Growth Mindset

I have never heard of Carol Dweck and/or the growth mindset before this class. Honestly, as I was watching the video from Ted Talks, I realized how big a victim I am of having a fixed mindset. When I am faced with a challenge, I immediately shut down and give up. I run to friends and the internet for help before I even try to reason through it with my self. At work I try to pass off the problem to someone else first before I will take care of it. I want everything, school and work related, to be easy and immediate. I am very interested in learning more about the growth mindset. I hope it will help me open up to accepting challenges and not to get so discouraged so easily. There is a class that I am worried about; I think it is going to be the hardest class I've been in. The first day the professor was disappointed that we did not remember specific details from a class most of us took over a year ago, if not longer. I think the growth mindset will help me be more excited about this class instead of scared of it.

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