Cultivate right mindsets

Everyone agrees that your mindset is fundamental to any accomplishment. When it comes to the right mindsets, here are three that will drive, feed and sustain your success for the long term.

The victor mindset: This is the opposite of the victim mindset. To be a victor, you’ll need to make right choices and learn lessons from wrong choices. Some choices may feel painful, but necessary. A victor mindset will look for opportunity to progress rather than insist on rights and entitlements. This mindset use effort and contribution to deal with any uncertainty or anxiety in the present and future. This will keep the natural process of accomplishment in motion.

A warrior mindset: Your success is less to do with the hand and more dependent on how you play the hand.  A warrior mindset acknowledges that obstacles are part of the journey to a higher level and doesn’t let them stand in the way. Always focus on things you have control over, ignore the naysayers and keep reminding yourself why you can succeed. Stay relentless.

A growth mindset: Always see where you are as the starting point from where to grow as working toward a level of mastery. Advancement is a marathon which means there’s loads of room to work hard and smart. Growing helps to always do better and gives you something extra to get to your peak performance. You definitely have innate and unchangeable abilities, but there are many ways to advance. Develop a passion for feeding your mind to grow.

Now take action: What can you do to improve your mindset?

It’s the finale

After six years of sharing career, workplace and personal development tips here, I am taking a break in order to focus on other writing projects. Big thanks for your readership and your feedback. I hope the advice you gained here has helped you each over the years to become a better person, a better professional and a better leader. n