Growth Mindset - Chasing Excellence
I haven't heard of Carol Dweck before, but she had some interesting things to say. It's hard for me to completely jump on board with what she was saying because I was one of those kids that my parents kept up with my grades and anything lower than an A was frowned upon. I felt like I could relate to the other kid Carol Dweck was describing all throughout my child hood. It didn't matter how I got the job done as long as I got the A's, and often times when it was inconvenient I would cheat. Having that kind of mindset, the "whatever it takes" mindset can be good, but I feel like it's mostly unhealthy in the long term. I feel like it made me very motivated to go the distance to accomplish my goals, but I would stress out so hard about the fear of failure that it became exhausting.
I read a book by Ben Bergeron called "Chasing Excellence" and I really liked what he had to say. Ben Bergeron is the coach of multiple Crossfit Games champions and he talks about the power of mindset. Very similar to what Carol Dweck was saying, Ben talks about how he never lets his athletes complain after a training session. He tells his athletes to focus on positivity and has them do mindfulness exercises when they start to stress out about things. His theory is that if we let negativity into our minds and lives it will effect the way that we approach situations. Instead if we face a challenge with the mindset of, how can I grow from this, we are more likely to succeed and be happier doing it. Much like Carol Dweck he talks about growth mindset and the power of using positive words such as "not yet".
I read a book by Ben Bergeron called "Chasing Excellence" and I really liked what he had to say. Ben Bergeron is the coach of multiple Crossfit Games champions and he talks about the power of mindset. Very similar to what Carol Dweck was saying, Ben talks about how he never lets his athletes complain after a training session. He tells his athletes to focus on positivity and has them do mindfulness exercises when they start to stress out about things. His theory is that if we let negativity into our minds and lives it will effect the way that we approach situations. Instead if we face a challenge with the mindset of, how can I grow from this, we are more likely to succeed and be happier doing it. Much like Carol Dweck he talks about growth mindset and the power of using positive words such as "not yet".
This is one of my favorite quotes
by Jerry Rice
https://quotefancy.com/quote/50164/Jerry-Rice-Today-i-will-do-what-others-won-t-so-tomorrow-i-can-do-what-others-can-t
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