Growth Mind-set By Precious Nyarambi An excerpt from the book: Thriving Entrepreneurs
A growth mindset, which allows us to grow and see opportunities everywhere, is pivotal to our success. As people, we are meant to grow, desire to learn, and not remain stagnant. We mainly grow according to our desire and exposure. One of the reasons my business could not grow at the rate I anticipated was that I was not growing, and I became a hindrance to my business growth. Sometimes it was due to personal and emotional attachments to my organisation that affected the growth. As my mental capacity increased, so did my business. I remember one day when a business mentor was trying to highlight some truths and wisdom to me, and I could not properly perceive the message. The mentor was speaking from a good place of the heart and meant well, but I was emotional about the business, and I failed to grasp the lessons. It took me time to understand and implement those lessons. My mind wasn’t ready and open to appreciate the wisdom at that time. As I became more exposed and enlightened, I realised that my mentor was right, and it was unfortunate that I had to take a long road to grasp it. The mind must continuously be renewed and be open to learning new things. The business environment is not stagnant but versatile, and one must always be pragmatic to remain relevant.
There is often that notion that you write the vision down and make it plain, the interesting thing for me is that after you map out your vision, you must then work backwards and do things that will feed into your end goal, i.e., your vision. The vision remains something to be achieved within given timelines. Success is no accident. It is planned hard work and smart work, perseverance, sacrifice, and most of all, love and passion for what you are doing or learning to do. When you align purpose, vision, and growth mindsets in your entrepreneurial journey and factor in “The Power of Yet”, it leaves room for continuous personal growth and, in turn, business growth. ‘Yet’ puts a fixed mind-set statement into a growth mind-set context of learning over time. Yet is a little word with potentially big powers of motivation. This is the power of “not yet according” to Carol S. Dweck. Not yet gives confidence, a different perspective, and a bigger picture, and empowers the mindset. The mindset will direct the habit and attitude. If you don’t have it figured out yet, keep at it. One day it will come together. Entrepreneurs embrace challenges, and their problem-solving technique eventually grows. They cannot get stuck. The process of going through different challenges, dealing with them, and overcoming them builds some sort of capacity through stretching and confronting the challenges. In my case, whenever I face a challenge, I sit down, reflect on it, and unpack it. Eventually, I work out a solution to that challenge, and by chance, the tenacity to face obstacles also grows. Once you overcome a challenge, you become a master of it. After years of being stretched and facing different challenges, you grow and mature enough to face obstacles, big and small. It then becomes more like a training and equipping of some sort. You become a victor, not a victim, after overcoming. Page 141
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