You can go through life with a mindset of trying to prevent failure or with a mindset of trying to pursue success. The mindset of trying to prevent failure is one that focuses on threats. It causes you to constantly analyze your weaknesses and find ways to keep your weaknesses from causing you to fail. […]
In her preeminent book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D. explains that the growth mindset is believing that self-improvement is a product of hard work. Moreover, when you have a growth mindset you also believe that the innate talents you are born with are just the starting point for your development. On the […]
It’s important to understand the difference between strengths, weaknesses, talents and non-talents. Talents are things that help you reach goals while energizing you because you naturally enjoy doing them. A talent becomes a strength when you invest in getting better executing that talent to the point where you reach near perfect performance. The key understanding […]