Monthly Archives: July 2018

The Growth Mindset

The Growth Mindset

Over 30 years ago, Dr Carol Dweck coined the term fixed mindset and growth mindset. Not surprisingly, people who have a fixed mindset do not change so much in their abilities. People with a growth mindset, meaning that they believe they can change and grow, will have much higher levels of accomplishments.Research shows that we can teach our brain to create new connections and strengthen existing ones. People who have a growth mindset behave differently. Many people have a mix of different mindsets. For example, one person may believe that they can continue…Read more
Three Ps battling the three Ms

Three Ps battling the three Ms

In Tal Ben Shachar's lecture in positive psychology, he discussed the three M's that can be detrimental when dealing with a situation:  Magnifying, Minimizing , Making up. We tend to magnify a tough situation and make it to be worse than what it is. Sometimes we minimize the importance of something and sometimes we imagine things to be worse than what it is. To combat it we have three P's: Permission, Positive reframing and Perspective Permission to be human- It is important to embrace what we feel. We should not deny our feelings,…Read more