“The meaning of life is to find your gift.
The purpose of life is to give it away.”
The purpose of life is to give it away.”
– Pablo Picasso
If you’ve looked at the Growth Mindset Goal Setting Booklet, you’ve seen that ‘sparking self-transcendent purpose’ is the final step in cultivating resilient, empowered and persistent learning mindsets.
Research shows that when people are prompted to think about how they are serving life beyond themselves, they are more likely to persevere through setbacks and regulate their behaviors to stick with tasks, even when they are presented with tempting distractions and alternatives.
If you want to hear more about this idea of living life on purpose, and aligning with that sense of meaning,
listen to the Mindset Neuroscience Podcast Episode 4!
(increasing self-transcendent purpose and executive functioning)
