Mindset For Success

In life, having your own experiences and behavior corrections is what sets your mindset, being fixed or growth. What you develop as a kid practically follows you and it is there for the rest of your life. This is one of the most important things we’ve talked about in class in my

During that time in my life, I was healing from brain lesions that caused me to have slow processing speed. The public school, understandably, could not slow down its curriculum to wait for me to heal. As I read this book, I related to Melody and her struggles. Beyond that, this book taught me how to look outside of myself. It showed me that people tend to be more than they appear.

There are two known mindsets, a fixed mindset, and a growth mindset. The two may sound similar, but they are quite different. A growth mindset is a good mindset; it allows you to believe in yourself, it lets you try new things, and it helps you never give up. On the other hand there is the fixed mindset; this mindset is one that everyone has on some part or aspect of their life. A fixed mindset, as it sounds, makes your thoughts stay fixed about something; for example if someone is not good at math they might say that they are not a math person.

The article stated, “people who are not as bright as their peers “compensate by working harder with more determination’” (p.46). This relates to my experience because since I felt slower I had to work harder and study longer. As a result, I even received better grades than most of peers. Growth mindset is defined in the article, “Mindset” by Carol Dweck.

The first mindset is the fixed mindset which is when one believes that “your qualities are carved in stone” or in other words people will believe that their intelligence and personality are fixed traits. The second mindset is the growth mindset which is when “everyone can change and grow through applications and experience.” basically, they can improve with some motivation or education and they push themselves to become better. Dweck towards the end of the article gives a scenario between 2 types of people with one having a fixed mindset and the other having a growth mind set who are getting a disappointing grade. The people with the fixed mindset would label themselves and complain, as for the other people with growth mindset would look to improve and work harder the next time around.

The meaning of having a growth mindset can mean many things such as dedication and hardwork development. When putting both together to succeed can be amazing because in order have intelligence you have to be hardworking and dedicated. According to Carol Dweck's essay she stated "yet those people with the growth mindset were not labeling themselves and throwing up their hands(pg70)" meaning even people who knew they were intelligent(gritty) weren't using it. The advantages of having a growth mindset is it creates motivation and not only that you would be very productive when it comes to business,education and sports it also makes relationships better.

Growth or Fixed Mindset In Carol Dweck’s article “The Perils of Praise and Promise” she explains the difference between a growth and fixed mind-set. Dweck says” In a fixed mind-set, students care first and foremost about how they will be judged; smart or not smart. Repeatedly students with this mind-set reject opportunities to learn if they might make mistakes.

There are two basic mindsets that extremely affect students’ learning. Carol Dweck in her article “ Brainology” shows us the harmful effects of having a “fixed mindset” and the benefits of having a “ growth mindset”. She states that the fixed mindset is the most common and the most harmful because it believes trouble is devastating. People in this mindset believe they either are or are not good at something is based on their inherent nature because it is just who they are. They assume success is created from inherent talent and intelligence.

It taught me that strength and perseverance can make a significant impact in life. I also learned that forgiveness and the ability to forgive is much more powerful than I ever realized. This novel sucked me into the story and its characters and took me on an emotional ride of highs and lows. Finally, it forced me to reevaluate my previous judgement of the homeless.

Dweck states in her article “if you only have a certain amount of intelligence, a certain personality and a certain moral character- well then you'd better prove that you have a health dose of them “ (52). Those quotes breakdown the ideas of having a fixed mindset. A fixed mindset individual mainly dwells on their mistakes so they will only do the minimum which doesn't guarantee success. In the passage The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck she states, “Students with growth mindset instead mobilized their resources for learning.

In this chapter Dweck spends a lot of time on the topic of the two mindsets, fixed and growth. She analyzes each and explains why and how they are different. Also, she writes why it’s better to have a “growth mindset” opposed to the “fixed

Growth mindset is to recognize their abilities and anybody can be smart if they work hard and

The growth mindset believes that their potential intelligence comes from learning, while the fixed mindset thinks they only have a certain amount of intelligence. Along with their differences in learning, these students also have a difference in school priorities. The students with the fixed mindset only cared how smart they would appear and turned down opportunities that were critical to their success. Students with the growth mindset thought about their efforts, and when they work harder it will show in their abilities and accomplishments. I agree with this because everyone will react differently to a setback, especially if they already react differently to education.

In the article “ Brainology: Transforming Students’ Motivation to Learn” by, Carol S. Dweck, she differentiates the two different kinds of mindsets that students have when learning. Those mindsets are fixed and growth. A student with a fixed mindset has the mentality that every student has a substantial amount of intelligence. However, a student with a growth mindset realizes their intelligence is through learning. Students with a fixed mindset tend to give up once they make a mistake, but students with growth mindsets learn from their mistakes.

A growth mindset is when people appreciate a challenge, they don’t mind failing. The person would rather fail and learn from their mistake then keep