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)