The document outlines seven tools for fostering a positive mindset, emphasizing the importance of mindset in achieving personal and professional goals. It discusses various methods like the performance loop, PERMA model, gratitude practices, and appreciative inquiry to overcome negative beliefs and emotional barriers. Overall, it offers strategies for developing a positive outlook, enhancing well-being, and realizing one's potential.

1. 7 TOOLS FOR
A POSITIVE
MINDSET
UNLEASH YOUR POTENTIAL

2. MINDSET
A set of beliefs or a way of thinking
that determines one’s behavior,
outlook and mental attitude.*
If you refer to someone's mindset,
you mean their general attitudes
and the way they typically think
about things.**
*Shane Cradock **Collins Dictionary

3. 1.PERFORMANCE LOOP
2.NEG ESCAPE GAME
3.PARADIGM SHIFT
4.SOAR
5.PERMA
6.GRATITUDE
7.APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY

4. PERFORMANCE
LOOP

5. MINDSET MATTERS
Mindset is the cornerstone of performance.
To reach our goals and achieve performance, we
need the right mindset in the first place.
Mindset acts like a filter ; it conditions a
person’s attitude
Mindset gives an orientation, and sets
the direction
Mindsets are self-deceptive, and can
create blind spots
Wrong mindset may lead to self-sabotage

6. The Mindset Performance Loop, Shane Cradock

7. MINDSET EXAMPLES
Source : Upgrade Your Mindset
• Fixed Mindset
• Reactive Mindset
• Negative Thinking
• Problem Oriented
• Indecisive Mind
• Scarcity Mentality
• Suboptimal Thinking
• Egotistical Thinking
• Growth Mindset
• Proactive Mindset
• Positive Thinking
• Solution Oriented
• Regret Minimization
• Abundance Mentality
• Optimal Thinking
• Agile Thinking

8. THE NEG

9. ESCAPE
ACQUIRED
NEGATIVITY
• Limiting Beliefs
• Negative Self-
Talk
• Negative
injunctions
inherited from
childhood
• Counter-
injunctions
NEGATIVE
SPEAKING
• Negative
language
• Judgement
• Yes, BUT-ism
• Cognitive
biases and
reasoning
fallacies
UNHEALTHY
EMOTION
PROCESSING
• Emotional
processes
generating
negative
emotions
• Feeling
emotionally
overwhelmed
IDENTIFYESCAPING NEGATIVITY

10. FORM
EMPOWERING
BELIEFS
REPLACE OLD
BELIEFS WITH
ENABLING
BELIEFS
Limiting beliefs are constructed constraints. Just by believing them, we do not
think, do or say the things that they inhibit, and thus we impoverish our lives.
ESCAPING LIMITING BELIEFS
Spot the limiting
beliefs
• I do/don’t
• I can’t
• I am/am not
• I can’t be my real self or
I’ll be judged
• I can’t ask because I
may get rejected
• I can’t trust because
people may betray me
• I can’t pursue my
dream because I may
fail…
Acknowledge
they are beliefs
NOT TRUTHS

11. CREATE
CORRESPONDING
PERMISSIONS
ESCAPING NEGATIVE
INJUNCTIONS
Negative injunctions are internalized commands inherited from childhood.
“Don’t be/don’t exist”
“Don’t be you”
“Don’t belong”
“Don’t be a child/your age”
“Don’t be close”
“Don’t be sane/be well”
“Don’t feel”
“Don’t grow up”
“Don’t want/need”
“Don’t be separate from me”
“Don’t be the sex you are”
“Don’t succeed”
“Don’t think”
“Don’t be important”
“Don’t do anything”

12. ESCAPE
NEGATIVE SPEAKING HABITS
HOW TO ESCAPE THEM
Mitigation of these behaviors will make interactions with others more
positive and productive, and will improve your overall demeanor.
–Gossip Triple-Filter Test (Socrates)
Judging Suspend judgement
Negativity Positive language
Complaining Express constructively
Excuses Responsibility
Lying Triple-Filter Test (Socrates)
Dogmatism Respect opinions

