Understanding Mindset and Types of Mindset
Understanding Mindset
In short, mindset is a mindset that is formed from beliefs, experiences, journeys, behaviors, as well as habits that affect the way of thinking.
In addition, the view of something can also be one of the factors that form a mindset. Naturally, the mindset continues to change with the times.
The reason is, every era has different problems and requires its own solutions. For example, the mindset or mindset of people living in 1945 must be different from those of us living in 2021. In the past, our parents focused on thinking about how to survive in an uncontrollable situation.
Now we are more focused on staying afloat in the era of technology that greatly affects the number of jobs for humans. Especially for Generation Z and Alpha who also have to compete with 74.93 million people to get a job and survive.
This is certainly a challenge that cannot be ignored. As Generation Z, we must continue to update our mindset and adapt to the changes that are accelerating.
Kinds of Mindset
In general, the mindset is divided into two parts, namely the growth mindset and the fixed mindset. What's the difference between the two? Check out the following explanation:
1. Growth Mindset
The growth mindset is a view of yourself so that you can continue to learn and develop your abilities in all areas. This mindset has the idea that talents and abilities can be continuously developed with great effort.
In other words, there is no stopping to seek new experiences. Carol Dweck, a psychologist, believes that people with a growth mindset are more likely to achieve things than people with a fixed mindset.
2. Fixed Mindset
The second is a fixed mindset. This mindset is based on the idea that abilities and talents are determined from birth. So there is no word "develop" in their dictionary. Even if people who have this mindset have abilities, they are usually lazy to learn and hone them.
So anything that people with a fixed mindset have is absolute and very difficult to develop. In the end, there is no struggle to achieve success. You can find further discussion on the difference between a Growth Mindset and a Fixed Mindset in the Mindset book by Carol S. Dweck.
