Mindset Persuasive Essay

“Mindsets are an important part of your personality, but you can change them.”(Dweck 46) Carol Dweck author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success says this because mindsets aren’t permanent and you are able to change your mindset about anything. How you approach things in life and what mindset you use toward it can affect the outcome of what occurs. How you take the results of how you did can affect the future of how you go about doing things. One of the reoccurring themes of the growth mindset is trying a new approach at a goal or a situation that you don’t know how to go about.

Growth mindset is the cone to an ice cream. It is the foundation of what I think a successful person is. Without it one couldn’t use the characteristics mentioned above in more ways than one. Someone with a growth mindset believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work, brains and talent are just the starting point.

There are tons of people in our world today who have become very successful and these people find success in different ways. Some people work hard their whole life to achieve success and others just seem to be born talented in

Dweck believes that someone who possesses a “growth mindset” is almost the polar opposite of someone who has a “fixed mindset.” A person with a growth mindset is able to think positively and see the silver lining of an unfavorable situation. They are able to improve from their mistakes, and always finds a way to become better at different aspects of life. Growth mindsets come with an open mind, making these people extremely versatile in any circumstance. In addition, their mindsets increase in complexity through maturity. They believe that as long as anyone puts in the effort, they have the potential to succeed.

The book The Millionaire Next Door written by Thomas J. Stanley, Ph.D. and William D. Danko, Ph.D is a study about how people get wealthy and stay wealthy. They search deeper into what people really do hold wealth and those who pose as having wealth. The research conducted by these two gentlemen took place over a 20 year timeline and the goal of the research was to find out how ordinary people become wealthy and to disprove some of the many misconceptions held about millionaires. The authors came up with seven common characteristics about those who become wealthy. Out of those seven, three key traits can be seen which are; responsibility, hard work, and proper planning.

How does one earn the title of wealthy? Authors Dr. Thomas J. Stanley and Dr. William D. Danko have studied how people become wealthy for over twenty years. They have conducted research, written books, conducted seminars, and advised major corporations on whom the wealthy are and what are the characteristics of the affluent in America. The research for The Millionaire Next Door was comprised of personal, as well as focus group interviews, with more than 500 millionaires. A survey of 1,115 high net worth and/ or high income respondents was also compiled. The authors define the threshold for being wealthy as having a net worth of $1 million or more. This is one distinction that the authors make in comparison

Having a growth mindset can help a person with a positive attitude, and a positive attitude can help people improve to accomplish a task. If someone has a fixed mindset they will be less likely to succeed. When someone is trying to win a football game or accomplish a task that their boss gives them at work they need to be in the right state of mind to complete the task. If a person messes up they need to fix their mistake so they can succeed. If someone has a fixed mindset he/she might just get angry and not worry about improving. A person's thoughts determine a person's failures or successes because if people say “you can't, you won't”, if people think negatively they won't try hard enough, if people think positively they have a growth mindset.

Enamored with the rich and famous and wishing to propagate the narrative that certifies the American Dream, we readily accept Forbes’ unproven claim that of the nation’s riches 400, 70 percent “made their fortunes entirely from scratch,” despite the fact that based on investigation of Forbes’ misleading claim, “most of our super rich were born on third base and think they hit a triple.” We, as a society, are quick to give the benefit of the doubt to the rich; it’s a pity the same cannot be said about the

Mindsets are beliefs that you have about yourself such as; intelligence, personality and talents. The difference between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset is that people with a fixed mindset believe that their skills and talents are a given, and mostly worry about how adequate they are in the eyes of others. On the other hand a growth mindset is someone who sees potential for improvement and development through dedication and effort in everything they do. Growth mindset is a beneficial way to improve your communication competence (pg.20) with others, having competence involves achieving your goals while improving a relationship. A good example of this would be a person in a sales position. Most people I have known in these types positions

Although anyone can become wealthy, the fact of the matter remains that most people will not. This remains attributed to the fact that they lack the fundamentals of becoming wealthy. Unless someone inherited their wealth, becoming wealthy will remain impossible without having a team. A prime example includes the music mogul Jay-Z. For those unaware, Jay-Z remains a prominent figure in the hip-hop community. In fact, he remains arguably the greatest rapper of all time. A few years ago, Jay-Z signed a $150 million dollar deal with Live Nation. As a result, Live Nation will not renew their "360" deal.

Throughout the history of the earth, mankind has always had the same lust for the pursuit of wealth and power. Many have achieved this success longed for by man, and many have crumbled and fallen short of their goals. Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich set out to capture the mindsets of all those who have achieved success and explore what these successful people have in common. Napoleon delivers us his results by speaking directly to the reader with step by step instructions of how to grow rich and think like those whose have already achieved riches. Napoleon spent 25 years researching successful people and came up with 13 principles that if followed will help you think and believe in yourself like the accomplished do.

Becoming wealthy is a state of mind. A way of thinking. A mentality. Do you have a wealth mentality? If you do, then you won't allow any excuse or challenge to deter you from achieving your goal of becoming wealthy. If you don't have a wealth mentality, then you must begin developing one. It's all about conditioning your mind to think and believe that you can achieve whatever goals you establish for yourself.

When one reflects on what’s important, most people would tend to answer with concepts such as familial relations, friends, security, happiness and the like. Though these are very important staples to lead a healthy life, does all that really equal to success? When one thinks of success, do they think about how many friends they have, who’ve they married, or how long they’ve been happy? Or, do people think about money? Despite all the claims about the staple pieces in life, the real goal that people aim to achieve is to earn lots of money. As human beings, most people see this everyday—those who are in power are the ones sitting on thrones of gold that only deep pockets could afford, those with

“Be inspired by wealthy people, not the rich ones, what they only have is money.” – Unknown

     The exercise of thinking and growing rich is not a process f making enough money to pay your bills or buy a nice car. It’s a process of becoming wildly rich where money flows in abundance. The story of Edwin Barnes’ quest to go into business with Thomas Edison was discussed in detail and the less from it was to know what you want. Keep in forefront in your mind and opportunities will present themselves. Henry Ford was