The College Money Guys January 2018

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What the New Year Means for Us A TripWill Change Your Child’s Life Our Clients Say It Best How to Compare Award Letters Do You Have a Growth Mindset?

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Ever seen a gym in January? It’s a scene that more closely resembles a standing room-only concert hall, and it smells like one, too. If you return to that same gym in April, it’s a ghost town. The crowds and their resolutions came and went. But why? It’s not as if these resolutions were made in vain or that the people who made them are lazy. Instead, failed New Year’s resolutions are a result of an inability to create habitual behavior. If you’re looking for success in your new habits this year, the key is having the right mindset. HOW TO START A NEW HABIT REWIRING YOUR BRAIN FOR SUCCESS In Carol Dweck’s multiple books on mindset, she tackles a key overarching concept that permeates how we think about success, learning, and accomplishment. She states that we approach new habits with either a fixed mindset or a growth mindset. In a fixed mindset, we are focused on our traits as they are. They are in a stationary state and unable to be changed or altered to achieve the desired effect. If you are incorporating a new habit into your daily life, having a fixed mindset limits the opportunity for that new habit to successfully take. In a growth mindset, however, your basic abilities can improve with work ethic, dedication, and resilience. Adopting a new habit is not limited to what you know, who you are, or your innate talent. Instead, the success of new habitual behavior is determined by the measure of your openness to change

the way you think about it. In order to start a new habit, you need to rewire how your brain works, and the only way to do that is to focus your mindset toward the new task. With your brain rewired to have a growth mindset, more behavior falls under what you can control, rather than what concerns you. As you start your 2018 and go into the new year, ask yourself how you are approaching your new behaviors. Are you using a growth mindset to rewire your brain, or are you limiting yourself with a fixed mindset?

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