Written by: Hayley Hunter Hines, Executive Contributor
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Have you ever heard that changing your mindset can change your life? Of course, our environments and previous experiences influence mindsets, but they can be changed. Like learning any new skill, developing a better mindset can take time and effort, but it’s a goal well worth having.
Not only can better mindsets and positive thinking help you achieve your goals in business, but research has shown that having a better attitude affects your overall health. In fact, practicing better mindfulness is a powerful tool that can add years to your life. Chronic stress and poor lifestyle choices can be detrimental to our health. Additionally, prolonged stress can lead to our bodies producing excess cortisol, leading to high blood pressure, weight gain, fatigue, weakness, and slower healing.
So what is a mindset, how can it help you achieve success, and what steps can you take to be more mindful?
What is Your Mindset?
Our mindsets determine our worldview, how we measure success, and how we see ourselves. It is a mental framework that influences our assumptions, choices, decision-making, mental toughness, and behaviors. Therefore, it’s no wonder that it can be one of the most significant factors influencing our success in our professional and personal lives.
Healthy mindsets are generally positive ones. Healthier mindsets allow us to see failure as an opportunity to learn and grow. They allow us to accept change, even when things don’t go as planned. When we practice mindfulness, we can find strength and understanding in our emotions and experiences as they come.
What Does Success in Business Look Like?
It isn’t easy to pinpoint what success in business looks like because success is measured differently by each of us. For example, do you want to achieve a position of leadership? Are you striving towards a role that allots higher wages, more flexibility, or more employee benefits? Do you want to be your own boss? Or, would you consider yourself professionally successful if you do what you love?
No matter your business goals, you can take steps to become more mindful and achieve those goals. Asking yourself what professional success looks like will help you identify your goals and the steps you must take to reach them.
3 Ways to Achieve Success by Building a Better Mindset
Here are three ways to achieve success by building a better mindset today.
1. Infuse Your Mindset With Affirmations and Positive Thoughts
Positive thinking and affirmations are some of the most powerful ways to build a better mindset. Mindset is all about perspective, so when we practice mindfulness and look at events in a positive light, there are only benefits. Staying positive, loving ourselves, and maintaining positive self-talk help us feel less overwhelmed, build empathy and understanding, and have better days.
2. Embrace Your Spirituality
Research has shown us that spirituality can help us cope with setbacks and everyday stressors and enhance our positivity. Of course, embracing spirituality is different for everyone, as there is no singular belief system or path. Yet it allows us to find purpose, meaning, hope, and spirituality that can help us during difficult times of stress, anxiety, and depression.
3. Be Willing to Fail
While it may initially seem counterintuitive, you must be willing to fail. Fear of failure can hold many of us back from stepping out of our comfort zones and seizing our dreams and opportunities. Instead, remember that failure isn’t the end. Failure can be a powerful lesson that helps us achieve our goals in the future.
The Bottom Line
Developing a better mindset is the key to success in business and personal life. We can become more mindful and benefit from a positive outlook and a stronger mind. If you're struggling today, taking steps to build your mindset will help you tomorrow.
I hope you will begin to work towards mindfulness to achieve the business success you deserve. Please reach out if you have any questions about building your mindset to achieve your goals.
Hayley Hunter Hines, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine
"Hayley is the CEO of Soul Sparkle Living and the Creator of the Soul-Centered CEO Collective. She is a business strategist and intuitive advisor to leaders called to create a Soul Centered business and life. She is the creator of Soul Sparkle SEVA, global service trips, and experiences and is an expert in transformational travel.
Hayley spent over 20 years in the corporate wellness industry consulting over 500 employer clients and as a senior-level executive leading strategy/innovation and new product development for a national health management organization. She has always felt called to help others craft a business that gives back and makes a global impact. Her vision is big ‒ helping Soul Centered CEO’s make millions so that together we can give millions. "
