The View of a Mindset
A mindset controls your views, outlooks, and the way you approach situations in life. In Carol Dweck’s essay, “Excerpt from Self-theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development”, Dweck shows the reader how a mindset can affect a person and ultimately set them up for success or failure. In Dweck’s essay she argues the differences between the fixed and growth oriented mindset. Dweck explains that the fixed mindset has a “carved in stone” perspective on things and feels the need to “prove yourself over and over”(86). Dweck proves this by sharing her childhood experience with a teacher she had from sixth-grade. Dweck then shows the reader her thoughts on the growth mindset. Dweck then goes on to show that those with the growth mindset “believe that a person’s true potential is …show more content…
It would be beneficial for anyone to read this as it can help determine if you need to change your mindset. For the fixed mindset Dweck seems to emphasize that this mindset has a “carved in stone” outlook on things. According to Dweck those with the fixed mindset are afraid to fail; and as a result they don’t learn from their failures and how to improve the situation or turn it into success. Dweck mimics the mindset by saying “Will I succeed or fail? Will I look smart or dumb? Will I be accepted or rejected? Will I feel like a winner or a loser?”(87), this backs here ideas and makes her essay persuasive. I know people who have this mindset. I also used to have this mindset. I remember as a child, feeling like I always had a set or as Dweck puts it “carved in stone” way of looking at things. I felt like I could only learn a certain amount of knowledge. Overall, from the way Dweck describes the fixed mindset; the fixed mindset seems to create constant turmoil in a person’s mind, followed by the lack of acceptance that we are all human and make
A mindset controls your views, outlooks, and the way you approach situations in life. In Carol Dweck’s essay, “Excerpt from Self-theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development”, Dweck shows the reader how a mindset can affect a person and ultimately set them up for success or failure. In Dweck’s essay she argues the differences between the fixed and growth oriented mindset. Dweck explains that the fixed mindset has a “carved in stone” perspective on things and feels the need to “prove yourself over and over”(86). Dweck proves this by sharing her childhood experience with a teacher she had from sixth-grade. Dweck then shows the reader her thoughts on the growth mindset. Dweck then goes on to show that those with the growth mindset “believe that a person’s true potential is …show more content…
It would be beneficial for anyone to read this as it can help determine if you need to change your mindset. For the fixed mindset Dweck seems to emphasize that this mindset has a “carved in stone” outlook on things. According to Dweck those with the fixed mindset are afraid to fail; and as a result they don’t learn from their failures and how to improve the situation or turn it into success. Dweck mimics the mindset by saying “Will I succeed or fail? Will I look smart or dumb? Will I be accepted or rejected? Will I feel like a winner or a loser?”(87), this backs here ideas and makes her essay persuasive. I know people who have this mindset. I also used to have this mindset. I remember as a child, feeling like I always had a set or as Dweck puts it “carved in stone” way of looking at things. I felt like I could only learn a certain amount of knowledge. Overall, from the way Dweck describes the fixed mindset; the fixed mindset seems to create constant turmoil in a person’s mind, followed by the lack of acceptance that we are all human and make