In order to start developing a growth mindset, we need to understand first, what kind of mindset you have. 

You may have a FIXED MINDSET if you;

• avoid challenges
• are excruciatingly self critical
• give up quickly
• resent others and their amazing lives
• negative mindset and thoughts
• judgemental
• argue for your limitations

If you believe you are a certain way because 'that's the way I was made', this is a fixed mindset.

If you would like to have a sense of inner peace and freedom while building a fulfilling life at home and work, I believe these are the primary growth mindset steps to follow;
1.) Accept your imperfections:  No one is perfect.  No one will ever be perfect.  Screw up, laugh and learn from them and know that you will have a lifetime of them and smile at that knowing. :D

2.) Understand that there will be setback and failures:  Just like screw ups, take these as areas to develop or areas that you can choose not to develop.  These setbacks are inevitable in your development, there is no moving forward without the learnings, which can feel like push backs.

3.) You must learn to get and be ok with feedback and criticism:  Ask for more of them.  Be ok with receiving them.  These can be your guideposts when receiving from trusted and respected sources. 

4.) The growth is in the journey, not just getting to the outcome:  Keep your eyes open, your hands on the wheel and adapt appropriately.  This is the space where you can bank the most growth.

5.) Build resilience: drop the neediness (as Darren Hardy states), take it on the chin and stand up and be accountable for your choices, actions and consequences of these.

Pointing fingers, blaming, complaining are NOT components of a growth mindset.

Look!  I want you to know that the more you reach out and ask for help, the more you will grow.  You will learn to take the steps to develop a growth mindset with much less frustration when you choose to make this a mission and retain the help and support of a mentor or coach.

Nothing in life is as good as sharing a journey.  

#1 IS YOUR HEALTH
There are many areas inside your health to bring your attention to and determine where your main energy and focus will be.

• Brain - The life you have now is because of how you have taken care of your brain.   Learn about how to care for your brain.  
• Physical - The body you have today is the result of your dedication to your physical health.  No surprise here!  You are what you eat and how you move.
• Spiritual - What you believe and the meanings you effects how your life is directed.  Pay attention to unconscious beliefs and start to be intentional about your direction
• Emotional - I believe this can also be part of brain health. Emotional Intelligence is strongly hooked with mental wellness, so it's important we education and understand our emotional selves as well.  

#2 IS WEALTH
Inside the wealth category exists many areas where you can feel abundance.  Here are just a few to consider paying attention to this year.

• Relationships - learn how to be in and build healthy relationships.  I recommend stop paying attention to the drama and be a student to learning relationship skills.  Identify the relationships you want to gain and the ones you want to work on.
• Money - Get honest with where you are at and when you set an earnings goal, do the math required to understand what it's going to take to earn that goal.  Always be looking to learn and grow in your relationship with money
• Time - How you make use of your time is so often a waste.  Improvements in the way you utilize your time can promote it's own sense of wealth.

#3 IS AMBITION
A very energized word to use.  You will get mixed reactions so I encourage you to first define this word for yourself.  What you look like being ambitious and what are you doing?
Some content to consider will be;

• Fuel - this is the food that will flame your actions to achieve your goal.  I see ambition as a flame that needs to be kept going.  Define your fuel.
• Direction - this is required in order to sustain ambition or else it will just fade out.  Get clear on your goals, your vision and the steps necessary.  
• WHY - have a very clear understanding as to why you are up to this project, task, goal, dream, etc.  When the challenges hit and they will, having a very impactful why will keep you in the game.
• Engagement - Let others help and support you.  Ask questions, be a great listener and take loads of actions.

Don't let your life pass you by while you diddly dally around.  Don't you want to feel that at the end of your life you were up to good to great things?