You were born with a growth mindset.
Mindsets have the power to transform behaviors, trajectories and entire systems. ðŸ§
- how they talk about whether change is possible
- whether people are the way they are and there's nothing that can be done..
- or whether they see things as changeable and upgrade-able.
Notice Micro-Progress in Yourself and Others

Re-Frame Mistakes
Another way we can expand into a growth-oriented mindset is to make new meaning about what mistakes ARE.
Mistakes, failure and awkwardness are NOT a sign of weakness or inferiority.
They are the very ingredient of something NEW.
When something feels awkward or unfamiliar, that’s a sign that you are activating new electrochemical activity in your brain...
Mistakes are a sign that you are venturing into ‘new neural territory’.
Every firing of new connections increases the chance that those connections will fire again.
Those first electro-chemical firings don’t feel familiar or masterful. But they are necessary for launching new networks that eventually (with consistent effort) become a place of mastery and earned skill.
Bonanno, G. A., & Burton, C. L. (2013) Regulatory flexibility: an individual differences perspective on coping and emotion regulation, Perspectives on Psychological Science
Rutter, M. (2012). Resilience as a dynamic concept. Development and Psychopathology, 24(2), 335–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579412000028
Here is an additional short video about growth mindset!
*my book on the Biomechanics of Human Communication goes into this in detail. Check out my publications here