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Head Start
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Head Start

by Ian Price
September 2018
Beginner
192 pages
4h 6m
English
Pearson Business
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Chapter 3

Reframing your beliefs by building a growth mindset

Challenging negative beliefs

Remember the whiteboard by the front door of our flat? This is where negative, catastrophising Sofa-Man gets to write up all manner of negative beliefs when he’s not sitting quietly on the sofa.

Many of these negative beliefs revolve around our own ability to achieve our goals. We mentioned a common one right at the beginning of the book: ‘I could never do that.’

Other common negative beliefs include:

  • I’m not good enough.
  • I simply don’t have the talent.
  • I’m not a natural x (where x is a job, function, personality trait, sports player or artist).
  • If it were going to happen, it would have happened by now.

The trouble with negative beliefs is that ...

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ISBN: 9781292243825