CONTINUOUS GROWTH MINDSET

Author-psychologist Carol Dweck says when we expect ourselves to know everything the very first time we try it, we set ourselves up to fail. Real achievers see every challenge as a learning opportunity, and constantly seek out new ways to add to their bag of talents. That’s called having a growth mindset.

“No one starts off knowing everything that they’re going to need to build something,” Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told an interviewer once. He’s right. The path to excellence is an endless cycle of difficulty, practice and mastery. View learning as a necessary and regular activity that contributes to your personal and professional success, and your mind will never have an expiry date.