is gifted,
that is why he performs so well, but does only natural talent make someone a champion? Many of us believe that tall height, strong body or any physical advantage alone can make a person a champion? A sportsman becomes a champion but the truth is that your mindset, your attitude and your thinking are the real strengths that can take you to the top in any sport.
Billy Beane, who was considered naturally talented, is the biggest example of this. In his school days, he was a master in basketball, football and baseball. It seemed that he was born to become a perfect sportsman but what he lacked was a champion mindset. When he was moving from the minor leagues to the major leagues, his performance started declining.
Failure became a word for him that he could not bear. He would get angry at every mistake and lose control over himself. His fixed mindset forced him to think that talent is everything and hard work is only for those who can never become the best. This mindset completely ruined his career. Instead of becoming a great player, he became a major league executive.
At the same time, he decided to decide what a champion mindset means. Lenny was not naturally gifted but his mindset made him different from others. He considered every failure as a lesson and used it to make a career out of it. He used to learn that if he lost a match, he would consider it his fault and work twice as hard to improve it.
This champion mindset kept pushing him forward. Billy saw that Lenny was never afraid of defeat. He considered it a signal that he had to do better. This was the biggest difference between him and Billy. Billy’s fixed mindset ended his career, while Lenny’s growth mindset kept making him better every day.
Pedro Martinez was a great pitcher of the Boston Red Sox. There was amazing aggression in his game, but his mindset made the same mistake as Billy’s. Whenever he was close to defeat, his anger and aggression increased. In a match against the New York Yankees, he threw the ball at his opponent in anger, threatened him and even started arguing with 72-year-old coach Don Zimmer.
His actions proved that he did not have the ability to handle failure. Due to the fixed mindset, his team Red Sox lost and he could never learn anything from that defeat. On the contrary, the mindset of the New York Yankees was their biggest strength. In the tragic time of 91 when the whole of New York was in mourning, I was in the Yankees He turned that pain into strength He did not give up and inspired the whole city with his performance His strong character, fighting spirit and growth mindset make him a hero not only in the sport
but also for his community What we learn from these stories is that physical talent is just the beginning What takes you forward is your mindset If you are ready to learn from your failures, then no obstacle is big enough for you Sports is not just about winning It is a way to embrace defeat, learn from it and improve yourself This is the champion mindset And this is what makes the difference between an ordinary player and a real champion So the next time you see a player playing, do not just focus on his natural talent Try to understand his mindset as well
This is the strength that makes him stand out on the field every time No matter how many times he falls Chapter Five Parents, Teachers and Coaches Where Do Mind Sets Come From Whenever you praise a child or give him feedback, have you ever thought how your words affect his heart and mind Maybe not, but The Power of Mind set tells us that our words, whether they are of a parent, teacher or coach, can either take the mindset of children to great heights or limit it.
There is no doubt that our parents, teachers and coaches want our well-being, but sometimes their praises or comments become a wall for children that can stop their growth. Children are very sensitive. They not only listen to our words but also understand them in their own way and interpret them. Just think, if you tell your child that you are very intelligent, you got good marks without working hard, then it is possible that you are praising him by saying this, but the child can understand it to mean that he does not need to work hard and
if he has to work hard, he will feel that he is not intelligent. Or when you say that you understand everything very quickly, you are really very smart, then the child can think that if he is not able to understand something quickly, then he will be called stupid. Similarly, the seed of fixed and growth mindset starts growing in the minds of children from childhood itself.
We should keep this in mind. We should think about what message we are giving to children through our words. If you want to praise your child, then praise his effort and process and not his result. For example, if your child has scored good marks in the exam, then instead of saying that you are very intelligent, you can say that the time and hard work you put in for studies is the result of that. I appreciate your hard work.
Similarly, if you are a teacher and want to praise a student for his brilliant essay, then say that the research you did in it and the hard work with which you wrote it is really amazing. This will help the child understand that hard work and effort are the keys to success, not just talent.
