Nurture our growth mindset
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2024-02-06 09:11
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Nurture our growth mindsetThis book is to change our way of thinking.
Or rather, it makes us realize the importance of growth mindset more than
before. When in trouble or depression, when facing great challenge or failure,
we may be defeated or lose the courage to move onwards. This book, however,
tells us we can always learn from our experience or from what we are experiencing
on condition that we learn to change our mindset. We don’t need fixed mindset;
instead, we need to nurture a growth mindset.We should learn from infants. They are
never afraid of making mistakes and they are always curious about the world.
When we grow up, we are afraid of making mistakes and we learn to protect our
self-esteem. Thus, we lose the chance to grow better. For people with a growth
mindset, success doesn’t mean defeating others, it means stretching themselves
and discovering more potential or possibility in themselves. For the people
with a growth mindset, learning is the priority and they pay close attention to
information that could stretch their knowledge. One person’s growth can be the
other person’s nightmare.Stretching means challenging ourselves. If
a man only goes through a life doing stuff that’s easy, it’s a shame. People in
a growth mindset don’t just seek challenge, they thrive on it. The bigger the
challenge, the more they stretch. People with the growth mindset are not afraid
of challenges and they show great interest. For them challenge and interest go
hand in hand.The students
with growth mindset completely take charge of their learning and motivation. Instead
of plunging into unthinking memorization of the course material, they look for themes
and underlying principles across lectures and go over mistakes until they understand
them.Parents’
or teacher’s responsibility is to develop children’s or students’ potential. In
order to fulfill this, they should cultivate teenagers’ growth mindset. Great
teachers know that success is not coming to students, students must come to
success. Great teachers believe in the growth of intellect and talent and they
are fascinated with the process of learning. In their class, they set high
standards for all their students, not just the ones who are already achieving.If you
are a teacher, remember that lowering standards doesn’t raise students’
self-esteem. But neither does raising standards without giving students ways of
reaching them. The growth mindset gives you a way to set high standards and
have students reach them. They present topics in a growth framework and giving
students process feedback. And then they can enjoy what happens next.If we
need to have the growth mindset, we must change our present mindset. We should
make a concrete, growth-oriented plan and stick to it. Besides, we should
visualize our plan, being clear about when, where and how we are going to do
something leading to higher level of success. The growth mindset is based on
the belief in change. As a teacher, the most gratifying part of our work is
watching people change. Nothing is better than seeing people find their way to
things they value. Changes should be supported so that they can continue in a
growth mindset.Mindset
change is not about picking up a few pointers here and there. It’s about seeing
things in a new way. When we (couples, coaches and athletes, managers and
workers, parents and children, teachers and students) change to a growth
mindset, we change from a judge-and-be-judged framework to a
learn-and-help-learn framework. Our commitment is to growth, and growth takes
plenty of time, effort and mutual support.Keep the
growth mindset in our thoughts. Then, when we bump up against obstacles, we can
turn to it. It will always be there for us, showing us a path into the better
future.
