Our mindset is what makes us confident or doubtful. It is one of the factors that determines our success or failure as well as shaping our attitude towards situations. Our mindset shapes us as we grow from childhood to adulthood,whether it be fixed or growth mindset. In the article, “Brainology” by Carol Dweck, she describes both mindsets. In a fixed-mindset, people must strive for success while avoiding failure at all costs. Failure dismantles a person’s confidence with a fixed-mindset and is a setback to take on academic challenges. However, with a growth-mindset, the person takes on challenges to learn, develop and values criticism as a way to make themselves a better student. Going into highschool I would have told myself to take more
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Failure teaches us how to be better and everyone should value it. I would have improved my confidence by avoiding having a fixed-mindset in high school. A lack of confidence, will prevent a person taking risks, accepting new challenges, from stretching themselves beyond their existing comfort zone. Confidence builds success and without it leads to a fear of failure, self-doubt, and negative expectations. To overcome this you must build your self-confidence. I went to a high school where everyone took multiple honors and advance placement classes. It was intimidating to see all these students taking these classes where it was competitive, fast paced, and time-consuming. Having the fear of taking a tough class where I was surround with intelligent people made me feel excluded and deficient. I was very anxious and dubious. During my junior and senior year I’ve decided to take an advance placement class and it was a new experience. So I then took AP Economics and within the first couple of days I immediately dropped it. Going into the class, my expectation was that it’s going to be a difficult and going to be …show more content…
As you achieve those goals, your experience reinforces your confidence to come up. Thinking and acting positively leads to great outcomes. Positive thinking is great because you get happy and feel like you can do anything and is willing to take challenges and risks. Confidence really overcomes fear and I happened to take the courage to take an AP course knowing it would be hard with intimidating people but then failed to continue by having doubt in myself and not fully trying to see where I would end up in the
Failure teaches us how to be better and everyone should value it. I would have improved my confidence by avoiding having a fixed-mindset in high school. A lack of confidence, will prevent a person taking risks, accepting new challenges, from stretching themselves beyond their existing comfort zone. Confidence builds success and without it leads to a fear of failure, self-doubt, and negative expectations. To overcome this you must build your self-confidence. I went to a high school where everyone took multiple honors and advance placement classes. It was intimidating to see all these students taking these classes where it was competitive, fast paced, and time-consuming. Having the fear of taking a tough class where I was surround with intelligent people made me feel excluded and deficient. I was very anxious and dubious. During my junior and senior year I’ve decided to take an advance placement class and it was a new experience. So I then took AP Economics and within the first couple of days I immediately dropped it. Going into the class, my expectation was that it’s going to be a difficult and going to be …show more content…
As you achieve those goals, your experience reinforces your confidence to come up. Thinking and acting positively leads to great outcomes. Positive thinking is great because you get happy and feel like you can do anything and is willing to take challenges and risks. Confidence really overcomes fear and I happened to take the courage to take an AP course knowing it would be hard with intimidating people but then failed to continue by having doubt in myself and not fully trying to see where I would end up in the