Growth Mindset

G.R.I.T. It means to show growth, resilience, initiative, and tenacity. People with grit have a growth mindset. They might be afraid of big obstacles but they face those obstacles head on. Grit is being used all around the world in schools, workplaces, and ever in communities. There are many people who don't realize just how important have grit and a growth mindset is. You can achieve many things in academics, personal life, and in your career by just having these two qualities. In this essay i will explain just how one can achieve in these three important areas. It has been proven that students who have grit are more likely to succeed in academics. One of the studies that Angela Lee Duckworth had done was at West Point Military Academy. Getting into West Point depends on SAT scores, class rank, demonstrated leadership ability, and physical aptitude. it was shown that about 1 in 20 cadets drops during training before their first academic year. One question they had was; how well can grit predict who would stay? In order to get the answer to the question Duckworth had cadets take a short questionnaire in the first two or three days of the summer with other psychological tests West Point gives. It turns out that grit was the best predictor of which cadets would stay through the first difficult summer. It

If you have a fixed mindset in your personal life it means that you are pretty much stuck at this point in your life. Angela Lee explains how she was always shifting around every two to three years, until she realized that it wasn't what she wanted for her life. Angela Lee Duckworth states,¨ i'm very ambitious. I just want to be world-class at something. And this is not a recipe for it¨. When Angela was saying this statement she was thinking with a growth mindset. Not to mention a lot of grit. It's exactly what every person should be