13. Unhealthy
Emotional
Process
Identifying the
Unhealthy Emotional
Process
When I notice myself
caught in the process,
what will I do to stop?
Rumination
Thinking about something
distressing over and over again
Catastrophizing
Expecting the worst possible
outcome for every situation
Minimization
Downplaying our positive
attributes, experiences, or
strengths
Suppression
Trying not to show or express
negative emotions
Experiential avoidance
Trying not to feel negative
emotions (drug/alcohol instead)
All-or-nothing thinking
Viewing a situation as all good or
all bad.
Distraction
Avoiding experiencing our
emotions by doing something else
ESCAPING UNHEALTHY
EMOTIONAL PROCESSING
Source : The Berkeley Well-Being Institute

15. PARADIGM SHIFT
• A “revolution of the way of thinking”, Kant
(Revolution der Denkart)
• A change from one way of thinking to the other.
• Paradigm shifts : moments that revolutionize our
thought by seemingly inverting the planet on its
axis (Kaizen Inst.)

16. HALF EMPTY
HALF FULL
½ AIR
½ WATER
Technically the glass
is always FULL
OPTIMIST, PESSIMIST,
to APPRECIATIVE…
DIFFERENT PARADIGMS

17. Source : Kaizen Institute
PARADIGM CYCLE

18. PARADIGM SHIFT
PREVAILING FRAMEWORK
(OR PARADIGM)
• Frame of reference
• Self-Knowledge
• Knowledge of the
world
• Perception and
understanding
• Personal sense-
making
• New awareness
• New (adapted)
frame of reference
• Experimental
practices
• Creation of habits
and routines
NEW PARADIGM

19. Source : Drawpack
DYNAMICS OF PARADIGM
CHANGE
THE PARADIGM
DEVELOPMENT
OF STRATEGY
IMPLEMENT
POSITIVE
RESULTS
INCREASED
PERFORMANCE
If unsatisfactoryStep 1
Tighter
controls
Step 2
Adapt or
develop new
strategy
Step 3
Abandon
paradigm
and adopt
new one

20. POSITIVE PARADIGM
HOW TO STRENGTHEN YOUR POSITIVE MUSCLE
FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE
•Strengthen your ability to pay attention
to the positive
NON-JUDGEMENTAL ATTITUDE
•Learn to suspend your judgement
SYSTEMS THINKING
•Always see the Big Picture
DEVELOP EMPATHY
•Understand others’ viewpoints, and
frames of reference

22. SOAR FRAMEWORK
STRENGTHS OPPORTUNITIES ASPIRATIONS RESULTS
SOAR analysis is a strengths-based approach to building strategic
capacity. SOAR helps people and organizations focus on their current
strengths and opportunities, and create a vision of future aspirations and
the result they will bring.
STRENGTHS
OPPORTUNITIES
ASPIRATIONS
RESULTS

23. Source : University of Missouri
SOAR ANALYSIS

24. Source : Groupmap
PERSONAL SOAR ANALYSIS

26. PERMA
SELIGMAN’S FLOURISHING MODEL
Seligman’s PERMA model is a framework for
personal well-being and flourishing.
PERMA is also a useful framework for
promoting workplace well-being.
Positive Emotions Relationships Achievement
Engagement Meaning

27. PERMA
5 ELEMENTS OF “FLOURISHING”
P Positive
Emotions
Feeling good – Creating positive
emotions, developing optimism, finding
pleasure and enjoyment
E Engagement
Finding flow – Fulfilling work, interesting
hobbies
R Relationships
Authentic connections – Positive social
connections, and emotional interactions
M Meaning
Purposeful existence – Having a
purpose, finding a meaning in life, and
at work
A Achievement
A sense of accomplishment – Ambitious,
realistic goals, important achievements,
pride in one’s results and contributions

