Mindset for Success #2: Success takes mistakes and lots of failures

From the time we are small kids many of us have it drilled into our heads that mistakes are bad and failure must be avoided at all costs. It's ironic when you think that when we are really small children, everything we learn comes from trial and error. Somehow, we are supposed to outgrow that. As adults, we are to avoid failure at all costs. At least, that's the way we believe if we suffer from a fixed mindset. In her book, Mindset, psychologist Carol Dweck separates us into two mindsets: fixed and growth. A person with a fixed mindset believes that their ability to succeed is determined by the talents and the circumstances with which they were born. Those with a growth mindset see those as starting points only with unlimited potentials for those who are willing to put in the work. In part two of our series on Mindset. we take a look at how the way you view mistakes and failures determines your ability to achieve the level of success you aspire to. Hint... they aren't the bad things we've learned to believe they are.