No, it’s not a chip implant or success monitoring robot that forces your will thanks to science.
It’s a little more than that…and probably not what you think.
As I was reading the Time Magazine special edition on the Science of Success: Love / Health / Business / Life, I was intrigued by the articles and stories.
Naturally, it provoked some thought.
Are some of us wired for success and others not?
Is an Ivy League education, wealthy parents and good social connections mandatory?
How does a regular mom raise her three (3) daughters to become CEOs and a medical doctor?
How does a blind and deaf woman born in 1880 rise to international fame, become the author of many best selling books, lecturer humanitarian and the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
How does the son of ordinary Jamaican immigrants rise to the rank of four star general, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later Secretary of State in the George W. Bush administration?
Times Special Edition writer Tom Fields-Meyer in his article Getting Psyched for Success, posited that while hard work and innate talent were crucial to success there was something else that was key.
Curious to know?
Here it is.
Mindset over matter.
Attitude and mindset are keys.
In other words, your attitude and mindset played a significant role in whether you were successful or not.
In fact, many oncologists and other medical doctors will tell you that patients who tend to survive life threatening illnesses are the ones with a more positive attitude thanks to science.
And,
According to Carol Dweck, psychology professor at Sanford University and author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, there are people with a fixed mindset and others with a growth mindset.
Fixed mindset people feel their intellect and talents are limited so they avoid challenges and give up easily while people with a growth mindset feel they can cultivate their abilities through hard work and mentoring.
Fixed mindset people see failure as a disaster, but growth mindset people see them as opportunities.
Apparently, our neurons make stronger connections between effort and difficulty.
The good news is that people can learn to change their mindset.
How about you?
Is there a mindset adjustment you need to make in 2020 so you can have the most amazing year in business and life?
