During the Orientation Stage of the OODA Loop you are processing what you Observe. Your mindset is thus critical to understanding and getting meaning from what you see.
 

 
The Growth Mindset is a simple idea discovered by world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck in decades of research on achievement and success. Teaching a growth mindset creates motivation and productivity in the worlds of business, education, and sports, especially volleyball. Carol’s decades of research indicated it as one of the leading reason and attribute as to why some people are successful and others unsuccessful in the goals they pursue.
 
In a fixed mindset, people believe their basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are simply fixed traits. They spend their time documenting their intelligence or talent instead of developing them. They also believe that talent alone creates success—without effort. They’re wrong.
 
In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting point. This view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment. Virtually all great people have had these qualities.
 
Carol Dweck book: Mindset explains:
• Why brains and talent don’t bring success
• How they can stand in the way of it
• Why praising brains and talent doesn’t foster self-esteem and accomplishment, but jeopardizes them
• How teaching a simple idea about the brain raises grades and productivity
• What all great CEOs, parents, teachers, athletes know
 
Here is a great video by Trevor Ragan of Train Ugly to help better understand the Growth Mindset.
 

 
To see the full post: http://trainugly.com/portfolio/learning/.
 
Trevor offers great coaching and other advice on this site and I highly recommend visiting it.
 
Back to the OODA Loop! How you orientate what you observe has a huge impact on how you plan and perform the skill. Many people are mentally programed to fail because the meaning or how they orientate what they see sets them up for failure.
 
Here is great diagram on Carol Dwecks ideas:
 

 
Here is another great image and explanation.
 

 
Now a little motivation and another great video by Trevor Ragan.
See the full article at http://trainugly.com/manifesto/
 

 
I am also a big fan of the Manifesto card in Trevor Ragan store. We are planning to give it out to all the kids we coach in the fall.