Your words can take children forward or stop them. That is why always question yourself whether your words are helping someone to grow or judging their abilities. Children should feel that their hard work matters and not just their talent or result. If you are a coach, then instead of being afraid of failure, make your players habituated to consider it as a learning opportunity.
Tell them that defeat does not mean that they will not succeed. They are weak, rather this is an opportunity to improve themselves. There is only one way to develop a growth mindset in children. Teach them to accept failure. Appreciate their efforts and remind them again and again that trying is the real success.
Parents, teachers and coaches, you have the power that can change a child’s entire life. You can instill such confidence in them that will make them ready to face every challenge. The next time you praise a child or give him feedback, pause for a moment and think whether you are praising his hard work or only his result. Are your words inspiring him towards growth or pushing him towards a fixed mindset? Words have a very deep impact.
They not only leave an impression on someone’s today but also on his tomorrow. So the next time you talk to a child, make sure that your words help him reach his full potential because after all a growth mindset is not only a way of thinking but it is the art of living. Chapter Six Changing Mindsets A Workshop Mindset means our way of thinking starts taking shape from childhood itself.
It is a result of our experiences, thoughts and signals from society, but do you know that it can also be changed? If your mind set is fixed and you think that this is your limit, then believe me, this is not true. Changing the mind set is not easy, but it is not impossible either.
You can completely change your old perspective by expanding the scope of your thinking and adopting new possibilities. And the best thing is that this change is not only possible but can make your life better than ever. Psychiatrist Aaron Beck understood this process deeply. He found that the root of many problems of his patients was their belief system, the belief that they had made about themselves and others.
Our mind notices every small and big thing deeply. This is where our thinking starts to form. Many times we take the wrong meaning of things, which makes us upset and sad. This is where cognitive therapy emerges as a solution. For example, a girl named Alana got the lowest marks in her class. Now with a fixed mind set, she could think, how stupid I am and this thinking is the only solution. This could have shattered his confidence.
But with the help of cognitive therapy, he learned to remember those moments when he had scored good marks. This process helped him understand that marks alone cannot define his intelligence. This therapy teaches that failure is a part of life and not the end. It helps people realize that what they think about themselves is not always right.
If you feel that your mindset is fixed and you want to change it, then understand that you have already won half the battle. Accepting that change is needed is the first and the biggest step. However, it is equally important to understand that a mindset that you have been living with for years will take time to change.
This change will not happen overnight. Whenever you face a challenge or failure, start noticing your thoughts. Notice what you said to yourself and how it was making you feel. Now think how you would have viewed this situation if you were a person with a growth mindset. Would you have considered it an opportunity to assess your capabilities or would you have considered it a way to learn and move forward? Changing the mindset It is a journey.
It is not completed in a day, a week or a month. But if you maintain patience in this process, then you will find that gradually your thinking starts moving in a positive direction. This change will one day make you feel free from the limits that you had created for yourself. And then this positive thinking will become a part of your life without any extra effort.
The next time you wake up in the morning, tell yourself that today is a new opportunity for me. This opportunity will give you an opportunity to change your thinking, conquer your fears and take your life to new heights. It is never too late for change. Every morning gives us this opportunity to make ourselves better than before.
So what are you waiting for? Start your journey of growth mindset today and see how it changes your life because only those who have the courage to adopt it from the heart can make a change. Conclusion: When you understand the essence of The Power of Mind Set, then you are able to know the truth that your thinking is not just a result of your thoughts but it is the basis of your entire life.
This book teaches us that failure is not just an obstacle but it is an important part of your development. A fixed mindset sets your limits while a growth mindset gives you the strength to move beyond your limits and achieve success in life. This book makes us realize that every challenge, every failure and every difficult situation can be an opportunity if you look at it from the right perspective.
The process of change is not easy but it is possible. When you are ready to change your thinking, you can turn your life in a new direction. The biggest lesson of this book is that your mindset is your biggest strength. It can be changed, it can be made better and through this you can make your life more beautiful than ever.
