{"id":5194,"date":"2022-03-02T05:58:02","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T05:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=5194"},"modified":"2022-03-02T05:58:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T05:58:08","slug":"ugandans-need-growth-mindset-to-foster-national-development-prof-kabwegyere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/ugandans-need-growth-mindset-to-foster-national-development-prof-kabwegyere\/","title":{"rendered":"Ugandans need growth mindset to foster National Development \u2013 Prof. Kabwegyere"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td>Renowned Sociologist Professor Tarsis Bazana Kabwegyere has rooted for prioritization of mindset change among Ugandans if the country is to realize the middle-income status.<br><br>Prof. Kabwegyere was delivering a lecture on \u201cMindset change\u201d during the weekly NRM ideological clinic at the party headquarters in Kampala.<br><br>The former legislator said that a growth-mindset-transformed citizenry fosters the transformation of society, and benefits humanity. \u201cMindset change entails the change of thinking which also influences an individual\u2019s character. The behaviour of a person comes with what a person is thinking at any one particular moment in time. People, therefore, need transformed minds in order to develop societies where they live,\u201d Kabwegyere said.<br><br>The veteran politician also added that, without putting much emphasis on mindset change, many government programs will die on arrival, a thing that hinders the prosperity of the population.<br><br>\u201cAs a country, we tend to treat mindset change in a lukewarm manner, the reason many government-initiated programmes have been failures,\u201d Prof. Kabwegyere said, giving an example of countries like South Korea whose economic miracle began with the mindset change campaigns conducted at a national level.<br><br>The former minister for General Duties in the Office of the Prime Minister, Mr Kabwegyere also reiterated that \u201cIf socio-economic development, in particular, is to be achieved in developing countries, Uganda inclusive, mindset change should be viewed as a critical ingredient\u201d.<br><br>\u201cWithout first transforming people\u2019s minds, there will be no development. Even if you introduce as many governments programs as you can they cannot achieve anything without having people well prepared in the mind.\u201d the former Igara county West, Kabwegyere adds.<br><br>He noted that the mindset factor influences employees\u2019 productivity, citizens\u2019 work habits, and use of technology and market habits and advised people to embrace the productive growth mindset rather than the scarcity one which is counterproductive.<br><br>\u201cThere are two groups of individuals one group having growth mindset which is productive and another one with a fixed and scarcity mindset which is defensive and counterproductive,\u201d Prof Kabwegyere explained, \u201cPeople with a growth mindset see learning as the best part of their life and they don&#8217;t fear failure. They easily correct themselves and move on,\u201d the Social Scientist, Kabwegyere said, adding that the link between development and mindset change is because the change of lives of people relies on their thinking.<br><br>\u201cImproved quality of lives of people is an indicator of development. People, especially the youth should consider creating employment and increasing their incomes rather than being job seekers and dependants,\u201d he stressed.<br><br>Mr Kabwegyere, therefore, says that people\u2019s minds have to be transformed to enable them to participate in programs meant for them. \u201cEducation, training and development are key,\u201d he noted.<br><br>The NRM party Secretary-General Rt. Hon. Richard Todwong said that everything we do starts with our mind. He advised Ugandans to think positively in order to be progressive.<br><br>\u201cNature is never constant, so your mind should never be fixed. You are biologically growing day by day, let your mind grow as well,\u201d Todwong said, adding, \u201cYour mind is the first employer, not the papers you have\u201d.<br><br>The Secretary-General promised to extend the ideological clinic classes to other areas of the country and cover more relevant topics from experienced people to change the thinking of Ugandans.<br><br>\u201cThese ideological clinics are not only beneficial to elites or people with big incomes but they are for every Ugandan. Therefore we shall keep you ideologically oriented for your benefit. We are going to open a suggestion box to enable you to choose the topics that best benefit you, so embrace them,\u201d he concluded.\u00a0Attachments area.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/gmail\/about\/policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned Sociologist Professor Tarsis Bazana Kabwegyere has rooted for prioritization of mindset change among Ugandans if the country is to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kabwe.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9294,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/government-committed-to-secure-the-lands-of-all-ugandans-minister-nabakooba\/","url_meta":{"origin":5194,"position":0},"title":"Government committed to secure the land rights of all Ugandans- Minister Nabakooba","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"June 23, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"By Our Reporters Government is committed to securing the land rights of the \u00a0majority of Ugandans by registering land and issuing legal documentation to the 70% unregistered land owners , the Minister of Lands ,Housing and Urban \u00a0Development , Ms. Judith Nabakooba has stated . 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