28. PERMA : WELL-BEING AND
FLOURISHING FACTORS

29. PERMA ACTION PLAN
Seligman’s (2012) PERMA
model : Description of the 5
facets for flourishing
Recommendations for
promoting flourishing
WHAT DO I DO TO SUPPORT
MYSELF IN THIS AREA?
WHAT DO I DO TO
SUPPORT OTHERS
IN THIS AREA?
Positive Emotions : feeling
joy, hope and contentment
Reduce stressors,
promote positive,
coping & resilience
Engagement : feeling
attached, involved and an
ability to concentrate on
activities
Create meaningful
opportunities to draw
on strengths &
interests
Relationships: feeling
connected, supported and
cared about
Promote opportunities
for collaboration &
interaction within &
among teams
Meaning: feeling valued
and connected to
something greater than self
Connect to purpose &
promote reflection
Achievement : progressing
toward goals, feeling
capable, and a sense of
accomplishment
Provide autonomy &
celebrate success
Source : Oades, 2011; Slavin, 2012, Seligman, 2012.

30. THE
GRATITUDE
JOURNAL

31. GRATITUDE
Harvard Medical School
Gratitude is a thankful appreciation for what an
individual receives, whether tangible or intangible.
With gratitude, people acknowledge the goodness in
their lives. In the process, people usually recognize
that the source of that goodness lies at least partially
outside themselves.
As a result, gratitude also helps people connect to
something larger than themselves as individuals —
whether to other people, nature, or a higher power.

32. SYNONYMS
ANTONYMS
GRATITUDE
• Acknowledgment
• Appreciativeness
• Thankfulness
• Praise
• Recognition
• Thanklessness
• Ungratefulness
• Condemnation
• Censure

33. PRACTICING GRATITUDE
Saying Thank You
Gratitude Journal
Gratitude bullet list
5 Minute Journal
Writing a gratitude essay

34. GRATITUDE JOURNAL
DAILY GRATITUDE
At the end of your day, list 10 things
you are grateful for
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
LEARNING FROM CHALLENGES
List 3 obstacles, and what you’re
learning from them
1. What I’m learning
2. What I’m learning
3. What I’m learning
PEOPLE I’M GRATEFUL FOR
List 5 people who helped you or made your
life a little better today (even strangers!)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
THE BEST PART OF MY DAY
Choose one moment of your day that
made you satisfied, and focus on it
for 5 minutes before bed.

36. Source: AI Commons
APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY
A STRENGTH-BASED APPROACH
Appreciative Inquiry (AI)
is about the search for the best in people, their
organizations, and the strengths-filled, opportunity-
rich world around them. AI is not so much a shift in
the methods and models of organizational
change, but AI is a fundamental shift in the overall
perspective taken throughout the entire change
process to ‘see’ the wholeness of the human
system and to “inquire” into that system’s strengths,
possibilities, and successes.
Stavros, Godwin, Cooperrider (2015)

37. Appreciative Inquiry :
“A generative and
practical process
model for approaching
change at all levels
within a system, from
one-on-one coaching,
to team building, to
system-wide change.”
Cooperrider Center for
Appreciative Inquiry at
Champlain College
THE 5-D CYCLE

38. 5 CORE PRINCIPLES
OF APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY
Source: AI Commons

39. Source: Appreciative Inquiry Au.
APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY PROCESS

40. • Positive Psychology Theory (University of Pennsylvania)
• The PERMA Model (Positive Psychology Program)
• What is Gratitude and What Is Its Role in Positive
Psychology? (Positive Psychology Program)
• 7 Scientifically Proven Benefits Of Gratitude (Forbes)
• Appreciative Inquiry (Managing For Impact)
• Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry at
Champlain College, Case Western Reserve University’s
Weatherhead School of Management (AI Commons)
• Transactional Analysis, Eric Berne
• Berkeley Well-Being Institute