5 Signs of Weak Mindset: Examining the Clues in Your Life

No reason, nothing to gain. The weak mindset makes you think about the past and worry about the future. The weak mindset thinks that you are inferior to others.

It makes you worry about the amount of disadvantages in life, this will make you work harder to get more advantages over others. No one wants to live with a weak mindset.

The concept of a weak mindset, which is not a real thing but it is a mentality that can bring very bad things to us, has been getting popular lately.

You can do whatever you want in life, and there’s nothing wrong with being weak. You can sleep as long as you want and you can spend your whole day on the couch watching TV, because it’s ok, that’s just the way you are.

Mindset refers to your habitual way of seeing or understanding the world. A weak mindset is what you usually believe about yourself, which is a mental state of fixed habits, including your ideas, attitudes, values and expectations.

For example, “I’m not smart enough”, “I can’t do that”, “I will never be successful”, “I’m bad at math”, “I am ugly”, “I suck at cooking”, “I can’t cook”, and so on.

In this article I’m going to explain 5 signs of a weak mindset that you should get rid of from today to energize your mindset positively. 

1. Apologizing for Everything 

People always apologize for everything. Unfortunately, this is a complex, inherent feature of human nature. Psychologists are trying to find the reason for such actions. 

In general, apologizing is a feature that should be suppressed as it negatively affects your personal development. 

Don’t apologize for everything.

Giving an apology to someone who doesn’t deserve one, erodes your belief in yourself and your ability to be honest.

While an apology can be a good thing when given at the right time and to the right person, giving a phony apology can have a negative impact on your self-esteem and keeps you from trusting your intuition about a situation.

If you’ve been over-apologizing for everything you do or say, it’s time to challenge that behavior by taking some action toward changing it. Start being more selective about who you apologize to and why.

If you give an apology when it isn’t warranted or genuinely heartfelt, the other person might be offended, but what’s more important is that you’ll be insulting yourself.

Give less apologies. And don’t feel bad about it. It’s not always necessary to say “I’m sorry.

2. You’re Constantly Defensive 

Being defensive unnecessarily is a sign of weakness. It’s a sign that you’re not confident with what you’re doing; that there are mistakes you are making.

Weak mindset is not a danger to the ordinary person. It can be compared to the old jokes about young man who went to the doctor and complained of weak sex drive. 

It’s nothing. Or it’s not dangerous. The older doctor replied: ” Well, it can be good sometimes, but it can be very bad at other times”.

Detached mindset is like the fourth gear in a car: it can help sometimes, but it makes some trouble too. How many people are not successful because of the weakness of their mindset? 

In some fields, like science and art, it is tolerable and even helpful to have a weak mindset. 

But in business and politics, one’s mental attitude is a factor that no one can ignore. When you’re dealing with businessmen or politicians, your emotional stability is more important than your IQ. 

If you panic in a negotiation and lose your emotional balance, you’ve lost the negotiation. Your emotions are not only important for your partner in negotiation but for your own self-confidence as well.

On the other hand, if you have a strong mindset, you’re more confident and purposeful even if it looks like you know little about the subject of negotiation or public speaking. 

3. Avoidance of Social Situation 

Weak mindset is a sign of hesitation, lack of confidence and inability to solve problems.

The activity of avoiding social situations is a sign that your mind and body are not in sync with your feelings, it shows your weak mindset. 

One of the major causes for this kind of situation is the inability to solve complicated problems and the feeling of being stuck.

Even if you don’t want to face a problem, you can’t solve it, or you are afraid of making mistakes, don’t avoid social situations.

You must try not to avoid social chances for solving problems, facing challenges and overcoming difficulties. You should accept the invitation from your friends without thinking twice.

You’ll be happy when you make new friends, improve your communication skills and get more support in solving complicated problems.

If you don’t go out to meet people, you’ll feel negative emotions which will result in stress and low self-esteem. 

A great way to get started is by doing one of the challenges below.

• Talk to a stranger every day. 
• Make a list of 3 new things to try at least once a week. 
• Ask someone for their phone number. 
• Go out of your comfort zone on a regular basis for at least 2 hours a week. Approach a group of people that you find attractive or interesting and get to know them. 
• Move one step closer to your dream job and remove all distractions. 
• Don’t think about the worst thing that could happen, instead think about how you could deal with it if it did happen. 

By regularly practicing such challenges, you can be more confident in any social situation and have more positive interactions with people around you.

4. Allowing Critics to Control You

Do not Allow critics to control you, it shows your weak mindset.

When you go after your goals, there are going to be critics and naysayers. This is inevitable. But you need to not allow those critics to impact you. 

They will tell you that it’s impossible. They will focus on all the reasons why it won’t work out. They will make it seem like you’re wasting your time and energy.

They will try to convince you that their opinion matters more than yours.

But it doesn’t.

The only thing that matters is if you make a plan and put in the work. Are your actions helping you accomplish your goals? 

If so, then keep it up! But if not, then maybe it’s time to change course or re-evaluate what’s really important to you.

5. You Obsess About Your Problem 

Do not  obsess about your problem. I have seen people who do not  obsess about their problems and they have the greatest success. 

These people do not  obsess about their problem, or about the next thing that can possibly go wrong; instead, they  focus on moving their business forward. Do not  flap from one problem to another and make yourself feel more overwhelmed.

Do not  obsess over your problems, or what may happen if you do not solve them. I know it seems counterintuitive, but it is the most effective way to move forward.

Do not  sweat the small stuff. Think of things in general terms. If you can not  solve the problem right away, then delegate the solution to someone else and let them worry about it until you can get involved.

Do not  believe that you are doomed to failure. Many people tend to obsess over a problem because they think it is a reflection of how they will always be successful in business. 

This is simply untrue and you know it because you have seen people who have succeeded without obsessing over everything that goes wrong along the way.

Do not obsess about your problem, it shows your weak mindset.