"They think they're winning," says a man familiar with the official mindset in Damascus.The rising number of casualties in the armed forces, now in the front line of the assaults as ever more heavy weaponry is deployed, reinforces the regime's contention that it is fighting full-scale armed groups.
It should rise above a "rules-based mindset that asks 'Is this legal?'" and relies more on a "principles-based approach that asks 'Is this right?'" There is, he added, not enough analysis of the costs and benefits of new rules.
Yet it is possible to rise above it with an inclusive mindset.
The mindset that you can simply rise above it is extremely damaging.
Behind religious violence in Pakistan is the rise of Takfiri mindset, which sees Islam through a narrow keyhole of self-righteousness and accuses the world of apostasy.
Soulful Eating surpasses the mindset of counting calories and it rises above the impulsive nature of emotional eating.
John W. Curtis, director of research and public policy at the American Association of University Professors, said rising pay to presidents was consistent with a "corporate mindset" at colleges, reflecting "the idea that you have a single person who essentially is running the place".
Your mindset will powerfully influence your willingness to rise to the challenge".
A Britain no longer looking backwards, its mindset one of managed decline, but a Britain rising in confidence as it equips itself technologically and educationally for the future.
Margins are higher as a result.But if a trend of rising wages does set in, it will require a change of mindset among American firms.
U.S. diplomatic blunders could reinforce Beijing's mindset that blatant information control works, and that a rising China can trump universal values of open, accountable government.
