This was the first time that I have heard about the Growth Mindset, but this attitude is something that I've noticed for a while. People who are excited about the prospect of learning for its own sake are more successful learners. In my own academic pursuits, I am often in the Growth Mindset. I enjoy a challenge, and I seek to learn new things all the time. Many people think that they don't have a particular talent and they can never be good at a particular task. I prefer to think that there is nothing I am inherently bad at, I just haven't refined my skill yet. This way of thinking is very exciting because everything is an opportunity to grow as a person. I can also relate to the
Giant Hairball of School. School often becomes drudgery and I work only to get the grade. However, I find that the motivation of grades helps me to push through the boring bits and allows me to get experience that I might not have been able to gain on my own.
I particularly like the reading and writing challenges in the list of
Growth Mindset Challenges. I like how it puts the Growth Mindset into practice by changing the learning environment and embracing differences.
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