The most exceptional of educated people have their mind filled with interfering thoughts. These people live within the fixed mindset, believing they have this “gift” and find themselves limiting their abilities and achievements. In Carol Dweck’s book, Mindset:The New Psychology of success, she explains that living in the opposite, growth mindset, can let you achieve endless obstacles with the love of learning and challenge. Your mindset is not just a mindset of your intelligence, but is a tale tell sign of the way you live your life. She discloses that in order to reach your full potential you must continually work at it, nothing comes naturally. The growth mindset is a result of many reasons such as someone believing in you, accepting that success is trying your best, setbacks are motivation, and also learning to take charge and keeping it up. Dweck illustrates that healthy growth mindset can help you live a fulfilling life regardless of the failures that are thrown at you. When taken out of the fixed mindset and placed within the growth mindset, sometimes all that is needed is someone to believe that you have the ability to achieve. Dweck discloses that every …show more content…
Just because someone can do something with no training, doesn’t mean that other’s can’t learn the same thing with training. Success comes from learning and improving the skills you already have, or don’t have. Within the growth mindset, your abilities and accomplishments are based on the hard work and the dedication it took to achieve your goals (p.71). Believing that your most basic qualities can expand through your efforts, is just a starting point for this type of mindset. Dweck interprets the growth mindset as a way for you to not be afraid of what your true abilities are at any given point, because you can always develop and improve yourself. Your abilities are never set in stone and are always changing
In sum, a fixed mindset is not healthy in any environment whether at school or at the workplace. Mainly, such an attitude discourages effort and dedication as one believes that their life is predestined. A growth mindset is necessary because one has to constantly improve their chances of being successful by putting in a lot of effort. While praise is important, it should only be directed towards efforts of a child and not their perceived intelligence because of the adverse effects associated with such an
In Carol Dweck’s article titled, “Brainology” Dweck discusses the different mindsets that students have about intelligence. Some where taught that each person had a set amount of intelligence, while others were trained that intelligence is something they could develop and increase over time. in Dweck’s article she writes, “ It is a belief that intelligence can be developed that opens students to a love of learning, a belief in the power of effort and constrictive, determined reactions to setbacks” (Dweck pg. 2). Dweck is talking about a growth mind-set in which is how students perceive the growth of knowledge and that no one person is born with a certain amount of intelligence, it too can be trained and developed over time. By introducing Dweck’s ideas of a growth mind-set to students, students will enjoy learning and be less devastated by setbacks, because they know they can develop intelligence. Dweck also writes that students with a growth mind-set, “believe that intelligence is something that can be cultivated through effort and education. They
It was not until I read Carol S. Dweck’s “Brainology” that I realized I had a fixed mindset. I care more about getting a 4.0 than actually understanding what I am being taught and I also hate struggling. These habits are part of having a fixed mindset. It was after reading this article that I discovered I could change my mindset and be successful. Having a fixed mindset means that you believe that you and others only have a certain amount of intelligence. A growth mindset on the other hand, is believing that everyone has the ability to reach a higher level of intelligence through effort and hardwork.
“There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs,” was said by motivational speaker and American author Zig Ziglar. This relates to Carol S. Dweck’s article “Brainology” and Sherman Alexie’s essay “Superman and Me.” Ziglar, Dweck, and Alexie all feel that it isn’t easy for someone to become successful. It takes hard work, perseverance, and the want to learn and grow. In Dweck’s article, she stated that someone with a growth mindset would become more successful and knowledgeable than someone with a fixed mindset, which was demonstrated by Alexie in his essay, and by a personal experience of my own.
There are many attitudes that form certain mindsets. Some of these mindsets can change how a person does and perceives things. Some mindsets that can do just that are Dweck’s example of a growth mindset and fixed mindsets. According to Dweck, a fixed mindset is one in where “.. students believe that intelligence is fixed..” and a fixed mindset is the “..believe that intelligence is a potential that can be realized through learning. As a result, confronting challenges, profiting from mistakes, and persevering in the face of setbacks become ways of getting smarter. Because people with growth mindsets can through setbacks, and find alternatives to better themselves; They turn to perseverance and hard work to achieve their goals.
