Mindset: How it can grow your business - or shut it down

Have you read Mindset: the New Psychology of Success? Carol Dweck, a research psychologist authored the book in 2006 after accumulating 20 years of data. After reading it, I signed up and attended 3 conferences in order to open up my learning mindset!

This is a change-your-way-of-thinking book that can easily improve your life and business, right away. It answers the question: "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?"

According to Dweck, when young children are told they have high IQs, they easily adopt a closed mindset. They know they are smart, so they tend to not try anything that is challenging. Fast forward 30 years, and that smart person may avoid risking anything that might show them to be deficient.

A closed mindset can mean that you stop learning, stop attending conferences, because you "know all that already."

It explains why high achievers and high IQ scores don't always succeed when promoted, and why some executives thrive and others fall prey to "CEO disease."

That's why I wrote an article for Customized Newsletter Services, available for purchase and use in your newsletters and blogs: Mindset: Why Executives Thrive...or Barely Survive.

Mindset: Why Executives Thrive…Or Barely Survive

Mindset shapes our mental world, influences our outlook, determines the scope of our goals, and ultimately sets us on a path of growth and fulfillment—or one of stagnation.

Executive suites are filled with high achievers who boast high IQs and stellar accomplishments. Still, some stagnate, while others thrive and continue to shine.

The mindset we develop over the years (heavily influenced by our parents and teachers)  can exert a powerful grip on our attitude toward learning and achieving. In fact, it’s the key to success and fulfillment, explaining why high IQ scores fail to adequately predict success.

More importantly, mindset may be an important clue as to why some executives fail and why some are more prone than others to “CEO disease.”

Carol Dweck, PhD, an expert in motivation and personality psychology (Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, 2006), has discovered in more than 20 years of research that our mindset is not just a minor personality quirk.

It creates our whole mental worldview and determines whether we become optimistic or pessimistic. It shapes our goals and attitudes toward work and relationships, and it ultimately predicts whether we fulfill our potential.
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There are two versions of this article: 2000 words and 1000 words (approximate word counts). The full article covers the following sub-topics:

The Open and Closed Mindsets
Test Your Mindset
The Pitfalls of Innate Talent
CEOs and the Big Ego
The Open Executive Mindset
Recovering from a Closed Mindset
How to Grow Your Mindset

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