Are you the kind of person who avoids failure at all costs, or considers it as an opportunity to learn something new? Depending on your answer, you either follow a fixed mindset and a growth mindset. And it is these two basic mindsets that can have a major impact on how we live our lives.

The difference between the two is this: a fixed mindset presumes that our mental ability, character, and creative skills are constant givens that can’t be altered in any significant way; a growth mindset takes on challenges and views failure as a great starting point for growth and for enhancing our potential.  To find out more, check out the infographic done by Nigel Holmes below:



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