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Mindset Predicts THIS.. | Bridger Pennington

8 Dec 2023 · 1 min

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A University of Pennsylvania study of 350,000 people over 22 years found optimism was the strongest predictor of success. The successful ones shared two traits: an almost certain belief they would succeed, and a willingness to keep trying new approaches until something worked.

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University of Pennsylvania did a study, 350,000 participants, 22 years. But as they studied these people, there was a thinking pattern that began to emerge that they said was predictive of success. If your goal is to be successful, you'd want to figure out what that is. Guess what it was? Optimism. There was 2 notes that they made. These people that succeeded, number one, had an unrealistic expectation they were going to be successful. The second characteristic they said is that they tried new things until they succeeded. Interesting. The word until can guarantee your success. You try new things until you adapt until— I think in the back of your brain, you know, That's exactly right. Success is inevitable. Do I need to go over the wall, under, around, find the weak spot? Like, I'm going to get through the wall. It's inevitable.