What is a Growth Mindset?

TWO MINDSETS CAROL S. DWECK, Ph.D. Graphic by Nigel Holmes Fixed Mindset Intelligence is static Growth Mindset Intelligence can be developed Leads to a desire to learn and therefore a tendency to. Leads to a desire to look smart and therefore a tendency to. CHALLENGES .avoid challenges embrace challenges OBSTACLES -give up easily persist in the face of setbacks EFFORT see effort as fruitless or worse see effort as the path to mastery CRITICISM -ignore useful negative feedback Jearn from criticism SUCESS OF OTHERS feel threatened by the success of others find lessons and inspiration in the success of others As a result, they may plateau early and achieve less than their full potential. As a result, they reach ever-higher levels of achievement. All this gives them a greater sense of free will. All this confirms a deterministic view of the world.