A brief discussion on people’s growth mindset

Mr. Ma Mingzhe, the founder of Ping An Group of China, famously said that Ma Mingzhe five years ago could not lead Ping An of China today. This is a typical growth mindset.

We live in an era of rapid rise in China and an era of increasing changes.

In 2000, experts said that it might take another 50 years, that is, around 2050, for China’s GDP to surpass that of the United States.

In 2008, the subprime mortgage crisis and financial crisis occurred in the United States, which quickly spread to the world. After the financial crisis, experts said that China's GDP might surpass that of the United States by 2030, shortening 20 years.

In 2020, the new crown epidemic emerged. In the early days, Americans looked at China as a joke. Now Trump has no superpower to govern the country. The United States’ anti-epidemic performance has allowed the world to see the declining United States. Some experts It has been proposed that China's total GDP will exceed that of the United States in 2024 based on exchange rates.

? Times are changing so fast. Our thinking must grow to keep up with the changes of the times.

? Some people are cursing the high housing prices while thinking about living a better life.

? We are sometimes pessimistic and optimistic at other times.

I am reminded of what the Austrian writer Zweig said: All gifts given by fate have their prices secretly marked.

No matter what fate treats us, we must continue to grow and move forward optimistically.

? After decades of research, Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck divided thinking patterns into fixed thinking and growth thinking.

? Fixed thinking is a kind of thinking that believes that one's abilities are immutable.

A growth mindset is a mindset that believes that one’s abilities can be continuously changed and improved through hard work.

? People with a fixed mindset always believe that their abilities cannot be changed, and are always eager to prove their abilities over and over again, and are unwilling to do anything beyond their capabilities.

What they care more about is how others view themselves. When faced with challenges, they turn a blind eye and avoid them. They tend to avoid failures and mistakes.

? As a result, fixed thinkers continue to circle between "the ability cannot be changed" and "prove their established abilities", always staying at the original point.

People with a growth mindset completely believe that their basic abilities can be changed through hard work, so they always spend time and energy to improve themselves and constantly surpass themselves.

? What they are more concerned about is whether they can grow. They face challenges with aplomb, are not afraid of making mistakes or being embarrassed, and know how to learn from failures and mistakes. For them, failures and mistakes are a very good learning opportunity and stepping stones on the road to success, constantly pushing themselves towards success.

Although there is no guarantee that people with a growth mindset will succeed, what is certain is that people with a growth mindset will become better and better and more likely to achieve extraordinary achievements.

The ancients said that people are not born with knowledge, they all learn it through learning.

Learning can help you grow, and reading can help you achieve your future.

? How to become a growth mindset person?

? First of all, we must accept ourselves as we are and not deny our fixed mindset. Because only by facing it squarely can you solve it.

Secondly, we must accept the fact that, in fact, each of us has a part of the fixed mindset. Everyone’s mindset is a mixture of growth and fixed mindsets, and that’s nothing to be ashamed of.

However, this does not mean that we accept it completely along with its consistent frequency. Now that we have some understanding of the two modes of thinking, we must deliberately remind ourselves not to let the fixed mindset prevail as before.

? Third, dare to try.

Why waste time proving your excellence over and over again when you have time to improve yourself? Why hide your shortcomings instead of trying to change them? Why look for things that work well for you, instead of choosing things that can improve yourself?

You must know that the reason why those with a growth mindset can become better and better is because they do not set limits for themselves and are always willing to try new things. They are not afraid of making mistakes, they are just afraid of staying where they are. Spin.

Fourth, accept failure and learn from it.

What is failure? In the eyes of people with a fixed mindset, if a game does not meet the standards they think or the standards others think, they will feel strong frustration, begin to doubt their own abilities, and even never recover.

In the eyes of those with a growth mindset, failure is a wake-up call, a stepping stone on the road to success, and can give people endless motivation.

Failure is the mother of success. It is not outdated today.

Fifth, be ready to grow at any time

True confidence comes from your mindset: you are ready to grow.

Reading, doing things, and experiencing are all growth.