Growth Mindset: Talking with a Friend

I talked to one of my friends about the idea of a growth mindset and they had not really heard of it before. They understood what it was about and the idea behind it after I told them about the TED talk I watched. They thought it was a really cool idea and thought they could apply it to their lives as well.

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Growth Mindset: Growth Beyond School

This challenge is about challenging yourself to get better and grow in things outside of school. For me I want to get better at consistently working out. I know that working out would help my health both mentally and physically but I have fallen out of the routine. I use to work out every day for many years but the change from being a student athlete to a working student has been tough and my workouts have suffered. I am challenging myself to go workout a few times this week. 

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Growth Mindset: The Simple Phrase

The Simple Phrase that Increases Effort by 40%

This story was very interesting to me. I was amazed that that simple sentence could spark the effort levels of people. I was was amazed that the number jumped from 40% for whites to 320% for African Americans. i would love to see some research that explains the phenomena.

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Week 8 Growth Mindset

One of my main weaknesses in life is not living up to my potential. In life many things have been easy for me and I haven't had to try very hard to be successful. As I grow older I find that more and more ofter this is not the case. The things that I once thought i was the best at or even good at for that sake have grow few and farther between. I find that the more I work towards something the better the outcome will be usually. This presents a challenge to me to change my mindset. I have struggled to change from a laissez faire mindset to one with more of a growth mentality. One quote that really sticks out to me is "Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best." -Tim Duncan. This quote speaks to the person that Tim was to always have the mentality to get better at his craft. Tim was is the NBA for twenty years and was considered one of the best to ever put on a jersey long before he considered retirement, yet he still went after every practice with the mindset to get better. I strive to live my life in the same way. I try to get up everyday and get better at what I am doing while maintaining a growth mindset. I need to bring that mindset into this course in the second half in order to grow myself as a person even thought this may not be the most interesting material for me. I can use the rest of this class to attempt to improve on my writing abilities.

One of my favorite quotes from one of the best to ever play the game!

Growth Mindset

Growth Mindset
I have never hear of Carol Dweck but her concept of a growth mindset makes a lot of sense to me. In my school work I often find that I am a part of that fixed mindset. A lot of the times this happens because I am not fully engaged in the material at hand. I find that if I fully commit to the class I don't fall into the fixed mindset as much. As a retired athlete however, I was very much in the growth mindset. I was always looking for new ways to push myself wether it was finding harder drills or just playing against older people. My goal for this semester is to continue growing as a student and maintain my eagerness to learn.

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