Mindset for Success
Please download the ‘TP Mindset Guide’ as we revisit the mindset strategies that were discussed during your online briefing. We invite you to answer these questions to deepen your learning and expand your self-awareness;
- Why do you think mindset and thinking is so important?
- What would happen if we adopted the opposite to the ‘TP Mindset’?
- What self-leadership standards do you commit to during your time at TP?
- The Four Foundations of Success; Can you think of examples of how you use this thinking tool effectively in your life already?
If you, along with countless other volunteers, interns and global learners, have been asking yourself this question, and want to explore a fun little model that might provide a starting point for the answer, watch this video and use the following prompts for further discussion:
- The video talks about personal development and global development being interlinked. Do you agree?
- How have you seen these links in your own life?
- Which of the 4 quadrants (knowledge & skills, attitudes & empathy, thoughtful action and daily choices) do you most associate with “doing good in the world”?
- Why? Is there a quadrant you think most important?
- What do you think is meant by a “learning mindset”?
- Why do you think this is in the center of the model?
- Is there anything missing from the model presented? How would you answer the question yourself?
It is first important to approach potentially new information in the most appropriate and effective way!
Culture is what shapes us, it shapes our behaviour, our views our identity and how we approach knowledge. This means that there are copious amounts of different perspectives within the world and it is incredibly important that we appreciate this before we can work within any particular context.
This video from the University of the South Pacific focuses specifically on approaches to academic research methodologies in the Pacific and the concepts and assumptions we may need to be aware of before conducting research in the region… but it is also incredibly applicable to any work in the Pacific too! Check it out…
Your goals are an essential part of the next few weeks for you. Goal setting is a powerful process for thinking about your ideal outcomes, and for motivating yourself to turn your vision of this future into reality.
By setting sharp, clearly defined goals, you can measure and take pride in the achievement of those goals, and you’ll see forward progress in what might previously have seemed a long pointless grind. You will also raise your self-confidence, as you recognise your own ability and competence in achieving the goals that you’ve set.
Specific – A specific goal has a much greater chance of being accomplished than a general goal.
Measurable – Establish concrete criteria for measuring progress toward the attainment of each goal you set. When you measure your progress, you stay on track, reach your target dates, and experience the exhilaration of achievement that spurs you on to continued effort required to reach your goal.
Attainable – When you identify goals that are most important to you, you begin to figure out ways you can make them come true. You develop the attitudes, abilities, skills, and financial capacity to reach them. You begin seeing previously overlooked opportunities to bring yourself closer to the achievement of your goals.
Realistic – To be realistic, a goal must represent an objective toward which you are both willing and able to work. A goal can be both high and realistic; you are the only one who can decide just how high your goal should be. But be sure that every goal represents substantial progress. A high goal is frequently easier to reach than a low one because a low goal exerts low motivational force. Some of the hardest jobs you ever accomplished actually seem easy simply because they were a labour of love.
Timely – A goal should be grounded within a time frame. With no time frame tied to it there’s no sense of urgency. If you want to lose 10 lbs, when do you want to lose it by? “Someday” won’t work. But if you anchor it within a timeframe, “by May 1st”, then you’ve set your unconscious mind into motion to begin working on the goal.