{"id":110189,"date":"2019-04-29T12:00:22","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T18:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/?p=110189"},"modified":"2021-03-16T14:53:37","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T20:53:37","slug":"develop-winning-mindset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/develop-winning-mindset","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Develop a Winning Mindset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This shouldn&#8217;t come as a surprise, but did you know that the biggest reason for success isn\u2019t effort or education? It\u2019s not even talent.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s your <em>mindset.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you really think about it, some of the most famous billionaires\u00a0today\u2014from Bill Gates to Steve Jobs to Mark Zuckerberg\u2014are college dropouts.<\/p>\n<p>These billionaires, by definition, have little to no education. But each have the same thing in common: their mental approach to life and business.<\/p>\n<p>So how do you develop that winning mindset? Well, here are three tips that helped me.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-vFPUhohShM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related: <\/strong><\/em><em><a href=\"\/renewsblog\/2014\/05\/04\/five-steps-to-achieve-your-goals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Follow These Five Steps to Achieve Your Goals!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>3 Ways to Develop a Winning Mindset<\/h2>\n<h3>1. Set goals.<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s so important to have goals for what you want to accomplish. Without them, you&#8217;re just sleepwalking, driving aimlessly. You&#8217;re not getting to your destination.<\/p>\n<p>Set goals. Make them precise and clear, and don&#8217;t be afraid to think big. Expand your mindset and your capabilities from within.<\/p>\n<h3>2. Visualize the goals.<\/h3>\n<p>This might sound like hocus pocus, but it&#8217;s actually extremely profound. When you visualize things, you&#8217;re connecting your subconscious mind to your goals.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re actually rewiring yourself by doing this. Just trust me. Visualize your goals, your mindset will change, and whatever you&#8217;re visualizing will begin to come true.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Create a winning circle.<\/h3>\n<p>Surround yourself with other people who you admire (i.e., mentors, successful people). Get around people who have accomplished what you&#8217;re trying to accomplish\u2014not up and comers like you.<\/p>\n<p>Put yourself in the environment you&#8217;re striving to be in. Offer your services for free if you have to. This is a great way to take your knowledge and skills to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>Get around people who are succeeding, and it will eventually rub off on you. Being in the right environment will help you become that environment very quickly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/webinars\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blog_ads-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"85\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blog_ads-01.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blog_ads-01-300x36.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Questions? Thoughts? Comments? <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leave them below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This shouldn&#8217;t come as a surprise, but did you know that the biggest reason for success isn\u2019t effort or education? It\u2019s not even talent. It\u2019s your mindset. 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Here are three tips that helped me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":105651,"featured_media":110350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal-development"],"acf":[],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/105651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}