Growth Mindset

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Claim

Growth mindset is the belief that:

1. You are more than your actions - your actions do not define who you are. Failure is a necessary part of learning and growth doesn't make you a loser. What we do is not who we are.
2. Personal growth is always possible - Your skills, intelligence, and behavior are not set in stone. you can always learn and improve. Learning must continue constantly throughout life
3. Your inner self is more important than your image - The only comparison that matters is who you are today vs who you were yesterday, while thinking about who you could be tomorrow. Don't compare yourself to others, and don't let other's opinions define you. Distinguishing appearance from authentic substance reveals hidden conflicts.

Explanation

How do adapt a growth mindset:

1. Try and try again - improvement comes from practicing and failing over and over again, until we eventually get better Being emerges from action not belief
2. Don't beat yourself up - remember that you are not their yet. Your failures don't define you, they help you grow, they are part of the process, so practice Being kind to yourself strengthens resilience and growth, trusting that you are capable enough to change.

Why it Matters

Sometimes having a growth mindset requires us to take a Acting before understanding requires trusting instinct and resonance, because it is believing that no matter who we are right now, we could be better, that changing ourselves, even (or especially) the parts that we don't like, is possible Optimism is choosing to believe outcomes can improve through action. It means to see beyond our current situation, not ignoring the evidence, but also not letting them take control of our lives Confusing current reality with how things should be blocks change.

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we are not pure Objectivity is loss of agency to external control and instrumental treatment - we are not an inmate object that stays the same throughout it's lifetime. We have the ability to change who we are, what we think, and what we do. Fixed mindset assumes capabilities are unchangeable from birth

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🔼Topic:: Knowledge Structure and Transfer ◀Origin:: Mindset (book) 🔗Link::