Amal Totkay Growth Mindset
By: Muhammad Farhan
Tags: Growth Mindset, Mindset Shift, Mental Growth, Mindset

While living in this world we often come to know the stories of the most successful personalities. The very main reason behind their success or which we can also say that their success story, is that they all possess a growth mindset and have the tendency to break the streak of limitations defined by our society. They always think out of the box and try to do far away better than the conventional of traditional habits.

The most prominent habits that such people adopt have also been studied in the coursework titled “Amal Totkay”, offered by Amal Academy. There are five habits that were mentioned in that course and which we will discuss in the context of the growth mindset. These are as follows:

1- Self-talk 2- Get out of your comfort zone 3- Create new habits 4- Ask people help 5- Fake it till you make it

Self-talk is the purest form of self-reflection and self-realization. When we talk to ourselves we come to know about our tendencies and abilities and some lacking aspects in our personalities as well. Moreover, self-talk is also one of the finest way to motivate ourselves. For example, if we are given a task and we feel that we couldn’t do it then talk to yourself and try to convince in a way that “no, I can definitely do that. This is the opportunity for me to prove better than me. It’s a chance to make best version of myself”. So, these are the words that really thrill our morale and confidence and this is easily possible by one of the techniques that is called as self-talk.

Similarly, most of us don’t get willing to leave our comfort zone and work on the things that don’t lie in our comfort zone. This is a real drawback if it is possessed by someone because it will never even let anyone to think beyond the boundaries and do something new because, if we have to do something innovative then we have to perform accordingly by working hard on it and by sacrificing our rest hours and leaving even the hometowns. So coming out of our comfort zones can also makes someone to develop the growth mindset.

When we use to follow the traditional habits and think nothing beyond them to groom ourselves then definitely we become sluggish and our progress to achieve a goal might even get halt at some stage of life. Therefore, it is recommended to adopt new skills and habits to evaluate ourselves even on daily basis. Make a plan every day with a to-do list and be determined to work on all the things that you have put in that list. In the end of the day, check your progress and evaluate yourself. Now, the important point is that what should we do in this context or which new habits to be adopted by ourselves. These must be some kind of learning new skills, reading a chapter of a book and pointing out some lacking elements in your personality. Working out on them and adopting such habits definitely captivates oneself to develop a growth mindset.

Then if you feel that you couldn’t judge the progress you made by developing a growth mindset then ask someone to assist you in this regard. Because, getting feedback and ponder upon it always let a person to think to make himself even better. Moreover, there is another important factor that is keep on motivating yourself to achieve your goal that might be even developing a growth mindset. Like, we have discussed earlier that always trying to put confidence in yourself and motivating to get to your destination will always change the perception of your thinking. This will definitely prove to be very healthy for someone’s mental growth and he/she will obviously develop a growth mindset. So, these were some tip that we have discussed with a brief elaboration that are really mandatory to adopt for someone who inclines to develop a growth mindset.