Mindset is a mental attitude that determines how we interpret and respond to situations. Dweck has found that it is your mindset that plays a significant role in determining achievement and success. A mindset refers to whether you believe qualities such as intelligence and talent are fixed or changeable traits. People with a fixed mindset believe that these qualities are inborn, fixed, and unchangeable. Those with a growth mindset, on the other hand, believe that these abilities can be developed and strengthened by way of commitment and hard work. Story of Katalin Karikó, a researcher who won the Nobel prize for medicine for her work on modifying the RNA molecule to avoid triggering a harmful immune response is a classical example of mindset. Yet, her life was full of rejection and doubt. Her achievement had much to do with her mindset.

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2. Key Points :Mindset
• Mindset is a mental attitude that determines how
we interpret and respond to situations.
• Meta Mindset is our big-picture clarity about life,
our fundamental attitude toward our world.
• Macro Mindset relates to the mental disciplines and
ways to sustain our energy and realize our vision.
• Micro Mindset produces the specific actions
necessary to build a sustainable path for our
venture.
• People with a fixed mindset believe that these
qualities are inborn, fixed, and unchangeable.
• Those with a growth mindset, on the other hand,
believe that these abilities can be developed and
strengthened by way of commitment and hard

3. Definition Mindset
 Mindset is a mental attitude that determines how we interpret and
respond to situations.
 Dweck has found that it is your mindset that plays a significant role in
determining achievement and success.
 A mindset refers to whether you believe qualities such as intelligence
and talent are fixed or changeable traits.
 People with a fixed mindset believe that these qualities are inborn,
fixed, and unchangeable.
 Those with a growth mindset, on the other hand, believe that these
abilities can be developed and strengthened by way of commitment
and hard work.
 Story of Katalin Karikó, a researcher who won the Nobel prize for
medicine for her work on modifying the RNA molecule to avoid
triggering a harmful immune response is a classical example of
mindset.
 Yet, her life was full of rejection and doubt.
 Her achievement had much to do with her mindset.

4. Types of Mindset: Meta Mindset(1st Level)
 Meta Mindset(1st Level) has to do with clarity and a person's sense of
life journey.
 It serves as a dashboard, indicating direction and providing a
compelling vision and purpose.
 It also provides the clarity to set longer-term goals and roles.
 Starting point is finding joy and flow in an activity, which often ignites
our future trajectory both professionally and personally.
 Karikó was born on January 17, 1955, in a small village in Hungary.
 She had a vision from early on to become a scientist.
 Her father was a butcher, which exposed her to a version of biology
from early age.
 As a young adult she became fascinated with messenger RNA, the
genetic script that carries DNA instructions to cells’ protein-making
engine.
 Her vision was that somehow mRNA could play a pivotal role in the
therapy of various diseases.
 It became her mission to make her vision a reality to help cure patients.
 However, despite clarity of vision and mission, obstacles may
appear, originating both inside our mind and in the external world.

5. Types of Mindset: Macro Mindset(2nd Level)
 This is where Macro Mindset(2nd Level) comes into play.
 May call it our “Starlight,” which relates to the focus applied to long-
term goals.
 We find that the starlight comes from a combination of several
activities and qualities.
 These activities include establishing focus, which we refer to as “Meta
Goals.”
 They enable you to prioritize the multiple courses of action
available.
 Karikó made “making a meaningful contribution” as her life focus.
 To keep going you need to
 Be internally grounded and resourceful and
 Have ways
 Of recharging and balancing and
 To practice them daily.
 This aspect of mindset is about the quality of self-care.
 Karikó’s balancing and recharging came from her family.
 Female frequently face balance being both a mother and a
professional.
 She believed that a woman should not have to choose between
her

6. Types of Mindset: Macro Mindset(2nd Level)
 To keep going you need to …
 Habit to constantly scan for opportunities and invest time to create
them.
 This is about the mindset quality of curiosity.
 Karikó faced a shortage of funding for her research in her native
country.
 Also faced the choice of
o Stopping and doing something not connected to her mission or
o Continuing her research at the price of having to leave her native
country.
 In 1985,married with a young daughter, she left Hungary to pursue
her dream.
 After scanning for posts and scholarships all over the world—
embodying the mindset quality of being a seeker, She accepted
a postdoctoral fellowship at
 It was time to be innovative and resilient.
 Giving up everything she bought a one-way ticket to the U.S.,
where they knew no one.
 She did not get discouraged by risk,adversity and negative feedback.
 The display of determination and resilience reflected both her meta
goal and strong sense of vision, and the quality of openness.

7. Types of Mindset: Micro Mindset(3rd Level)
 Micro Mindset(3rd Level), serves as a daily priority setting spotlight.
 A key elements of this mindset level is to focus every day on what you
are passionate about and your purpose i.e. being a self-motivator.
 In Karikó's words “With my colleagues, we worked for years to find
this technology. Sometimes, it seemed like science fiction. But we
knew that if the result of our work saved the life of even one person,
then we had done it.”
 By focusing on what mattered to her every day, she “accidentally” met
her work partner and teammate Dr. Drew Weissman and chatted about
mRNA.
 They continued to work and publish about their groundbreaking discovery
for over a decade and, after some crushing defeats, they managed to
catch the attention of some big biotech players.
 Then the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world.
 Karikó's life is testament to finding one’s passion and then pursuing it
every single day.
 Many of us know what we are passionate about, but we are not good
self-motivator” on a daily basis.
 In the end, when the vaccine worked, it felt like redemption, Karikó told
the Daily Telegraph.
 Difference that made the difference for her was her mindset.
 As Karikó claims, “I tried to imagine: Everything is here, and I just have