…rich dad required his children to say, “How can I afford it?” His reasoning, the words “I can’t afford it” shut down your brain. It didn’t have to think anymore. “How can I afford it?” opened up the brain. Forced it to think and search for answers.
Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad
Growth mindset: a growth mindset believes that you can put in effort to develop your capabilities, the opposite of a fixed mindset which believes that there’s little that you can do to improve your intelligence and skills. I believe in the growth mindset — I may not become the best at something, but if I put in effort I can get measurably better.
Be precise with words: I believe strongly that language shapes our perspective.
- Switch “I can’t” with “I need to figure out how to”.
- I don’t say “I am stupid” but rather “I did a stupid thing.”
- Instead of saying “I can’t go to your birthday,” I choose the more honest “I won’t go to your birthday.” Can’t indicates that I don’t have power to make a different choice, when that’s seldom true.
Last Updated on January 22, 2023 by Omar Eduardo
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