The Meaning Of Growth Mindset
Growth mindsets can be witnessed all around the world. A Growth Mindset can be applied to my college career by believing that I can strive to do better. In order to have a growth mindset, you have to believe in yourself in order to succeed. People who have a growth mindset tend to focus more on their progress than on being correct. Students with growth mindsets have the capability to learn from their mistakes, and are able to rise above them. In order to praise children and others for their hard work, they should be rewarded based on their efforts and on how much problem-solving they put in to the material. In Carol Dwecks Ted Talk video, titled “The power of believing that you can do better” she believes that if you push someone out of their usual comfort zone, their brain forms stronger connections, and they are able to become smarter overtime.
In a 2007 study, illustrated by Blackwell, Trzesniewski, and Dweck, it had shown that students who were not taught the growth mindset had a series of declining grades and underperformance. The students that did have a growth mindset continued to improve and make progress. I believe that the ability to develop a growth mindset depends on the person themselves. Do they rise above their mistakes and learn from them? Or do they blame it on others instead of themselves? A growth mindset has to come from within. You have to believe that you have what it takes to grow and become a better person. Someone that I immediately thought of when learning about Growth Mindset would be Elon Musk, the co-founder of Tesla and Paypal. No matter how many times his ideas were turned down, he never gave up. His failures did not stop him from becoming as successful as he is today.
Growth Mindset to me means that you can and will achieve your goal, no matter what obstacles you have to face. If you fail, you try harder. We as humans all have to face the same types of difficulties in our lives. It all depends on how you handle the situation and if you choose to exceed expectations. At the end of the day, everyone has to grow up at some point in their lives. Everybody makes mistakes. The truth of the matter is that you have the power and available resources to be able to overcome it.
