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Look around yourself, and you will find two types of people:
- Know it all, or rather, people with ‘fixed mindset’
- Learn it all, or rather, people with ‘growth mindset’
The problem with know-it-all type of people is that, they ‘assume’ the outcome, and then fail to take action. If such a person has some raw talent, then they will be scared to do something new, exciting, because internally, they assume that taking risks is for the lesser mortals, without any talent.
And they will believe that doing something out of their comfort zone might destroy their ‘identity’ of being special, for ever. In short, they will try to maintain the status-quo, always.
If God forbid, if a person will lesser talent is a know-it-all person, then they will think, why bother with doing anything risky? They will ‘assume’ that they are not capable enough. Efforts and risk can ‘reduce’ them, hence they waste the opportunity.
The best thing about learn-it-all people is that, it doesn’t matter they have any raw talent or not.
They will always start with scratch, with a blank slate, and try to learn everything they encounter. They don’t assume the outcome, and before doing some new, scary, exciting, they will say, ‘What the hell. Nobody knows the outcome.. why not try it once?’
Their growth mindset kills any fear of failure which arises, because they are like that blind and deaf monkey, who conquers the mountain, not knowing the outcome.
In a way, both of these aspects lies within every person. All we need to do is, switch to growth mindset when encountering that fear of failure.. Before taking that leap of faith.
Source: Facebook
- Learn it all, or rather, people with ‘growth mindset’
The problem with know-it-all type of people is that, they ‘assume’ the outcome, and then fail to take action. If such a person has some raw talent, then they will be scared to do something new, exciting, because internally, they assume that taking risks is for the lesser mortals, without any talent.
And they will believe that doing something out of their comfort zone might destroy their ‘identity’ of being special, for ever. In short, they will try to maintain the status-quo, always.
If God forbid, if a person will lesser talent is a know-it-all person, then they will think, why bother with doing anything risky? They will ‘assume’ that they are not capable enough. Efforts and risk can ‘reduce’ them, hence they waste the opportunity.
The best thing about learn-it-all people is that, it doesn’t matter they have any raw talent or not.
They will always start with scratch, with a blank slate, and try to learn everything they encounter. They don’t assume the outcome, and before doing some new, scary, exciting, they will say, ‘What the hell. Nobody knows the outcome.. why not try it once?’
Their growth mindset kills any fear of failure which arises, because they are like that blind and deaf monkey, who conquers the mountain, not knowing the outcome.
In a way, both of these aspects lies within every person. All we need to do is, switch to growth mindset when encountering that fear of failure.. Before taking that leap of faith.
Source: Facebook
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