S2 EP24: Empowering A Growth Mindset In 2020
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 31 December 2019
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
The start of a new year is always a good time to reflect and think about things that you want to change or start anew. It’s also a good time for a talk about your mindset. Do you have a fixed mindset or a growth mindset?
Learning how to develop a growth mindset can go a long way toward helping you deal with the inevitable challenges you’ll face in the new year and beyond and finding your own path to success. Listen in to hear about how to start developing a growth mindset, how to see challenges as opportunities, and why it’s important to prioritize the process or journey over the reward at the end.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
- How the way you respond to adversity makes the difference for success
- What a fixed mindset looks like
- Developing a growth mindset
- How to respond to things that are difficult
- Studies on people with growth and fixed mindsets
- Putting the word “yet” after the thing you think is impossible
- Looking at challenges as opportunities
- Why something that’s too difficult doesn’t have to be a failure
- Prioritizing the journey over the reward
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Our Fitness FB Group.
- Thick Thighs Save Lives Workout Programs
- Constantly Varied Gear's Workout Leggings
- Our Fitness Blog. Behind the scenes at CVG.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Really, guys, it's not about the reward. |
| 0:04.5 | It's about the journey. |
| 0:07.0 | So when you're thinking about starting on January 1st, maybe a little less emphasis on the |
| 0:14.1 | how good you're going to feel when you lose those 15 pounds, because I'm going to tell you |
| 0:18.5 | something. |
| 0:18.9 | And this is just true across the board. |
| 0:20.8 | When a lot of people finally reach the goal that they've been wanting to for a while, |
| 0:26.1 | and it's an aesthetic one, they find that it doesn't feel like they thought it would. |
| 0:31.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:32.1 | I thought that when I lost 20 pounds, my whole life would change. |
| 0:35.7 | I would be so happy that everything would just seem easier |
| 0:39.7 | because, you know, I see people and they look like I want to look. And I assume that that must |
| 0:46.0 | make them happy. But guess what? Because I know a lot of fit people. I know a lot, a lot of fit people. |
| 0:50.9 | I know a lot of people who look amazing. That's not what makes them happy. Okay. |
| 0:56.2 | So the idea that when you reach this goal, that's when you'll be happy, how about being happy |
| 1:04.2 | that you are on your way to being better? |
| 1:11.6 | The big question is this. |
| 1:15.6 | In a world of fake Instagram models and fad diets, |
| 1:19.6 | how do real people achieve their fitness goals? |
| 1:24.6 | We are an army of hardworking women women changing their lives through fitness and health. |
| 1:31.7 | Wherever you are at on your journey, we have the answers to how to make working out and eating well a part of your life. |
| 1:40.9 | Join us in changing the dialogue for women everywhere. Welcome to the Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast. |
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