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Growth Mindset
Qualities
Personal
- Depressed people with growth mindsets are more determined to overcome their problems
- Values the process of things
- Tend to try and challenge negative labels to prove them wrong
- Can be shy, but it doesn’t stop them from challenging themselves and getting into discomforting situations
- Know our Personal Flaws
Benefits
- Growth mindsets allow us to optimistically view adversity
- Willingness to take on more challenges
- Maintain the same level of interest when things get challenging
- Refer to Dealing with Failure
- Favor long-term perfection rather than short-term
- Doesn’t let accomplishments define them
- Adds meaning and enjoyment of things by paying attention to the process
Cultivation
- Steps to a Growth Mindset
- One must first update their beliefs on intelligence and talent, practice optimistic self-talk, and ask for a helping hand
- Tend to find people who are better than them to learn more
- Learn from failure
Influencing Others
- When trying to teach others about the growth mindset, you need to incorporate it into their lives
- When witnessing failure, instead of bashing them for it, help support them
Obstacles
- Praising the intelligence of others harms their motivation and performance
- Refer to Criticism
Practices
- Do things your own best way, and reflect on the feedback that comes from your choices
- Accelerates overall learning process
References:{ Mindset