Md.
Didarul Alam
Session:
2015-16
Human
Resource Management Department
There is a famous quote
by Gautam Buddha
"The
mind is everything. What you think you become".
According to
world-renowned Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck, there are two types of people. One is a fixed mindset
and the other is a growth mindset.
Let me ask you a
question. Do you know the difference between a fixed and a growth mindset?
Let's talk about the basic difference.
- Fixed mindset is the belief that intelligence and talent
are by born that can't be improved by hard work and patience. A fixed
mindset focuses highly on the result rather than action or effort.
Example: I can't learn Python as I'm from Business
background
Features of fixed mindset people
● Don't want
to take the challenge
● Always
think feedback is critical
● expect
results without hard work
● Simply
give up on anything
● Cannot
accept failure
● Blame the
situation for the failure
● Less interested in learning
In a nutshell, a fixed mindset is to believe that skills and talent can't be
improved.
- Growth Mindset is the belief that intelligence and talent
aren’t by born that can be improved by hard work and patience. Growth
mindset people focus highly on effort or action rather than the result.
Example: Although I'm from a business background I can
learn python because I have a strong commitment and desire for it.
Features of Growth mindset people
People with the Growth
Mindset have certain characteristics that make them easy to distinguish from
people with a fixed mindset. Let's get
to know those features.
● Always accept challenges
● Take feedback for every task
● Expect appropriate results through hard work
● Do not give up easily.
● Accept failure and learn.
● always learn something new
In a nutshell, a Growth mindset is to believe that skills and talent can be
improved.
Besides these two types
of mindset, there is another mindset known as a mixed mindset. It is the combination of both fixed and growth
mindset.
How can you figure out
your mindset? To know about your mindset, you've to ask the following question
from yourself. The answer will be yes or no.
● You can't change your level of intelligence and
talent
● You can't change your skills
● You can learn anything with desire, patience, and
hard work
● You can control yourself to learn new skills.
Don't forget to be
honest and think about your present thinking styles while answering the
questions.
If your answer to the
first two questions is "No" and the last two questions are
"Yes" you have a growth mindset otherwise fixed mindset.
The privilege of growth mindset: Growth mindset has both personal and
professional privilege.
- Personal privilege: helps to know thyself (values, beliefs),
provides a direction to purpose, improves the relationship, helps to get
out of comfort zone, focus on effort rather than the result, how to
overcome failure.
- Professional privilege:
diverse knowledge, continuous learning, successful career, purpose
about career, update skills.
Now, how can you build a growth mindset? The
answer is you can practice following hacks and steps.
Hacks to develop a growth mindset
1. Don’t focus on result
focus on work
2. Do instantly
3. Start small
4. Accept challenge
5. Set a SMART goal
6. Avoid multitasking
Three steps to develop a growth mindset
- Know
your talent level for your desire.
Example: Karim wants to be a good content writer. What
types of talent he has (average, below average, above average) to develop this
skill.
- Know
your commitment toward continuous improvement
Example: Karim's commitment to learning about content
writing (High, low, medium).
- Your
focus on talent and continuous improvement
Hacks of continuous improvement
● Build a regular learning habit
● Learn new things every day
● Follow contingency plan
Example: Karim needs to develop caption writing skills to
develop content.
● Monitor what new things you learned in a week.
● Implement/
practice your learning
How to overcome failure and
Challenges?
● Be prepared to accept failure
● Think failure as feedback
● Celebrate both success and failure
● Develop continuously
● Create a review process.
How can you develop your potentials?
Potentials are something
by developing which you can go ahead in the future. Remember one thing
developing potential is a journey, not a destination. So, you've to nurture
your potentials regularly in order to get a better outcome. Another thing is
why you want to develop your potential is more important than what potential
you want to develop.
Hacks to develop your potentials
- Get out
of your comfort zone
- Develop
Flow (staying in the zone). Flow helps people to enjoy their work.
- Develop
creative skills
Creating your own opportunities: is the process of converting challenges as an
opportunity.
For Example, you can waste your quarantine time by watching TV or utilize by
developing your soft skills.
Hacks to create opportunities
- Know your vision: vision is a broad picture that you want to
achieve in the long term. Example:
where you want to see yourself after five years. Vision will guide you.
- Mission
statement: describes how vision is related to your values. This will
give you optimism.
- SMART Goal: SMART=Specific, Measurable, Achievable,
Realistic and Time-bound)
Example: I've to post at least two articles on
BizHorizon Magazine every month.
- Action plan: which skills, competency, and knowledge you
required to achieve your vision.
- The review process is how you will measure your success.
Four
key factors of flexible thinking
- Accept
the result & Don't blame
- Be
flexible in the action plan
- Change
your attitude
- The
balance between your desire and action.
Let's practice this
learning from today.
Because Jim Rohn said that if you want to do
something you'll find a way. If you don't you will find an excuse.
