Fixed Mindet Essay

“If you make a mistake, you got to make it right. I realized I had a choice. I could sit in my misery or I could do something about it” (Jim Marshall,33). Every minute counts, every minute passed is one that you will not get back, with that in mind you have a choice, fix the mistake that was made, or live every day in misery wondering why things didn’t turn out the way you intended them too. This quotation appealed to me, because I believe that everyone can change the way they think, they simply just have to want to, they have a choice. in the response, we are going to cover the meaning of fixed mindsets, growth mindsets, and lastly how to change your mindset. First, having a fixed mindset, you begin to believe that everything is about the outcome, if things didn’t go well on a situation, they fixed mindset begins to believe all the time that was spent is wasted. For others with the fixed mindset, they believe they will never be able to achieve anything great in life, because they weren’t born with a specific trait. They believe if they weren’t born with the trait or talent, they weren’t meant to have it. Having the fixed mindset is said to “create an urgency to prove yourself over and over.” (Carol Dweck 6) People that have this fixed …show more content…
Having a growth mindset is “based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts” (Carol Dweck 7) For instance, a college student just failed the first test of the semester, the student takes this bad grade as a chance to learn from their mistakes, a chance to make a to-do list on what to improve. They study where they went wrong, and search until the find the correct outcome. Someone with a growth mindset looks at failure as a temporary setback. If you want something you have to work towards it, that is the mindset that is going to take you fair in life, that is the growth