BE DELIBERATE EMBRACE A SOLUTIONS-FOCUSED MINDSET 12 Tips for Success
By Lynn Vermaak, Chief Imaginations Officer at Aha Training & Development When did you last think about ‘the way
everything you do – your relationships,
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you to greater success, performance or
your success in different areas of your
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you think’? How has your thinking led
not? Are your thoughts mainly positive or negative? Do you get caught up
and absorbed in the problem, and then struggle to focus on the solutions?
Our world is made up of many problems. It’s inevitable. Every day as human beings we are faced with various
problems. It’s human nature to focus
your work, how you approach projects,
life. Do you have any limiting beliefs that keep you from achieving your goals? Limiting beliefs such as, “I will fail. I
don’t have what it takes. I don’t have the resources. I don’t know where to start
solving the problem.” So many people fall short of their true potential because their fear holds them back in some way.
on problems and fall into the trap of
We are living in exponential times. The
powerful things you can do for yourself
a constant. Quick adaptive responses
negativity. Therefore, one of the most is to train your mind to be a solution-
focused mind. Your mind-set impacts
nature of work is changing. Change is are needed. We need to anticipate
the future and develop strategies that
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by change, especially with the onset
Revolution. On top of this Covid19 has changed everything, and turned our
lives upside down – both our personal
and work lives. It can feel overwhelming at times, if not most of the time.
To manage this disruption and change, we need to shape the future; and
embrace a solutions focused mind-set. It is possibly one of the most effective tools we can pack into our career
development toolkit. For an organisation
it drives it forward in creating competitive advantage and innovative capability.
