Tag: growth mindset
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You are not for Everyone
Image Source You are not for everyone. You will be too much for some people. You will be too loud, too quiet; too outgoing, too reserved. You will laugh too loud or not laugh enough. You will cry at the wrong times and say the wrong things and find humor in the wrong places. Your…
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THE MOST IMPORTANT CONVERSATION YOU’LL EVER HAVE
Guest blog post by Claire Bays. The most important conversation you’ll have – for the rest of your life – is the one happening between your ears. WHAT IT WAS LIKE I grew up in a relatively small town in Oklahoma. We call it Shawnee, America. I didn’t grow up playing sports, wasn’t involved in constructive…
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Learning How to be Patient is a Process
When I was little, my nickname was Patience. No, I didn’t have any patience. Yes, my dad was being sarcastic. If patience is a virtue, well then, I guess that made me…unvirtuous? Even to this day, having patience is difficult for me sometimes. Like, why can’t everything happen right now when I want it to?…
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What You Say to Yourself Matters
Guest blog post by Samantha Thompson What you say matters, what you say to yourself matters even more. RECOGNIZING HOW I TALK TO MYSELF One of the biggest contributing factors in my growth mindset was changing the words I used. Words that were programmed into me, thoughts and ideas put upon me by the society…
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I Am Worth It, and I’m Not Too Old
Guest blog post by Julie Shropshire CrossFit. IYKYK, am I right? Just kidding. I’m going to tell you a story about a middle-aged broad who resisted change, and resisted CrossFit, because she didn’t have the right mindset. Okay. It’s me. I’m the middle-aged broad. WHAT IT WAS LIKE Back in March of 2016, my husband…
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Shifting into a Growth Mindset by Facing Our Fears
Before we launch into talking about facing our fears with a growth mindset, we need to define both a growth mindset and a fixed mindset. HISTORY OF A GROWTH MINDSET The term “growth mindset” comes from psychologist Carol Dweck’s 2006 book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. In this book, Dweck talks about what people believe…
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Growing from the Bottom: Overcoming Alcoholism and Depression
In 2008, I was 25, and I was dying. Okay not literally. But figuratively, I was at the end. It was the beginning of my personal development journey – I just didn’t know it yet. STRUGGLES WITH ALCOHOLISM AND DEPRESSION I struggled with depression and alcoholism for years. I remember the first time I deeply…
A Growth Mindset 