Unless we translate goals into new questions, they can lead to fixed mindsets. Our commitment to specific, predictable, near view outcomes can preclude mindful and agile attention to new possibilities to get to the same longer view outcomes. The further out we go in defining the long view good we seek, the richer our potential for a growth mindset. The more we translate direction into new questions, the more growth mindset we engage.
The experimenting mindset
We grow the growth-vital experimenting mindset in two ways.
When something goes well - a new initiative, project, week or month - we can reflect on what contributed and see these as experiments we attempted. This makes them the source of learning, not just lag metrics.
When talking about what matters to us going forward, we can consider what we can and want to experiment with.
These both inspire and energize and grow growth mindsets.