As I get older, I wonder how realistic this mindset really is.
That's what we like to call realistic optimism, which combines the positive mindset of optimists with a more rational outlook of pessimists.
After an accurate appraisal of the situation, a reflective mindset enables you to set goals that are realistic given the parameters you're working within, and to take sensible actions toward meeting those goals.
Respondents with the mindset of a motorcyclist rated the scenarios as more realistic than respondents with a car driver's mindset.
In truth it's a pretty theatrical device that doesn't always sit that well in such an otherwise realistic setting, though it does provide a way to make sense of the mindset of someone who otherwise would be portrayed as simply silent or aberrant.
Wright-Phillips mentions the English footballer's mindset of "we invented the game" and how it can cause players not to look beyond their own shores when there are growing and realistic options for careers elsewhere.
