Dweck's Lecture: The Power Of Believing That You Can Improve

I buy Dweck’s Lecture, “The power of believing that you can improve”. There are certain words you can use use to give you the push that you need to be positive and confront challenges that come your way. Like “yet” it’s neither bad nor good but it’s just right, it encourages you. You also have to push yourself to be the best you can be. Your mind grows every time you challenge yourself you have to challenge yourself in order to become better at who you are or who you want to become. There are people who give up to quickly because certain situations seem difficult and then they live their whole life taking the easy way out. Then there are others that push themselves to use their mind to the limit learn more and are more efficient in life. You have to have a positive mentality too if you say “I can’t do it” without even trying your mind is not being tested to its limit and it becomes more difficult for you to even try. In life you learn something every day you just have to have an open mind, be positive, and be able to take a challenge. …show more content…
I care about performing well and I also want to learn but I still think that achievement should come easy and I feel a bit discouraged when I perform poorly in something. I am moving towards a growth mindset. I think it has greatly affected my life last semester I took Biology 101, it was the worst. It was my second semester of college I had been out of school for a while. I just could not get back into studying reading and taking test. There were nights I came home and felt so discouraged because I was struggling so much. Half way through the semester though I finally realized that my negativity was only making it worse. The end of the semester was the best I passed not with the grade I wanted to but I passed. This semester I am trying my hardest to approach everything with a positive attitude. Nothing in life is easy so positivity is a