How Mindsets Are Formed

Since time immemorial, people have thought, acted and fared differently from one another. For the most part, common sense dictates that these differences arise from the variances in one's background, learning experiences and training. Plus, research also points in the same direction.

So while experiences, backgrounds and training are all external variables, even internal variables like genetic makeup have a part to play.

Most experts today agree that forming a mindset is a combination of the two. For instance, while

everyone comes with a unique set of genetics, their experiences, training and personal efforts take them the rest of the way.

So your life experiences and genetics together help frame your attitude and beliefs. And since both

have an important part to play in your mindset, it helps to know what these two factors are all about.

First off, your attitude to something is how you think or feel about it, especially when it shows in the way you behave.

Your attitude can have different components such as an emotional component or how Something or

someone makes you feel. Then there is the cognitive component which is how or what you think about the subject. This is finally followed by the behavioral component which shows how you behave when

confronted by the subject.

Then there are your beliefs which are merely feelings of certainty about something. Beliefs are based on

ideas and when at a specific point, these ideas start to feel certain, they turn into beliefs. Beliefs, in turn, shape your attitude which in turn shape your mindset. Attitudes and beliefs then give rise

to habits which are a direct reflection of your mindset. Perhaps the most common and well known example of a mindset is seeing the glass as "half empty" or "half full.