Risks are all about choices and that is what Dweck stresses about mindsets: you have a choice. “Mindsets are just beliefs. They’re powerful beliefs, but they’re just something in your mind, and you can change your mind”(Dweck, 2016, p. 16), Is there is a choice to be a learner or non learner? Dweck points out that one can become a non learner if they continue to have a fixed mindset. At an early age if children become afraid of failure because of being challenged they may become afraid of being smart. It is important to understand that most with a fixed mindset do want to succeed, but the issue is if they are not in the growth mindset they are not using their success to stretch themselves and becoming smarter (Dweck, 2016, p. 17). Children
