Free Your Mind, Attitude Is Everything In Trucking

We stress repeatedly and emphatically at TruckingTruth.com that your attitude and mindset will be the biggest hurdle for you to overcome on the way to becoming a truck driver. The long hours, weeks away from home and, maybe, everything you've known your whole life, and constant and intense attention paid to every minute detail of your vehicle and the roads around you, every second of every day, are things that are be very, very, difficult for the average person to adjust to.

Starting your career as a driver is tough enough, and many people find that they are just not cut out for it, which is okay. But in order to prepare to make the transition, you will have to prepare your mind to accept and welcome the change.

Carol Dweck, renowned Stanford psychologist and researcher, found that the mindset that you adopt for yourself, will have a profound impact on whether or not you are successful at the things you want to accomplish:

The difference between Dweck and previous self-help "cheerleading" books is that she has used scientific research methods to get to the heart of how the mind works, and how it can be reprogrammed. A typical "fixed" mindset will focus on staying the path, sticking with what is comfortable and has worked in the past, and requiring validation from others, while a "growth" mindset thrives on constant movement forward, and learning from, rather than avoiding, failure.

While your particular mindset, according to her research, is not set in stone, it is adopted from a very early age, and influences much of your behavior and how you deal with both success and failure. Your ability to succeed as a truck driver will depend in a large part in how well you can adapt to and learn from ever-changing circumstances.

The Story Of Why So Many Rookie Drivers Fail And How To Avoid It

Every year thousands of people sabotage their truck driving career before it ever gets off the ground. They come into the trucking industry with bad information, the wrong attitude, and the wrong approach. They're doomed to failure before they even know how many wheels are on an 18 wheeler.

What Causes People To Fail CDL School?

Do not go into this career thinking it’s going to be easy. Whether you’ve been driving a truck for 4 days or 40 years, the first day you stop learning something new is the first day you become a dangerous trucker. Go in with the attitude that this is going to be tough, because it will be.

Fixed vs. Growth: The Two Basic Mindsets That Shape Our Lives