Mindset Persuasive Essay

The way that people think about their ability to change and grow can impact their lives. In her book, Mindset: The new psychology of success, Carol Dweck introduces this way of viewing of the world as our mindsets. She proposes that there are two different types of mindsets: growth and fixed. People with a growth mindset see their abilities as something that can be cultivated and changed through effort. They are more willing to take chances to learn and grow.

Every American knows about Bill Gates, the richest man in America. His net worth alone: 79.2 billion dollars. He owns a 66,000 square foot house costing at least 123 million dollars (Stone). This is almost every person’s dream: to be successful. But what is it that made Bill Gates so successful? Is it that he is very intelligent and motivated? What did he do differently than everyone else to make him so successful? Many people believe that success comes from being very smart and very ambitious, but that's simply not all. There are many people in the world who are incredibly intelligent and have a drive to be successful who aren't worth anywhere near 79.2 billion dollars. So what makes people successful? All these misconceptions and questions are cleared up and answered in Malcolm Gladwell’s phenomenal book Outliers.

A growth mindset can help a person achieve goals that they once thought impossible. However, most people in the world are plagued with a fixed mindset. A fixed mindset is when you believe that intelligence is fixed and no amount are hard work can change that. Those with fixed mindsets believe that some are naturally intelligent whereas others are simply not. On the flipside, those with growth mindsets believe that through persistence and determination, a person can increase their capabilities.

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

Zucker emphasizes, “If you catch yourself in a fixed mindset, you can simply decide to change it.” (17). This is a very important ingredient for success because you can not become successful without taking risks, which one can not do without a growth mindset. Overall, having a good mindset is very important to success. The second ingredient to success is setting good goals.

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

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.

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.

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

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

     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

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