James LaughlinHigh-performance leadership and executive coach. Covering all aspects of life and career.

Do you have a FIXED MINDSET?

8 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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James Laughlin (YouTube) introduces and contrasts fixed and growth mindsets by framing failure: for fixed-mindset people failure signals an end, whereas for growth-mindset people failure signals a beginning and an opportunity to try again. The speaker then prompts listeners to self-reflect—asking whether they hold a fixed mindset in areas such as relationships, academics, reading retention, physical fitness, career, and leadership—framing the video as a call to examine and cultivate an appetite to learn.

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Failure. What's the meaning of failure? Well for those with a fixed mindset, failure is the end of the story. Time to give up, move on, you're done. Whereas growth mindset individuals, failure is the beginning of the story. Time to try again. So I want you to really think about what you have. Do you have a fixed mindset or a growth mindset? You sit somewhere in between or in certain parts of your life. Are you fixed in mindset? Is it in your relationships? Is it in your academic ability? Is it in your ability to read books and retain what you've read? Where does the fixed mindset grow up? Is it in your physical self? Your ability to work out, exercise, sweat, push yourself? Is it in your career? Is it in your ability to lead? Do you think you could be the CEO of a Fortune 500 company? I do. You're listening to this, which means you have an appetite to learn.