Mindset Part 9-It is about you??
Lately, I've been thinking about mindset because most of the things I face in life are connected to my mindset. So, I want to talk about some parts of mindset that could help us improve at deduction.
If you want to analyze a situation, a person or anything, you need to accept what comes along the way. If you refuse to face what you see then you won't see what is in front of you. You need to be open to every possibility.(Even if it shakes your world and beliefs.)That's how you can analyze and decide whether it is true or not.
Stoicism might be helpful here. Stoicism is mostly based on accepting and controlling what we can. First, you accept whatever you face and then control the parts you can.
2-Emotional Qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning
If you don't accept the fact that you have emotions, then they will ruin your observations and deductions every time. Again, acceptance. Everybody has emotions and that is not the problem. The problem is that you need to be aware of them and minimize their effect.
It is connected with acceptance because mostly, emotions are barriers to acceptance. They want to accept everything that supports them and refuse the rest.(Confirmation Bias) So, welcome your emotions, be aware of them and face them.
3-Don't underestimate yourself, you are capable
If someone can run 100m in 9 seconds, that probably means another person can run it in 9 seconds. If someone can finish a book in 5 hours, that also probably means another person can finish it too.
My point is, we are all human. We can improve and be better at everything we do. Of course, we have our limits but most of the time you draw the limit to yourself. Most of the time, your schemas about yourself make you think you can't be better at something.(Most common examples: Math, remembering names, being rich etc.)
Again, acceptance. Accept that you might have a limit. But that doesn't mean you can't push yourself and see that limit. We don't even know if we can reach our limits in 70 years. So, be a lifelong student and don't worry about your limit. Just improve every day and see the results.
For now, that's all. See you soon.
"Education never ends Watson. It is a series of lessons with the greatest for the last."