Editing Mindset (section)

=== Abundance and scarcity ===
{{See also|The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People#Abundance mentality|l1=Abundance mentality}}
People with an abundance mindset believe that there are enough resources for everyone, and see the glass as half-full; those with a scarcity mindset believe that there is a limited number of resources, and see the glass as half-empty.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hope |first=Joan |date=January 2022 |title=Adopt an abundance mindset to boost your leadership potential |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dhe.31204 |journal=Disability Compliance for Higher Education |language=en |volume=27 |issue=6 |pages=8 |doi=10.1002/dhe.31204 |s2cid=245376446 |issn=1086-1335|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Mehta and Zhu found that an "abundance mindset makes people think beyond established functionalities to explore broadly for solutions, thereby heightening creativity. In contrast, a scarcity mindset induces functional fixedness, thereby reducing creativity."<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Mehta |first1=Ravi |last2=Zhu |first2=Meng |date=2012 |editor-last=Gürhan-Canli |editor-first=Zeynep |editor2-last=Otnes |editor2-first=Cele |editor3-last=Zhu |editor3-first=Rui (Juliet) |title=Do the worst of times increase creativity?: Scarcity vs. abundance psychology and creativity |url=http://www.acrwebsite.org/volumes/1011833/volumes/v40/NA-40 |journal=NA - Advances in Consumer Research |volume=40 |pages=58–61}}</ref>