Thursday, August 24, 2017

Growth Mindset: First Impression

When Dr. Dweck started talking about The Power of Yet, my first thought was "Oh gosh! Not another one of these self-help, power of positivity crazy ladies." Then I watched a little bit more and realized she believed in the exact opposite of what those so-called gurus do. She is right to say that this generation was raised to be amazing and when we don't reach that mark of amazing we just completely shut down. I really like her ideas because they are still uplifting and give kids confidence but it's justly earned confidence. I also really liked how she has done actual studies with real numbers and real populations. The psychology major in me was just loving that she had cold, hard evidence to back her ideas up with.

 On a person level, I know that I could really benefit from exploring this concept. I wasn't raised with a fixed mindset but a lot of things in school come easy to me so I think I've sort of developed one. I'm terrified of failing. It's not so much in school but in life. I'm not a huge fan of looking stupid or making mistakes in front of people. I've been told that this makes me come off very WASP-y and like I'm going to ask to speak to your supervisor when people first meet me. I really hope I can work on this because I think people with a growth mindset probably have more fun.

I think that knowing about and educating myself on growth mindsets would be beneficial to me on a professional level, too. I plan to go into the business world eventually so I am currently a research assistant at the Industrial Organizational Research Lab which focuses on studying the workplace. We look at things motivation and leadership and I really think that studying the growth mindset in the workplace would be so interesting. Learning how it affects people outside of the school environment and in more of a real world setting would be fascinating! There are really so many different directions I could go with this and I actually kind of want to make it my research project.
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  1. VSeptember 21, 2017 at 10:09 PM

    Hi Kelly, your impression toward Dr. Dweck is actualy similar to mine when I first watch the video. However, I realize that Growth Mindset is quite different. It is not some kind of tutorial where you done something then your result is expect to be perfect the next time you do it. But rather, she encourages the growth mindset to be something that is accomplish by taking one step at a time to achieve a goal. I'm glad that you find the growth mindset might be beneficial to you.

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  2. AubryelleSeboOctober 4, 2017 at 6:43 PM

    Hi Kelly,
    I had a very similar reaction when first learning/hearing about growth mindset. After researching it, however, I really think it will be useful to apply in life. I also agree with how you said, "people with a growth mindset probably have more fun." Instead of worrying all the time about failure, people with a growth mindset use that failure as a learning experience and I think that would be a great quality to have. Great post!

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