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An Introduction To The Growth Mindset   - Carol Dweck came up with this concept.  For people who don’t know, firstly what is a mindset? A mindset is formed by a group of previous thoughts and beliefs which you have accepted and allowed to shape present your thoughts.  Accepted thoughts are what direct & control your emotions & actions and your actions create your life.  A growth mindset is believing that you can always do better and succeed. Regardless of your natural abilities, b orn talent may give certain people a head start but people with dedication and hard work can create success.  This mindset isn't just about talent, it is about not giving up and believing you can always do better. You see, with a growth mindset when you do fail, you look for ways to improve, adapt accordingly and then you go back at it. Even when you are doing good you identify how you can improve on top of that.  You're an optimist. Always looking on the bright side. Now....

What to do in self-isolation   Welcome back growth family, this blog is about what to do in self-isolation and its purpose is to inspire action from you! Firstly, the utmost important thing is your mental health, so please understand that if you are dealing with any mental health issues I do not mean to pressure you into thinking you need to do a whole load of things when you are already facing issues.  Now. Most of our obligations are in hold due to self-isolation. so we have that one thing which so many of us never value. That thing which we don't even know how much of it we have left. The same thing we can never get back. TIME. We finally have the time to sit down and do what we actually want to do. Understand that I'm not saying everyone has to start a hustle or a business of any kind but we all have our goals for the year. We can spend more time working on them. Review your 2020 plan. How can you excel it? Does it need to change? You want to go to a particular industry? R...

BIG UP YOURSELF  APPRECIATE YOURSELF  Look at how far you have come. Everything you’ve been through  Everything you’ve achieved  Every challenge you’ve faced and beat.  I feel like we don’t actually take time out to appreciate ourselves for all that we’ve done. Maybe it’s because a lot of us want to go so much further, that in comparison to that, our current/previous achievements are nothing.  But we need to start big’n ourselves up for everything, big or small.  Why do we shame ourselves for our failures from 10 years ago but don’t praise ourselves for our achievements 10 years ago?  When we begin to start big’n ourselves up for everything that we’ve done, we begin to understand that the struggle is only temporary and apart of the process.  After this read, make sure you spend at least 10 minutes appreciating yourself for beating challenges and obstacles you faced, for all of your achievements, and ever...