FIXED MINDSET VS GROWTH MINDSET
Is our potential predetermined at birth or does our effort and attitude determine our abilities? This is just pre-question to start today's post of mine, and just for brainstorming to kick start further information. I've found this very captivating and enriching to be discussed so here you go.
Has anyone ever told you to open your mind? Or that you're too closed-minded about something? Any way what is mindset? And what mindset do you have?
According to Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck, mindset is a simple idea that has profound effect on a person's life
There is a bunch of definitions about it out there, I just picked one regarding to the master of her field.
One of the most basic beliefs we carry about ourselves, Dweck found in her research, has to do with how we view and inhabit what we consider to be our personality.
FIXED MINDSET assumes that our character, intelligence, and creatives ability are static givens which we can't change in any meaningful way, and success is the affirmation of that inherent intelligence, an assessment of how those givens measure up against an equally fixed standard.
In the other hand, in a GROWTH MINDSET, people have an underlying belief that their leaning and intelligence can grow with times and experience. When people believe they can become smarter, they realize that their effort has an effect on their success, so they put in extra time, leading to higher achievement.
Out of these two mindset, which we manifest from a very early age, springs a great deal of our behavior, our relationship with success and failure in both professional and personal context, and ultimately our capacity for happiness.
According to Dweck, when a student has fixed mindset, they believe that their basic abilities, intelligence, and talents are fixed traits. They think that you are born with a certain amount and that's all you have.
In a growth mindset, however, students believe their abilities and intelligence can be developed with effort, learning, and persistence. Their basic abilities are simply starting point for their potential. They don't believe everyone is the same, but the hold onto the idea that everyone can become smarter if they try