The CEO disease : Why Brains & Talents Don't Bring Success?

Why brains and talent don’t bring success?

Simple: Its MINDSET!

(Of course, this excludes environment, health and whatever political issues involved)

Lets look back…

Mindset is a simple idea discovered by world-renowned Stanford

University psychologist Carol Dweck in decades of research on achievement and success—a simple idea that makes all the difference.

Benjamin Barber, an eminent sociologist, once said,

“I don’t divide the world into the weak and the strong, or the successes and the failures... I divide the world into the learners and nonlearners.”

THE CEO DISEASE:

In the fixed mindset:

It’s not enough just to succeed.

It’s not enough just to look smart and talented.

>>You have to be pretty much flawless. And you have to be flawless right away... After all, if you have it you have it, and if you don’t you don’t...

This desire to think of yourself as perfect is often called CEO disease.

Our minds are constantly monitoring and interpreting. That’s just how we stay on track. But sometimes the interpretation process goes awry.

The fixed mindset creates an internal monologue that is focused on judging:

“This means...

I’m a loser.”  

I’m a better person than they are."

My partner is selfish.”

I’m not good at this.”

I can’t do it.”

She’s better than me.”

I’ll always fail.”

People with a growth mindset are also constantly monitoring what’s going on, but their internal monologue is not about judging themselves and others in this way. Certainly they’re sensitive to positive and negative information, but they’re attuned to its implications for learning and constructive action:

What can I learn from this?

How can I improve?

How can I help my partner do this better?

Why should I be afraid?

It became widespread practice for students to stop saying that they were “not good” at something, instead saying that they were not good “right now”, but with a growth mindset they learned that they could work harder and get better.

One 8th grade boy made the A/B honor roll for the first time since 3rd grade. When he is asked, what the difference was, he said that now he understood that learning was not always going to come easy to him and that didn’t mean he was stupid, it just meant he needed to work harder on that subject.

Also, Professor Dr Muhaya Muhamad (Malaysian Practicing Medical Doctor and Motivater)

“Maintain a positive mindset and channel it towards physical healing.”

Improve your mindset = Improve your life.

SO, kids.. remember :

“If an assignment is hard, it means I’ll probably learn a lot doing it.”