Mindset Is Not The End, It’s Just The Beginning

Posted by Beverly Hill | May 11, 2018 | Home & Family | 0 |

Mindset Is Not The End, It’s Just The Beginning

Mindset is not the end of living, it is just the beginning! So many people have their Mind Set on something – a promotion, a proposal, a sunny day. But, when the job, girl, or day doesn’t turn out like we had planned, we feel like a failure. Even though it is an opportunity for us to come to a fork in the yellow brick road and take a different path than we had our Mind Set on. Embrace the fork in the road.

Mindset can motivate us to become better instead of just settling for the status quo. Aim for the Moon and you may just end up among the stars. So, set your mindset high and aim big.

Along that same idea – don’t let your mindset be the end of your goal. Let it be your beginning to encourage you to do bigger and better.

Know what your mindset is. Know what you will and won’t tolerate from others. That way you won’t be taken advantage of or taken for granted.

I know it sounds silly, almost ludicrous, but if you don’t believe in guns, don’t join the NRA! What I mean is know what is best for you and aim for that, yet don’t let that be your end of the rainbow. Take different yellow brick roads and see where they take you. Don’t let your mindset stop you from learning new skills and talents.

On the flip side, know what your mindset is so you have something to strive for, a goal post to head towards. Have a goal, a mindset in mind – your version of the Emerald City.

Create an inspiration board for yourself of what you plan to accomplish – that’s your Mindset! Keep track of how you reach your goals and keep track of how you might roam down another yellow brick road and create a new Mindset!

Know your Mindset, determine your lifetime goals and keep working towards those goals. Should another yellow brick road appear, don’t be afraid to take a different path into your own Emerald City!

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About The Author

Beverly Hill

Before founding the Gendercide Awareness Project, Beverly Hill worked first as a college lecturer, teaching History and History of Science, and then as a studio artist, creating figurative bronzes and ceramic wall hangings. Because of this background, she brings both academic skills and artistic vision to the organization.Beverly graduated from Duke University summa cum laude with a BA in Economics and returned to Duke for graduate work in History. She won a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue her doctoral project in Paris, France for several years. Upon returning to the US, Beverly taught at the University of Massachusetts and the University of Iowa.Starting in the year 2000, she spent three years retraining as a sculptor, realizing a long-deferred desire to work in the visual arts. She moved to Dallas, Texas, where she specialized in figurative bronzes and clay murals. Her work appears in private collections throughout the country.While still teaching at the University of Iowa, Beverly developed a strong interest in global women’s rights. During her years as a sculptor, she further educated herself on the subject and was astonished to learn that in many parts of the world, women and girls are so oppressed that they simply do not survive. Their premature deaths create a measurable dent in the global female population -- with 3.2% of it missing! This staggering loss of life is a marker for the welfare of women throughout the world. It should be widely cited and known. Instead, few people know anything about it. Beverly became increasingly disturbed by the situation, finally reaching the point where she could no longer do nothing. In 2011 she founded the Gendercide Awareness Project -- called Gendap for short.Since then, the Gendap team has used every means possible to raise awareness, even bringing a Nobel Laureate to Dallas to speak about gendercide. In 2017, the team reached a major milestone, opening a moving and visually powerful art exhibit that demonstrates the scale of gendercide. It uses thousands of pairs of baby booties to represent the 117 million women who are missing in the world today. The exhibit premiered in the Dallas Arts District and will move on to other cities.Since its creation, the Gendap team has matched awareness activities with practical measures to improve the status of women. For the first six years, this meant paying 500 at-risk women in 30 developing countries a fair wage to make baby booties from traditional materials. In 2016, the team launched a Girls' Education program. This arose from the team's conviction that educating at-risk girls is the best long-term strategy to end gendercide. Gendap now raises funds to educate poor girls in five developing countries -- girls who otherwise could not go to school. Website: https://www.gendap.org/index.html YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/GendapOrg/ Twitter: @gendaporg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gendap/

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