Our mindset reflects our beliefs about ourselves and the world we live in. It is a way of thinking, that influences our ability to learn and improve. Psychologist Carol Dweck says that most of us operate with either a fixed or a growth mindset. As it pertains to a player’s development, as an athlete and a teammate, a fixed mindset is one that believes our talent and ability to improve is set in stone – it can’t be changed – either you have it or you don’t. A growth mindset is one that believes our talent and ability can be developed with time, practice and focused effort. When we have a growth mindset we believe that our limitations are not fixed. Given time and focused effort we will improve.