Episode 40: Why I’m No Longer Using the Word ‘Mindset’
‘Mindset’.
I know I’ve said the word before. I know so many of us use it every day. And it’s no wonder… it can be hard to find the right words!
I’ve had an inkling that I’ve wanted to replace this word in my business vocabulary for a while. It’s never felt exactly right, and it places too much of the blame on what we are or more significantly, what we are not doing. Whether its referring to money making or self-care or growing your business or what have you, if you believe your ‘mindset’ isn’t right, it feels an awful lot like you’re to blame. And we all know that’s not true!
In this episode, I break down a revelation I had after a recent post by Keri Jarvis (who's also scrapping 'mindset'!), and why I’m replacing the M word and focusing on the nuance of our conditioning instead. After all, we can’t ignore the fact that every single one of us brings an entirely unique life experience to our business and money making. All the more reason to make room for you as a whole person, flaws and all, instead of trying to squeeze ourselves into the idea of a perfect mindset. Our ‘conditioning’ certainly shouldn’t stop us from making money. And luckily, unlike the vague ‘mindset’, you can look at your conditioning, your past and the messages you carry about yourself and learn to navigate them.
If you’re looking to challenge your conditioning around goal setting, check out my FREE Anti Goals Workshop! It will be live on 9 December at noon, but a replay will be available for anyone who can’t join live. All you have to do is sign up here: https://www.raydodd.co.uk/anti-goals-workshop
QUOTES
“Notice where you hold privilege, but also notice where you lack it. Notice where actually, that wasn't as easy for you for whatever reason, rather than always being like, ‘oh my mindset's just not good’.”
“There is a difference between having a scarcity mindset and understanding that you live in a world built on scarcity. There is a difference between feeling like you have to fix the scarcity inside you and learning how to navigate the scarcity that… you walk around in every day.”
“We need to notice the patterns that we find ourselves in. Notice the thoughts that we give power to and the thoughts that we don't give power to. The ways in which we undermine ourselves, the ways in which we apologise for ourselves… What underpins those is our conditioning. And what we are unravelling is our conditioning, not this incorrect mindset.”