How did I, a student who could barely receive a passing grade on any essay, become a student who believes that mastery in writing is achievable? The switch in beliefs roots back to my mindset. Specifically having a fixed mindset versus a growth mindset. A person with a fixed mindset believes that their talents and characteristics are carved in stone. There is no point in pushing yourself forward because what they have, is what they got. On the other hand, we have a person with a growth mindset. Those with a growth mindset believe that talents and characteristics are not something they were born with, but rather something that they can work towards. What they have is just a starting point. For several years I
Have you ever thought about yourself if you are in the fixed or a growth mindset? A fixed mindset person is someone who overcomes obstacles, works hard, and failure does not stop them. On the other hand a person who is in the fixed mindset is someone who is non challenge, gives up, or thinks that success is abuse. In a book called “Mindset The New Psychology of Success” the author Carol S. Dweck talks about different ways we can convert ourselves from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset and the author also talks about the qualities of the growth and fixed mindsets. In a movie“Freedom Writers” the author Erin Gruwell shows us how she was a growth minded teacher but her students were in the fixed minded group. Throughout the school year the students had a fixed mindset but as time went by the students somehow their mindsets into the growth mindset. Freedom writers illustrates the fixed mindsets of the teacher and students and a growth minded teacher who changed everything.
Growth mindsets people love opportunity to learn and always try to improve even if they fail. Fixed mindset people give up once they fail because they think it is impossible for them to do it. Also “You’re not Special” an graduation speech by David McCullough given to graduates argues to embrace life and live to challenge oneself. " The Secret to Raising Smart Kids" and "You are Not Special" encourage the audience to have growth mindset is a path to having distinctive life.
This simple attitude impacted my success in college, which lead me to a positive direction in life. According to Downing “ A Creator mindset causes people to see multiple options, choose wisely among them, and take effective actions to achieve the life they want”(44). This states that, a creator needs to learn from old mistakes in order to become better. For example, a growth mindset impacted my success by working hard in my general ed classes. Instead of procrastinating in my classes and eventually failing my courses. I planned time aside to study and do my homework five days in advance.I especially made online appointments with tutors at Mt.San Antonio College if I needed extra assistance with my assignments. Furthermore, when I receive low scores in my exams or homework assignments especially public speeches. I asked myself, professors and classmates what were my common public speaking mistakes. I understand that constructive criticism is a great way to notices one’s common mistakes. Seeking for help has impacted my happiness because I focuses on how to improve physically and mentally. Thus, I created a better college experience by being self aware which has lead me in a positive direction in
It is well known that telling a kid she is smart is wading into seriously dangerous territory.
The generation holding total and absolute control of the future and everything that happens in the world regarding advancements, developments, and so much more, holds a vast potential to be the most intelligent and productive generation with the education and exposure required for the development of a growth mindset in the early stages of their lives. There are two contrasting types of mindsets, a fixed mindset and a growth mindset. The difference between the two mindsets are expressed typically through the actions of the person. A person with a fixed mindset will think they cannot do anything to further themselves in life, avoid challenges, give up when things get hard, and settle for bare minimum
In the reading “Mindset: How you can fulfil your potential” by (Dweck, 2012) Chapter One introduces the reader to the Fixed and Growth mindset, and identifies how basic qualities and intelligence can be improved by effort.
Fixed mindsets and growth mindsets influence people and their ability to be successful in school and in life. We all have the same ability to be successful but it depends on our motivation and hard work.
People with a fixed mindset are usually not motivated to do challenging work, apply very little effort, lose confidence after mistakes, and are intimidated when things get difficult. And I have experienced some of these situations. I get less motivated when I have more work, don’t try my best, and I put myself down after low grades. I lost confidence in myself after every setback, but I should of been looking to learn from them. I should actually look back and see what I could have done differently after a setback instead of degrading my own morale. For example, I could change the way I approach a test if I really messed up on the last one, or I can stay motivated at every task at hand. I would love to have a growth mindset, but I just grew up with a fixed mindset. And it has basically made me lazy and procrastinate. I should get rid of my bad habits and develop a growth
...g kind of praise creates self-defeating behavior. The right kind motivates students to learn. This leads us to two kinds of mindsets that students can have that effect the way that they look at learning and growing: fixed mindset and growth mindset.