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Growth Mindset Analysis

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One day while surfing the internet I stumbled upon a simple video that would have tremendous implications for me. It was tagged on my feed #YouCanLearnAnything. The title piqued my curiosity so I decided to go in for a closer look. In this video, Carol Dweck talks about how some students have a “fixed mindset”, believing their abilities in certain fields are limited; others have a “growth mindset”, believing their abilities can be developed. She explained that students with a growth mindset have the ability to learn immensely more than others. So if I thought I could learn something, I’d be able to? Wrong. Mrs. Dweck says, with studies to prove it, good grades and test scores are a natural byproduct of students with both a growth mindset and a deep engagement into a learning process. That’s when I understood: it wasn’t just the mindset I needed to learn anything but also the engagement. I never expected social media could lead to such a monumental discovery. I now understand having a growth mindset also means you’re open to developing your abilities anytime. …show more content…

After learning about growth mindset, I realized perseverance alone is not all it’s lauded to be. For instance, I could try to learn multivariable calculus ad infinitum, but if I don’t believe I can, I never will. In that sense, perseverance is useless alone, but if you match it with the right mindset and some conviction, you’re playing with the tools for success. To me this isn’t just a mindset but also a way of life and a part of my identity. I believe I can learn anything I engage myself with, and this opens my mind to learning far beyond the bare minimum, where the richest knowledge and greatest minds

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