What's Your Mind Set

Have you ever thought about your mindset? Yeah, me neither until today! This was the question Kevin asked us this morning at our weekly family life staff meeting. What I found out is that most of us have either a fixed mindset or a growth mind set when it comes to how we view our mental development. Allow me to explain.....

A fixed mindset is one that creates an urgency to always prove yourself over and over to others. Most people who have this kind of mindset believe that if they only have a certain amount of intelligence, a certain personality, and a certain moral character-well, they better prove it to the world over and over! Often, people with this mind set spend the majority of their time trying to convince others that they are holding a royal flush when secretly they are afraid they may only have a pair of tens. This mind set believes that you have to play with the cards that you are dealt.

On the other hand, a growth mind set is quite different. The people who possess this type of mind set find themselves believing that they can change the cards they're playing with. They often feel that anyone can change certain qualities about themselves if they try hard enough. Yes, everyone is different, but everyone can change and grow through hard work and time.

So my questions to you today is this: What type of mindset do you have? Do you have a mind set that is telling you that every single day you have to try to prove yourself over and over to hide who you really are; or are you a person who believes in overcoming obstacles by working at them instead of running away form them. Do you choose to work at over coming deficiencies or do you choose to hide deficiencies?

I share this with you today because I had a startling realization that in many things in my life I have a fixed mind set. And in some things fixed mind sets are fine, for me it's the things I know I'm good at. However, too many times, in the areas that I'm weak, I find myself with that same mind set. I find myself trying to hide my weaknesses instead of trying to overcome them. I try to be someone I'm not. And I'm willing to bet that in most cases the only person I'm fooling is me.

So what's your story? Which mind set are you? Just remember this; the view you choose to adopt for yourself will profoundly affect the way you lead your life and the way you lead others. Scary isn't it?

Scott Out!!!!!