How do you actually develop a growth mindset if you don’t have one? Let’s say you’ve realized that a growth mindset is something good to have, but it’s not your natural way. Your patterns of thinking still default to a fixed world. What can you do to build better thinking habits?
Try this exercise: The No Trigger. Whenever you say “no” to something (or any variation, like “I can’t,” or “that won’t work,” or what have you) immediately say “Unless.” Write the word on your arm if you have to, anything to trigger that thought.
Then finish it. Unless what? What are the factors that make the idea untenable? What would it take to remove or circumvent those factors?
It’s a baby step, but it’s the first of a wild explosion of creativity. You don’t have to turn every idea around. But you want to start thinking about how you could.
The Opportunity Machine 