Follow a Growth Mindset and Change the Things You Do Each Day

If you want to make positive lifestyle changes, you must embrace challenges, learn from your mistakes, enjoy the effort and persevere. This way, you can build upon and repair any damage to your self-confidence. Thich Nhat Hanh, author of Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life concluded, "Our mind is the foundation of all our actions... What our consciousness consumes becomes the substance of our life, so we have to be very careful which nutriments we ingest." For the long haul, results-oriented thinking is the driving force for reaching your goals but assigning purpose and meaning to your achievements is far more important than merely hitting your target.

Review the actionable strategies listed below to help cultivate a positive mindset that is critical for long-term success:

• Stop Doubting Yourself - People who are successful at making changes in their life are confident with the just the right amount of humility.
• Be Aware But Get Started - You have to develop a skill for identifying advice that can really help you develop the right mindset and avoid getting stuck in someone else's mediocrity.
• Believe Change is Possible - Always believe that change is possible and don't listen to others, when they say it won't happen — actions change things.
• Focus on Real Results - Studies have shown that as a person's mindset changes from rigid to growth-oriented, it leads to motivated goal setting with faster results.
• Now is the Time to Change - We all know about that inner voice that habitually causes you to embrace negative thoughts. Stop talking about what you can't do and take a positive action instead.
• It's Not a Race so Self Pace - Don't worry if change comes more slowly, it is not a race. Just take responsibility and make it happen.
• Invest in a Flexible Mindset - To be more successful, you not only have to believe you can make yourself better, you may need guidance in taking the actions to get there.

If you are going to change your life's circumstances, you will have to change the things you do each day. Results-oriented thinking is great for pushing you for the short-term to achieve those goals, however, once you reach your target it is time to replace those goals with new ones. This requires a growth mindset that is focused on challenges and not your routine. If you spend less time beating yourself up for shortcomings, you can redirect negative energy into positive beliefs that support your tackling new challenges. If you haven't already, it is time to stop comparing your life with other people's lives.