The Lexicon
The mind beneath the mind
Mindset
Mindset is the settled mental attitude through which a person meets the whole of life, the inner stance that decides what experience will mean. Two people may face the identical circumstance and live two different worlds, because between event and response stands the freedom to choose one's attitude, a freedom that can never be taken away. The mindset we hold colors every perception, sets the ceiling of what we believe possible, and quietly determines whether obstacles become walls or doorways. It is less what happens to us than the frame we bring to what happens.
Carried by 18 teachers · across 4 traditions · 5 quotes
The modern teaching distinguishes the fixed mind, which believes ability is given and finite, from the growth mind, which sees capacity as something cultivated through effort and learning. To shift from one to the other is to change the trajectory of a life, for the growth-oriented soul treats failure as feedback and challenge as the very means of becoming. Mindset is not fate but choice, renewed in each moment, and the deliberate cultivation of an empowering attitude is among the simplest and most far-reaching of all inner disciplines.
In their words
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances.Viktor Frankl
Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.James Allen
The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state.James Allen
Becoming is better than being.Carol Dweck
Whether you think you can, or you think you can't — you're right.Henry Ford