Is success a consequence of the right mindset?
- afigul
- Feb 8
- 2 min read
Mindset is shaped by our way of thinking, attitudes, beliefs, reflections, intellectual abilities and goals. They are part of our success, especially when they are positive and growth-oriented.
Personal mindset is often worked on in coaching sessions.
However, in my experience as a business coach, mindset is sometimes overrated because it does not create a successful life on its own and also carries the risk of detached expectations or ideals of oneself that are not integrated into the whole.
What else do we need besides a good mindset?
I see human and professional qualities that I consider equally important and that I also use for self-reflection. At the beginning of coaching sessions, they give me guidance on the underlying problem. I get an impression of the main obstacles on the path to success and can more quickly identify where coaching can have the greatest effect.
I call these areas skills, action and embodiment.
By SKILLS, I mean professional criteria, structure, expertise, knowledge management, tools, training and communication. These are concrete and easily definable.
ACTION is about taking action, implementing ideas, plans and projects. From thinking to realisation. This includes management and leadership skills as well as the creation of cooperation and networking. Problems in this area are obstacles on the path to success.
I summarise the fourth area as EMBODIMENT. In my view, it is the most important for our current and future challenges, but often the most devalued.
Embodiment integrates our physical resources and reflects our relationship with ourselves. It is about perception and awareness. How do I experience myself and my environment? Those who devalue themselves and their needs find it difficult to appreciate them in others.
The body is the home of our feelings and emotions. Through it, we live our motivation and realise our visions. Often, however, we sacrifice our physicality to the mind, treating it as an instrument and negating our needs.
This is at the expense of our health, our vital presence and our expressiveness. We also weaken our creativity, which is nourished by feelings and emotions, or we ‘burn out’.
How we live our relationships, how we deal with attachment and contact, is also a question of embodiment. I often notice that relationships are unconsciously neglected or sacrificed for the sake of career. Is that really what you want?
I see the future of a successful person in their care and responsibility for themselves.
You are the success!
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