How to Build a Work-Ready Mindset

Your mindset is the force that helps drive your choices and actions, shaping how successful you can be. If you want to succeed at your job, building a work-ready mindset will help you reach your goals. 

A work-readiness mindset helps you filter information about work and notice patterns that lead to success. Someone with a work-ready mindset will immediately brainstorm solutions when faced with a problem, while someone who lacks the mindset may focus on feeling defeated. With a work-ready mindset, it’s easier to get along with your team, solve tough problems, and stay positive. For that reason, it’s one of the most powerful tools for success you can have at your job.

Here’s how you can cultivate a work-ready mindset:

• Start with the Big Picture: Your job is a powerful tool that can help you achieve your dreams. Think about what you’re trying to accomplish in life and how your job can help you get closer to your goals. As you experience challenges, remember to keep your goals in mind to motivate you.
• Positive Self-Talk: Having a positive attitude is critical for success on a team — but that positivity starts with how you talk to yourself. Try to train your mind to be the cheer section that roots for you to overcome challenges and plans for you to win.
• Resilience: When life gets tough, showing up for work can get tough, too. Having resilience as a part of your work-ready mindset allows you to push through the tough to get to the good stuff again. When you are resilient, you adapt to challenges and solve problems instead of letting the problems overwhelm you.
• Continuous Improvement: When you are committed to continuous improvement, you’re always leveling up, just like when you play a video game. Every day, aim to be a bit better than you were before. Like adding new pieces to your puzzle, each skill you learn makes you better. Your job isn’t just a destination; it’s a journey of growth.

Reflection Questions:

1. When you approach challenging situations, is your inner voice encouraging? If not, how can you start talking to yourself more positively? 
2. Which success mindset characteristics do you currently have, and which characteristics do you want to develop more?
3. In your opinion, what are some mindset characteristics that will not set you up for success? 

Resource

https://www.aib.edu.au/blog/balance-wellbeing/5-ways-to-create-a-success-mindset/