How do people achieve success consistently?
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| Founder, Chris Shah |
As you might have noticed, I’m obsessed with the study of both success and FAILURE!
There
is a constant theme or principle that keeps showing up with consistent success
or inconsistent success.
What is it?
Process oriented vs
Identity oriented
What
is in it for me Chris?
You
can use this to achieve your fitness and weight loss goals consistently. Along
with getting through current sticking points.
I’m
currently reading “The Art of
Learning” An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance By Josh Waitzkin.
The
Chess movie “Searching for Bobby Fisher” was based on the author. He went on to
become a Tia Chi world champion, Black belt in Jiu Jitsu and currently a mental
performance coach to the top Venture capitals, CEO’s and athletes in the world.
In
the book, learning, teaching, success, failure and mastery are the themes. There are two approaches to learning or
mastering a skill. (This is well studied by developmental psychologists)
One
is called “entity” (aka Identity Oriented) the other “incremental “(aka
Process Oriented)
Identity oriented people on a quest to lose weight or
get in better shape, usually believe success or failure is directly linked to
their unalterable and ingrained ability.
This
is a FIXED mind set which
gives birth to a DOWNWARD SPIRAL and the known
YO-YO effect.
More
on the DOWNWARD SPIRAL later.
Process oriented people on a quest to lose weight or
get in better shape, usually believe success or failure is directly linked to hard
work, relying on and modifying a process. They believe any skill or goal can incrementally be learned, step-by step.
This
is a GROWTH mind set which gives
birth to EMOTIONAL INTELLEGENCE (AWARENESS) and
consistent incremental movement in the
desired direction.
In
summary,
Process oriented= Growth
mind set + Emotional intelligence (awareness) = Incremental and consistent
improvement
Identity oriented = Fixed
mind set + Downward Spiral (self-sabotage) = Inconsistent Success
Can
You Show Me a Video?
Don’t worry, I got
you covered. In the video below, I discuss Process vs. Identity. Here’s the video:
In
part 2 (coming this week) I go over
- How to break out of an identity mindset
- How to cultivate a process oriented mindset
- How to sharpen the saw of the process
- Practical strategies
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