Developing a growth mindset is decisive for achieving life goals, living a fulfilling life, and just moving forward with positive thinking. Following these growth mindset journal prompts can help you set realistic SMART goals, reflect on further development, and determine factors driving your motivation.

1. A Process vs. a Result: What Brings about More Satisfaction?

Journaling can help to prioritize your life values. Thus, it can be done through reflecting on whether you are more satisfied with a process or a result of the work you do.

In other words, our life is a process with a result (like any task we do), but a process is what brings about happiness, satisfaction, and a growth mindset (logically, not a result).

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Thus, you should focus on a process. If you like what you do, but not the result you want to achieve, you can cultivate a growth mindset. So, a simple question to answer in your journal writing is whether you like the process or the result. If you are only result-oriented without enjoying the process of work, what you do can hinder your growth.

2. What Emotions Does Your Work Bring?

Out of these growth mindset journal prompts, the question you should answer is whether what you do brings you positive emotions. The reason is that only such positive things can motivate you to grow.

3. A Checklist vs. a Planner: What 3 Important Tasks Can You Accomplish Daily?

Only constant work on what you like can lead to growth. Therefore, it is important to write down 3 important things you have done today that can contribute to your personal or professional development. For example, these can be 1-hour learning and education, 1-hour work you like, or a 30-minute training. Usually, the importance of tasks completed is underestimated as most people focus on planning more than highlighting small daily achievements. Therefore, write down 3 things you have done today that can make you develop further. That is, summarize your day with positive thoughts.

4. Multitasking vs. Switching Tasks: What Is Effective for You?

Reflect on your skills. Can you do several tasks at a time effectively? Are you more productive as a result of switching tasks? Choose only what works for you individually or develop multitasking skills only if you are eager to do this, being interested in the process, not outcomes. Doing monotonous work all day long is definitely the opposite to cultivating a growth mindset. Only change can drive growth.

5. Does Waking up Early Work for You?

In other words, do some research on your individual schedule: you are the only person who knows what is better for you, not world trends. If you wake up at 6 and is full of motivation and energy to work, stick to such daily start time. However, when you are full of ideas in the evening and completely unproductive early in the morning, turn such biorythms into your strengths and adapt your schedule to such work.

Are Your Growth Goals SMART?

Set your short-term and long-term goals and write down a checklist for each goal: specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, as well as time-specific.