I absolutely loved listening to Dr. Dweck and I wish that my teachers had used the Growth Mindset process when I was in elementary school! When I was young I really struggled in school. I felt less than the kids who didn't struggle to grasp new concepts and I dreaded having to go to class everyday and I felt unteachable. I now realize that my struggles didn't arise from some innate inability within myself to learn, I just needed to approach learning from a different angle. After watching these videos I realized that in a lot of ways, I still adhere to the fixed mindset, feeling that if others are more successful than me or ahead of me in their course work that they're just smarter than me and I shouldn't even try. The fear of looking dumb is something that haunts my mind constantly and I'm now going to make an active effort my think of growth and not perfection as my goal.
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