18 Paradigm Frob to Manipulate your Destiny by Aman V. Varma - HTML preview

GRIT MINDSET

Dictionary Meaning:

Strength of mind; great courage or fearlessness; fortitude.

Courage and resolve; strength of character.

Indomitable spirit and perseverance & passion for long-term goals.

The Concept:

"Grit in psychology is a positive, non-cognitive trait based on an individual's passion for a particular long- term goal or end state, coupled with a powerful motivation to achieve their respective objective. This perseverance of effort promotes the overcoming of obstacles or challenges that lie within a gritty individual's path to accomplishment, and serves as a driving force in achievement realized." - Wikipedia

There are plenty of scientific researches done on this topic, many authors have written books on it, self-help gurus talk about it and almost every top blog has promoted it.

I believe that Wikipedia's definition is profound enough to state the essence of this mindset.

If you have noticed, you will find that all the mindsets are woven to earn other. They are synchronized and interrelated like a woven mesh. That's the beauty of nature and collective intelligence.

I don't think there is any need to explain why grit mindset should be developed. So let's take a quick look at some of the facts related to how you can develop this magical superpower.

Resources: If you would like to put in some extra efforts I will recommend you to read this article at forbes.com which describes the theory & research in depth. I have inserted a link to the article on the reference page, type it or simply search "Grit Forbes" on Google.

To understand this concept emotionally you can watch Will Smith's movie "The Pursuit of Happiness" a very powerful movie projecting a perfect example of a man with grit.

How to develop grit mindset?

1. Commit to yourself that you will not settle for anything less than world class. Remind this to yourself every single moment.
2. Make your vision/dream the only thing that you will live for and that you will take strong urgent actions everyday to move closer to that dream.
3. Give yourself only one option and that is to succeed. Don't even think of giving up in the process because that dream in your mind is million times more important than anything else.
4. To keep yourself going, align your career, lifestyle, business, passion, relationships, social circle or friends and your knowledge in a straight line. That means everything inside your mind and around you in environment should support you to keep going towards your dream.
5. Have a reason to do what you are doing, and make it big. The reason + passion is what will keep you going. You have to continuously challenge yourself and keep pushing your standards every single day.
6. Build habits and rituals to meet this standards because these two things help you to automate your actions and thinking on your focused path, which will give you momentum to fly high.
7. Be inspired by life. Inspired is intrinsic. Motivation is extrinsic. If you have a big throbbing vision for yourself than you will become an inspirational individual by default and you won't need any external motivation to keep yourself going.
8. If you follow these principles and combine & install all the mindsets given in the book then you won't be able to even help yourself when it comes to giving up. You will become unstoppable!

"Grit is the stubborn refusal to quit." - Jonah Lehrar "No grit, no pearl" - unknown