By: Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.
A view from the two mindsets
How we can learn to fulfill our potential?
Which one do you have?
Fixed Mindset - Intelligence is static.
Leads to a desire to look smart and therefore a tendency to...
- avoid challenges
- get defensive or give up easily
- see effort as fruitless or worse
- ignore useful negative feedback
- feel threatened by the success of others
Growth Mindset - Intelligence can be developed.
Leads to a desire to learn and therefore a tendency to...
- embrace challenges
- persist in the face of setbacks
- see effort as the path to mastery
- learn from criticism
- find lessons and inspiration in the success of others
Change can be tough, but I've never heard anyone say it wasn't worth it.
But people who've changed can tell you how their lives have been enhanced.
Did changing to a growth mindset solve all my problems? No. But I know that I have a different life because of it - a richer one. And that I'm a more alive, courageous, and open person because of it.
-Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
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