Written by: Ana-Maria Ciubota, Executive Contributor
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When we interact with certain thoughts, we begin to feel the emotions prompted by these thoughts, and we enter a new emotional state, which determines how we act. For instance, if you constantly dwell on the idea that you're a failure and give it more attention, you'll start to feel dejected, useless, and worthless, and then you’ll act like a failure, which reinforces your belief that you must be a failure.
However, empowering thoughts will increase your confidence and thus cause a more favourable emotional state, which will then be reflected in your thinking.
Your emotions and state of mind shape your mindset. Emotions are your reactions to the thoughts you focus on, and what you're thinking about affects how you feel. Every thought we have causes a chemical response in our brain, which causes an emotion.
As we engage with this thinking, it develops a new circuit that sends a signal to the body, and we react accordingly. This pattern becomes ingrained in our minds and develops into a habit the more we repeat it.
As we think, feel, and act in the same ways frequently, these patterns get ingrained in our subconscious minds and become blueprints. And what does our subconscious mind do? It automates 95% of our daily activities.
How then do you change your reality? You establish a new mindset, which changes the way things are. You recondition yourself. This isn't something you can change quickly; it takes a lifetime commitment to intentional retraining and growth. You must realize that you are not your thoughts; rather, you are the thoughts you give strength and attention to—you are the thinker.
All your thoughts are simply an unending flow of ideas that go through your head. They are powerless unless you choose to hang onto one of them, at which point a chain form.
So how can you develop a new mindset? You develop new emotional and thinking patterns, which in turn strengthen your belief system. And how can you develop new thinking patterns?
Here’s how:
Become more conscious by paying attention to your emotions and physical responses.
Pay closer attention to the thoughts you are focusing on.
How To Build a Growth Mindset
1. Don’t Compare Yourself to Others
People with a development mentality are not concerned with comparing themselves to others and are happy to play their own game rather than that of others. You'll be able to accomplish more in your self-improvement by giving yourself the chance to take advantage of chances that can help you develop new talents, widen your knowledge, and increase your experiences.
2. Learn From Your Mistakes
Mistakes help us to rethink our views and assumptions. Furthermore, failure encourages you to re-evaluate your strategies and try something new, so we learn more from failure than we ever would from success! Don't be scared to fail since doing so will help you achieve in the end.
3. You Focus on the Journey, Not the Destination
Because you understand that every stage of the journey is crucial to success, you put more emphasis on the process than the outcome when you have a growth mindset. Anything is feasible if you put in the required effort and work diligently.
4. Use Feedback to Your Advantage
Accept criticism without becoming upset. Keep in mind that everyone has the right to an opinion, even if it isn't accurate or just. It doesn't matter if someone else agrees with the input; what matters is what you do with it.
5. Improve Yourself Every Day
Be jealous about improving yourself! See how far you can take something fresh that piques your curiosity. Avoid letting the fixed mindset destroy your journey since you need a passion for life to thrive! Pushing your limits and upending the status quo happens when you concentrate on development rather than comfort.
6. Practice Mindfulness
Your thoughts and the emotions associated with them have an impact on your thinking. Therefore, exercising mindfulness might be beneficial if you're feeling nervous, sad, or unmotivated.
Mindfulness is the ability to retain moment-to-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, body sensations, and surroundings without being swept away by our negative thinking patterns or emotions.
When we pay attentive attention to the current moment without passing judgment on it, we enter this mental state. This straightforward condition of being could be challenging at first, but it becomes much more approachable over time.
7. Think of Your Mindsets as Skills That Must Be Practiced
If it takes years for you to establish a fixed mindset, you can't expect to see improvement immediately. Consider the way you think as a skill that must be developed, much like learning to ride a bike. You'll improve as you invest more time and effort in them.
8. You Embrace Challenges
A person with a fixed mentality will avoid challenges because they don't want to take the chance of failing, whereas a person with a growth mindset will view each difficulty as an opportunity for personal development. Even if there isn't a real threat, they won't let fear keep them from doing what must be done to win.
Conclusion
Growth and development begin from the heart. It is where all sophisticated innovations started. It is where the greatest of men fight the greatest battles. Once you get it right in your mind, you are halfway gone to building the version of yourself that you desire. This means you must get it right on the inside before any development can occur.
Ana-Maria Ciubota, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine
Ana-Maria Ciubota, is an entrepreneur, author, beauty and life coach. She is the author of the Skincare Biology Guide ‒ How to Look & Feel Your Best, dedicated to all women around the world. Her unique approach to skincare biology has helped women of all ages achieve healthy, radiant skin, boosting their confidence and self-esteem. With a passion for helping others and a commitment to lifelong learning, Ana is a true inspiration to women everywhere. Whether she's coaching a client, writing a book, or pursuing her personal goals, Ana brings dedication, positivity, and a unique perspective to everything she does.
