The Growth Mindset
I am 110% the person that Carol Dweck refers to when she talks about people who are anti-growth mindset, but not by choice. I am very much a fan of what she is teaching but I find myself on the other end of the spectrum. Often times when i see things as a challenge i tend to shy away from them rather than attacking them. I think it is just because when I find something in school to be really difficult to me, I feel like i'm dumb or unintelligent. As a matter of fact, I took a physics course last semester that gave me this exact feeling. I took the course and questioned my intellectual capabilities, and it made me feel like I did not know anything, not just in physics. I believe I am this way because I like when things come easy, I like not having to struggle to achieve what I want to achieve. Maybe if I implemented some of her ideas my life would change, maybe I would achieve things that I never believed I could. I will try my best to implement some of her teachings into my life, as I am interested in how my life would differ if I did so.
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