Written by Brian Scudamore
Change your mindset, change your life. It sounds so easy, yet many of us tell ourselves itâs too late to change careers or that we donât have enough time to learn something new. Living with these limiting beliefs creates a self-fulfilling prophecy: we believe we canât, so we donât. If we instead lived in terms of âI canâ and âI willâ, imagine what we could achieve!
I believe our thoughts have incredible power over our everyday lives, and that our moods and behaviors are a reflection of how we think. Over the years, Iâve developed 7 hacks to ensure Iâm always in the right frame of mind to be successful and happy â and it starts with imagining possibilities instead of focusing on roadblocks.
Anyone can transform their mindset and learn to ask âCan You Imagine?â too. Here are the 7 mindsets of highly successful (and happy) people.
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1. Ditch the Fixed Mindset and Go For Growth
Letâs say you feel like youâre not getting ahead at work. A fixed mindset says the situation is the way it is, and it will never change no matter what you do. A growth mindset says you can create change if you work hard, adapt to feedback and implement strategies for personal development. It goes without saying which type of people go further in their careers.
It comes down to the difference between limiting and empowering beliefs. If you believe your growth is confined to its current state indefinitely, youâre unlikely to develop. But if you start to believe in your capacity to achieve greatness, youâll find that everything in your life will follow suit.
2. Adopt An Abundance Mentality, Not Scarcity Mentality
About 6 years into 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, my top employee resigned. This wouldnât have been the end of the world ⌠except he was leaving to start a competing junk removal business. At first, I was gutted â then, I wanted revenge. I became obsessed with shutting his business down, to the detriment of my own company.
Now I know that I was stuck in a scarcity mentality: I thought there was only enough success for one of us. Iâve since learned that this kind of thinking breeds a culture of paranoia where everyone lives in fear. Now, our company thrives on an abundance mentality: we believe that everyone benefits when we share ideas, even with the competition. By recognizing that thereâs more than enough success to go around, weâve freed ourselves from limitations.
3. Stop Fearing Failure. Instead, Be Willing to Fail
The number one reason entrepreneurs donât succeed is because theyâre afraid to fail â that fear can even keep them from starting something in the first place.
The fact is, no one ever fell to the top of the mountain; you canât reach the peak unless you take the first step. We believe in the philosophy WTF (Willing to Fail) because the only way to grow is to make mistakes. Risk is scary, but stagnation is worse â and the more you believe youâll fail, the more likely it is that you will. Remember: if youâre not progressing then youâre failing anyway, so youâre better off taking the chance.
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4. Create a Long-Term Vision Instead of Only Short-Term Goals
You canât reach a destination if you donât know where youâre going. Same goes if youâre climbing the corporate ladder, switching jobs, or starting a new business. Before you can create a strategy and set your short-term goals, you first need to write a long-term vision of success.
Iâve always been more concerned with where our company is going than how weâll get there. Iâm a visionary entrepreneur, so for me, itâs not a matter of blindly putting one foot in front of the other â itâs about shooting for the moon and working backwards to bring our vision safely back to earth. We call our vision our Painted Picture: a crystal-clear snapshot of how our business will look, feel and act every five years. Itâs a way of keeping everyone aligned and motivated to succeed as a team.
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Growing up, I was a bit of a rebel. But despite what my parents and teachers told me, this didnât hold me back. If anything, my affinity for troublemaking made me a better entrepreneur.
Risk-averse people who stay in their comfort zones rarely lead the pack. Itâs the people who move fast, break things and defy convention who change the world. Success is all about grit, guts and gumption â so if you want to progress your career, you better get comfortable colouring outside the lines.
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6. Listen to Your Gut
We all overthink things every once in awhile and thatâs okay â but if you second guess every decision you make, youâll never get anything done. Over thinking also leads to rumination, the destructive and potentially career-ruining process of dwelling on the past.
After twenty-eight years in business, Iâve learned how important it is to make quick (and tough) decisions, and that to get ahead you need to avoid unproductive indecisiveness. Stop letting your lizard brain control your thoughts and actions â instead, take charge and start acting on instinct. In most cases, your intuition will steer you in the right direction.
7. Let Positivity Flow Into Everything You Do
If youâre only going to change one thing about the way you think, this should be it. Itâs scientifically proven that optimists are happier and more successful than pessimists (provided theyâre realistic about goals and outcomes). As an eternal optimist, I always try to see the good in every situation. If weâre falling short on some aspect of the business, I donât see it as impending doom â I know itâs only a temporary obstacle we need to overcome.
The best part is that positivity breeds positivity; when you adopt a glass-half-full attitude, it will start to guide everything you do. The truth is success doesnât automatically bring happiness â but a positive frame of mind will invite success into your life. All it takes is a few simple tweaks to your thinking to become your happiest, most fulfilled self.
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