So we have dealt with the growth mindset a lot so far in the course. Now it is time for your little self-reflection. Do you incline to a growth mindset or a fixed mindset and how is that represented in your decision-making? Are there some habits that you would especially like to change? And do you have some more ideas on how you can be developing your growth thinking? Please share with our community in the comments section down at the bottom, your fellow aspiring women entrepreneurs can benefit so much from your suggestions.
And now let’s see the last video in this lesson section where our expert Andreia will share some of her final tips on how you can be building your growth mindset. Did she mention anything that you didn’t think of in the previous step? You know what, hurry on and post it in the comment section as well! It is so exciting to learn with your peers and their additional insights. That’s why we are all here! So do add your intake, it’s so valuable!
Transcript
I think there’s various examples. I’d like to bring one that is currently at the time of this recording of importance, at this time of COVID-19, we could see that economic elites will be a quite difficult situation, but what does it mean economically difficult? This basically means that if all the stocks are down, that’s the perfect time to start investing. And that as for the past years, I’ve been looking at different types of investing and I’m passionate about having my money working for myself.
I think it’s a topic where we, as women should be much more active anyway. So, what I did when mid March I realized, this is gonna be the next, rather serious downturn, I made the investment strategy. And that basically made me reflect, which types of companies will maybe have a dip down right now, but we will need them afterwards again. They will go back to normal, most likely, of course, they will have to function because we need them. So daily things, for example, not toilet paper, that’s not my focus actually. But that’s what I thought. And, you know, it opened my mind because I realized, wait a second, this is a situation of potential, maybe I’m financing my daughter’s university degree with investments I’m doing right now. So it puts everything in a different light. To me, it’s very much linked to being resilient. And being resilient also has a lot to do with, what will I do with this situation? We always have lots of prognosis and there’s nothing so uncertain as the future, but still media keeps telling us all, that the economy will go down, unemployment rates in certain industries. But personally, I have developed this idea and I really like the concept of making a re-gnosis. That means, three months ahead or six months ahead, how do I personally want to look back at this situation? And for me, it’s all about I want to look back and know that I did the best out of this difficult situation and I managed to grow from it. So, one example very personal was my investment strategy, but it goes further. I really think that the key, and it doesn’t matter whether it’s in a situation of crisis or in our daily life, it’s always about having our values very clear. So if you have clarity about your own values and your life vision or goals, that will help you, because if you don’t have a goal, you will end up nowhere and everywhere. If you know what you’re working for, having the end in mind as Stephen Kobe would say, that’s one of the key points.
And, maybe one more thing on the growth mindset often tend to compare each other and think “oh, this person is so successful”. “How did she do it?”. Everything is like delivered on the silver tablet for this person. And, honestly, we tend to only see the tip of the iceberg. And that’s maybe also something I can show personally, because sometimes what to the outside looked like a total success, to me personally felt absolutely the opposite, almost a failure, but at least a big mistake. I have one example. I once got interviewed for one of the major newspapers here in Switzerland. It was a great interview. I liked it. And, for some reason, I had to answer more questions than they could publish.
And when it got published, I was still disappointed because the two key questions I really wanted to share with the public, where I felt that this can add value, this can inspire and empower other women, they just weren’t published. So, I was getting tons of congratulations. “Wow what a great interview”. To myself, I was feeling “Ah, damn it! It did not work out the way I wanted”. So, please keep in mind that all the hard work we don’t see behind and that applies to everyone. I haven’t met the person that says “to me, everything just comes lightly”. And it doesn’t mean that it needs to be hard work, but just that there is work behind it. I like this idea that we work on things the way they come lightly to us, but there’s no such thing as a free lunch.
Having talked about all the growth mindsets and the dinosaur principle, so my own book, I’m very happy to also offer you the free ebook as well as my work book on how to tackle the mindset challenge. Just click on the link below or besides. And enjoy it! Of course, let me know if you have any questions and I’m always happy to hear you if you reach out.
