# Embracing a growth mindset... Created On: 11-01-2022 09:34 am Type: #note/literature📖 #source/quote Tags: [[Growth (MOC)]] --- ## Literature > Embracing a growth mindset means to get pleasure out of changing for the better (which is mostly inwardly rewarding) instead of getting pleasure from being praised (which is outwardly rewarding) ## Notes * [[The greatest leaders are self-enabled students of growth]] * Praise feels good, but it isn't a sustainable enabling force that intrinsically drives you forward; it is a surface-level motivation; an outcome, not an input. * When we focus on becoming better, being a better person, we're aligning with our true self... Aligns with the concept of [[Prioritize values over goals]]. * Something Sönke talks about slightly above this is this idea of our motivations creating a positive feedback loop... * I absolutely love this... it resonates and aligns with this quote well... * This idea challenges us to build our motivators in a fashion that they create a feedback loop of innate growth. --- ## Reference(s) 1. [[How To Take Smart Notes (Book)]] p.51 - Sönke Ahrens