Love this perspective. Getting older is a blessing. Not everyone is able to get older and there’s still lots to share and still value in one’s life, experience, and perspective. I know the elders in my family are cherished and celebrated.
Janice, thank you for reminding me of the importance of Mindset. I came to learn of Dr Carol Dweck’s work late in life via my grandson. He aspires to be a very talented golfer and we engaged a top coach. The coach assigned him 3 books to read. One of them was “The Fixed Mindset”. I read it too and it resonates with me. I realized that I started out life through High School with a Fixed Mindset. I attended a strict high school and squeaked through. But later in life I somehow changed my mindset to a growth mindset, and I graduated from College with honors. Same guy with a better mindset.
I can see that at my advanced age it could be easy to regress to a fixed mindset.
E.g. No one beats Father Time.
So thanks Janice for the reminder that my aging well is up to me having a Growth Mindset. E.g. My abilities are a function of my desire and attitude.
Love this perspective. Getting older is a blessing. Not everyone is able to get older and there’s still lots to share and still value in one’s life, experience, and perspective. I know the elders in my family are cherished and celebrated.
Hi Chevanne, Very true, I am so fortunate to be my age and feel as if I am just coming into my own.
Janice, thank you for reminding me of the importance of Mindset. I came to learn of Dr Carol Dweck’s work late in life via my grandson. He aspires to be a very talented golfer and we engaged a top coach. The coach assigned him 3 books to read. One of them was “The Fixed Mindset”. I read it too and it resonates with me. I realized that I started out life through High School with a Fixed Mindset. I attended a strict high school and squeaked through. But later in life I somehow changed my mindset to a growth mindset, and I graduated from College with honors. Same guy with a better mindset.
I can see that at my advanced age it could be easy to regress to a fixed mindset.
E.g. No one beats Father Time.
So thanks Janice for the reminder that my aging well is up to me having a Growth Mindset. E.g. My abilities are a function of my desire and attitude.
Jack, Very well said - our aging well is up to us - and underlying that is the foundation of a growth mindset, I have come to believe..