There are different ways of understanding how people cope with success and failure. When coping with failure the author explains two different mindsets. Firstly, the “Fixed Mindset”, this is a way of thinking that is carved in stone. With a fixed mindset you are either smart or not and your qualities and capabilities are carved in stone. Also, this mindset believes that a certain amount of intelligence, a certain amount of personality, and a certain moral character are inherent. Likewise with a fixed mindset, every situation calls for a confirmation of your intelligence, personality, or character. Secondly, the “Growth Mindset”, this mindset is much different. In this mindset the hand you are dealt is just the starting point for development
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The first question is: “Your intelligence is something very basic about you that you can’t change very much.” Agree or disagree? I believe you can change this. There are so many factors that contribute to intelligence. One example of this in my life is extremely relative to the text, I was told by a high school counselor that I was not intelligent enough to attend a four year college. At the time, this suggestion he made was determined by my ACT and SAT scores. This simple comment and discussion with an authority figure when I was 17, with a fixed mindset, stopped me from attending a four year college. Now, with a growth mindset, I know how foolish that statement was. I am certainly intelligent enough to do what I put my mind to and desire. So many traits contribute to intelligence like experience, maturity, desire, and dedication, just to name a …show more content…
Unfortunately, I see “Fixed Mindsets” all the time and work with my own teenagers to change their way of thinking to a “Growth Mindset”. I know at one time I had a fixed mindset. Now that I have changed my mindset I have accomplished more and have a positive outlook on life and others. I believe this is a challenge and I still have moments where I doubt my abilities and am thinking with a fixed mindset. These moments get fewer and far between. The more I practice the more I change, grow, and learn. I know that I can accomplish anything I put my mind too, I may stumble (fail) in the process, but that will only make me better when I do accomplish the goal. I have always tried to make myself uncomfortable. This is my measurement of growth and improvement. If I am not uncomfortable I am not changing and growing. That is not to say that I enjoy this feeling, but I know the end result is more knowledge, wisdom, and
The first question is: “Your intelligence is something very basic about you that you can’t change very much.” Agree or disagree? I believe you can change this. There are so many factors that contribute to intelligence. One example of this in my life is extremely relative to the text, I was told by a high school counselor that I was not intelligent enough to attend a four year college. At the time, this suggestion he made was determined by my ACT and SAT scores. This simple comment and discussion with an authority figure when I was 17, with a fixed mindset, stopped me from attending a four year college. Now, with a growth mindset, I know how foolish that statement was. I am certainly intelligent enough to do what I put my mind to and desire. So many traits contribute to intelligence like experience, maturity, desire, and dedication, just to name a …show more content…
Unfortunately, I see “Fixed Mindsets” all the time and work with my own teenagers to change their way of thinking to a “Growth Mindset”. I know at one time I had a fixed mindset. Now that I have changed my mindset I have accomplished more and have a positive outlook on life and others. I believe this is a challenge and I still have moments where I doubt my abilities and am thinking with a fixed mindset. These moments get fewer and far between. The more I practice the more I change, grow, and learn. I know that I can accomplish anything I put my mind too, I may stumble (fail) in the process, but that will only make me better when I do accomplish the goal. I have always tried to make myself uncomfortable. This is my measurement of growth and improvement. If I am not uncomfortable I am not changing and growing. That is not to say that I enjoy this feeling, but I know the end result is more knowledge, wisdom, and