Cultivating A Growth Mindset For Success

Overcoming self-limiting beliefs is one of the most effective ways to unlock our potential. When practiced regularly, this meditation will help you internalize the attitudes of a growth mindset. Research shows that those with a growth mindset welcome challenges, work more effectively, and persevere in the face of struggle which makes them more successful learners and better contributors to their organizations.

Transcript

Find a comfortable position,

Sitting tall,

Allowing your eyes to close,

And deepening your breath.

As you feel your belly expand with each breath,

I'd like to share some information with you about developing a growth mindset,

And I invite you to tune into the images that emerge in your mind as I discuss this concept.

Your mindset is the sum of your thoughts and beliefs,

And it determines how you make sense of yourself,

Your environment,

And the larger world.

We don't see things as they are,

We see things as we are.

Thanks to Carol Dweck,

Professor of Psychology at Stanford University,

We know that there are two types of mindsets that people can have.

A fixed mindset,

And a growth mindset.

When we have a fixed mindset,

We assume that our intelligence,

Our confidence,

Our courage,

And our level of creativity are innate characteristics that cannot be changed.

So we constantly strive for success and avoid failure at all costs,

Because we fear that we'll confirm that we are innately unintelligent and lacking talent.

Having a fixed mindset leads to stagnant behaviors.

If our abilities are fixed,

There's no use in working to develop them.

We believe we are at the mercy of our current abilities.

Alternatively,

When we have a growth mindset,

We intentionally seek out challenges,

And when we inevitably fail,

We find the nugget of wisdom in the failure and use it as a golden opportunity to learn and further develop our abilities.

With time and effort,

Our intelligence and knowledge inevitably grows.

We understand the fact of the matter,

Which is that our consistent effort influences our success.

So we spend more of our precious lifetime practicing and learning,

And it comes as no surprise that we achieve our goals and then set new ones.

Your mindset has a strong influence on your behaviors and dictates whether or not you put in the daily effort to pursue your goals.

I'd love to help you internalize the attitudes consistent with a growth mindset to fuel your success and make the journey more sweet.

As I share the following attitudes,

Mentally recite them and allow yourself to become absorbed in the imagery that emerges.

Just noticing your relaxed body and your deep,

Nourishing breaths.

With each exhale,

Just feeling your body settle into your seat.

Mentally recite the following.

I am a lifelong learner.

There is a learning curve to every new skill.

Inevitably,

I will get good at what I practice.

I commit to practicing.

Feeling uncomfortable means I am pushing myself out of my comfort zone and into the growth zone.

I embrace these physical sensations,

This activation,

As excitement and eagerness.

Everyone who moves beyond their current level of mastery experiences these same physical sensations.

My body knows I am doing something new.

With continued practice,

This new behavior will feel familiar and comfortable.

I say yes to a challenge because I know that challenges present a new opportunity to gain experience and knowledge.

If anyone can rise to this challenge,

Surely it can be me.

I can see the bigger picture.

Every step forward creates momentum and confidence.

There will not come a day where I'll believe I have arrived.

I know I'll remain eager to see what else I can learn.

I am patient.

I know that my mind will overestimate how much I can accomplish in a day.

With consistent effort,

I'll make significant progress on achieving my goals.

There will be unanticipated setbacks.

This is true for all of us.

I will learn from the setbacks and press on,

Taking my hard-earned resilience with me.

I've done this before.

As a baby,

I learned to walk by pulling myself up,

Losing my balance,

Learning to fall gracefully,

And pulling myself up again,

Finding my balance,

And internalizing my momentum.

I did not criticize myself a single time.

I got so good at walking,

I don't even have to think about it.

I know how to grow.

When my mind protests and tries to convince me otherwise,

I return to the deep knowing that I am always practicing,

Always learning,

And I am filled with potential awaiting the chance to practice.

Enjoy your practice today.

Relish in it.

What a gift to have another day to practice.

Thank you for your presence.

Reviews

Wonderful meditation for boosting focus and productivity! I will certainly return to it again 🌟

Thank you so much! Your affirmations are helping me everyday throughout my new job.

I’m a Christian actor singer with courage purpose amen and so it is

Thank you for introducing me to Carol Dweck and her incredible work.
Thank you for laying this out so simply.
I have been working on this development for years & years.
I remember how devastated I was when I was younger of something didn’t work out… failed. But now, I embrace all that was gleaned in the effort, all the take aways from the experience and call it a lesson. And am grateful for that lesson’s wisdom.
Thank you for bringing this forward. I hope you post more tracks… you are appreciated.

So encouraging and grounding. Carol Dweck’s “Mindset” is truly worth reading to deepen one’s understanding of this effective guidance. Thank you, Christina - I will listen to these words regularly to remind myself of my potential and to bravely explore it.
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This meditation came at just the right time for me as I’m trying to learn to support pickle ball. He gave me the right attitude to approach this effort. I loved it.

Thank you 🙏

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