Two Equally Qualified humans Walk Into an Opportunity…

and only one of them comes out successful.

This phenomenon isn’t new. From job interviews, to getting a promotion at work, to making money on the World Wide Web. What is it that causes some citizens to succeed and others to fail? I’ve been busy lately with quite a bit of travel but I did have a few minutes to read the New York Times last week and came across this article which I bookmarked to share with you.

From the editorial:

“After three decades of painstaking research, the Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck believes that the reply to the puzzle lies in how citizens think about intelligence and talent. Those who believe they were born with all the smarts and gifts they’re ever going to have approach life with what she calls a “fixed mind-set.” Those who believe that their own abilities can expand by instance, however, live with a

“growth mind-set.”

You Are Not the Best Person You Can Be.

That pretty much sums up the reply. whether you believe you can’t do something considering you’re not talented ample you’ll probably never do it. whether you embrace your mistakes and use them as an opportunity to learn, the research shows you’ll undoubtedly achieve more than someone with a closed mind. The ability to learn from experience was cited as the No. 1 ingredient for creative achievement in a poll of 143 creativity researchers cited in “Handbook of Creativity” in 1999.

The next day you don’t think you’re talented, smart, or good decent to do something - do it anyways! Even whether you fail use your failure as an opportunity to learn and more importantly grow towards your ever expanding potential

Orginal post by WhyDoWork