Mindsets
Your feelings about your abilities and skills and outlook on the world around you influences your opportunities and successes. Do you have a fixed or growth mindset?
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Locus of Control:
WHERE is the deciding factor in success or failure?
People who base their success on their own work and believe they control their life have an internal locus of control. In contrast, people who attribute their success or failure to outside influences have an external locus of control.
External: Environment, the actions of other people, fate, or luck decide what happens. |
Internal: Your knowledge, skills, effort, or motivation can influence the situation. |
Individuals who identify with an internal locus of control tend to take more responsibility for their actions, whether those actions or the end results are good or bad. They do not accept outside influence for the outcomes, no matter what they are. The results of the action are theirs and theirs alone to bear.
On the other hand, a person who identifies with an external locus of control looks at everything around them as part of the success or failure rather than themselves. When some project or undertaking fails, they may respond as if they had nothing to do with it at all.
There are drawbacks to both of these viewpoints, though. An internally-focused person will be hard on themselves and constantly analyze what they did wrong. Conversely, those that have an external focus may come off as someone who just does not accept responsibility. When the result is not a positive one, they will be the first to complain that something outside their personal control attributed to the shortfall.
On the other hand, a person who identifies with an external locus of control looks at everything around them as part of the success or failure rather than themselves. When some project or undertaking fails, they may respond as if they had nothing to do with it at all.
There are drawbacks to both of these viewpoints, though. An internally-focused person will be hard on themselves and constantly analyze what they did wrong. Conversely, those that have an external focus may come off as someone who just does not accept responsibility. When the result is not a positive one, they will be the first to complain that something outside their personal control attributed to the shortfall.
Stability:
HOW MUCH can the deciding factor be changed?
Static: Fixed or permanent,
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Fluid: Can increase or decrease,
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In your life you will be a rover,
exploring new territories, experiencing new phenomena, and gathering new knowledge.
What kind of rover will you choose to be?