Mindset

Employee and Owner mindset

Some people rise and some people don’t, even when they are doing externally the same thing. I am sure everyone has seen shops of the same items crowded, whereas same item another shop is hardly visited by anyone. We have also seen among trainees of a company from the same batch that some reach the top and some get stagnant somewhere in the middle only.

Why this contradiction? Externally, things are the same, but results are completely different. One a winner, another a loser.

I would not get into the normal reasonings of success as more knowledge, more effort, better network and so on. I use a different matrix to check if someone is going to be successful or not. For me, the only factor responsible for our growth is “The Mindset”. It is being noticed by the educationists and psychologists these days as well that mindset plays the most prominent role in a person’s growth.

Mindset is linked to our attention or focus. What we see in a person or event decides our action plan and hence the direction of our growth trajectory. Science students know whether an electron will look like a particle or wave, depends upon the observer. What we are looking for in every moment decides what we get eventually.

Mindset has been divided into two categories by the experts –

1. Owners, and

2. Employees

The owners’ mindset varies from that of the employees in the way they look at the things. Here, let me emphasize that an owner can have an employee mindset and an employee can have an owner’s mindset. The words “owner” and the “employee” do not have literal meanings here. They are used as abstract concepts here.

A person with owner’s mindset is looking to come out of a problem by finding ways and means for the same. A person with employee’s mindset is looking for a person to blame for that problem.

A person with employee’s mindset does not agree easily that they are wrong. A person with owner’s mindset will agree that they are wrong if enough evidence is placed.

A person with an employee’s mindset is looking in every change with the question “What is in it for me? A person with an owner’s mindset is looking for how this change is going to make the lives better for everyone around me.

A person with an owner’s mindset wants herself and her team to grow, because she knows that she can’t grow alone. A person with an employee’s mindset is focused on her personal needs. She is least concerned about others.

If we can understand the concept behind the mindset and force our mind to look at what can help us in future by shifting our attention or focus accordingly, we will always come out as winners without hurting anyone else. A real win-win situation for everyone. There are books and courses are there for bringing a shift to our mindset. I am just sharing one of them with the readers.

There is a popular personal development framework called “The seven mindsets” that sums up the core principles for the benefit of everyone to achieve their dreams, improve mental wellbeing and build supportive communities. These seven principles are:

1. Everything is possible – Be positive about possibilities and dream big.

2. Passion first – Do what you deeply like. Ask yourself – why do I like this?

3. We are connected – Collaboration gives us more than competition. It makes us happy also. It gives us meaningful relationships.

4. 100% accountable – I am responsible for my results, not the external factors.

5. Attitude of gratitude – Be thankful for what you have. If you are reading this on internet, you already have enough.

6. Live to give – Helping people and society to grow gives more happiness than running behind only individual achievements.

7. The time is now – Perfect timing and knowledge will never come. Act now.

Let me warn you here. Changing one’s mindset is not simple. Actually, it is very difficult but not impossible. It depends on the strength of our desire to change. The more we want to change, the easier it is.