📰 - How a 'growth mindset' can lead to success (BBC 2020)

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  • Growth mindset seems similar to perseverance and mental toughness.
  • If you don't like something it could mean you haven't given it a chance.

Highlights:

  • Meanwhile, others have a “Growth Mindset”: they believe that your abilities can change over time
  • Importantly, these mindsets then determine how we face challenges: whether we give up when something is difficult, or if we persevere in the knowledge that we will improve over time
  • Even if they had very little initial curiosity about the subject, the students with the growth mindset changed their ratings after actually reading the piece: they had allowed themselves to become intrigued. The people with the fixed mindset saw no such improvement.
  • The people with the growth mindset maintained their interest: they wanted to know more despite the difficulties of grasping the technical material.
  • if you don't like something at first, it can take time for these things to develop… It's not really this thing that just magically happens.
📰 - How a 'growth mindset' can lead to success (BBC 2020)
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