Oh my goodness, how often do we hear about the growth mindset? Sometimes these catchphrases drive me up the wall! I only seem to see people with tons of money, excellent health and big mansions talking about it as if there were some magic formula to being full of excess!
I work with the bravest people who just need a survival mindset that will help them endure their current challenges and get through their days! They are the heroes of legitimate growth mindset! Their courage grows, their resourcefulness grows and their ability to love grows!
In reality
There is a reality that a lot of life can feel like a roller-coaster. Both blips and bumps accompany the calm stages; all are part of the flow of living. We must learn to savour the most joyous times to fuel us up for the less joyous times. We can talk about the happy experiences in detail to make sure that our minds are concentrated on the positives and looking for progress. Something that often gets overlooked during challenges is that we do our best to keep things stable, not to make sure that things don’t get any worse by our actions. Steadiness leads to stability. From a state of stability, we can seek progress and from that, we can grow.
Real growth is an inside job! It is about growing our values and ability to cope with grace and a good temper. Growth in material possessions or external metrics is lovely but it is not all there is to life. When we reach Heaven, I don’t think God will say, “Tell me about how much money you made and spent!” I think God might just say, “I’m proud of you for enduring so much with goodness shining from you.”
Achievements…
Whatever you believe about life, death, faith and hope ~ we can all agree that our internal achievements are as important as our external ones. Inner peace generates so much external joy that we must remember that our quests are to cope with life with as much dignity as possible and make life as good as we can for ourselves and others. This means that:
- We are looking to learn from every event and encounter.
- We listen more than we talk and consider broad and challenging knowledge to enrich our analysis.
Life is about learning how to be more ourselves. Life is about growing into our potential. It is also about shining ever brighter whatever comes our way. Life is YOU my friend and I love sharing it with you. The only thing that I am sure about growth mindset is that it should generate more giving and that is glorious.
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