CHAPTER THREE - Changing Your Mind, Changing Your Reality

  •  Which of the research findings about growth mindset surprise you, it any?
  • Describe your personal experiences as a child or adult with the word "smart."
  • What are your thoughts about using the world "smart" to describe children?
  • Jo shared that Carol Dweck has changed her thinking around mindsets, realising that "we all have different mindsets at different times and places" (P. 97).
    • Describe a situation in which you held a growth mindset?
    • Describe a situation in which you held a fixed mindset?

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  1. Mr GormanJune 27, 2022 at 6:04 PM

    Well - it's great to know that thinking your exercise is productive will increase it's productivity... but this perhaps isn't the most pertinent learning from this chapter!

    I loved the idea of labelling your fixed-mindset personna... almost everyone of us has one! Right now, as I'm writing this I'm feeling well under the pump! I am juggling planning and organisation for 4 major school community events whilst encountering other challenges like board meetings, strategic planning and still needing to start thinking of the logistics of the fast approaching third term... it is easily to feel a little "fixed" - a little limited in my own capabilities.

    Regarding an example of when I held a growth mindset - what comes to mind is being cast in a singing roll in the school musical in Year 11. Until this point I had believe I could not sing! But I was a pianist - and my music teacher said "Yes you can" - so I thought - if she believes this (and she'd been a professional singer once upon a time) perhaps I should believe it to... so I practice and practiced... I recorded myself and would listen back - I would focus on the notes and hone my ability to notice if/when I was off key...

    And I sang... and I sang... I haven't shut up since! I have a big voice... I love to sing! It's hard to imagine what my life would be like now if I had believed my own lie... Thank God I embraced a growth mindset!

    Stay well
    BEN

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