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Carol Dweck in her Book “The Mindset – the new psychology of success” talks about two kinds of mindsets that people generally have. One is the Fixed Mindset and another is the Growth mindset.
What is a Mindset ?
A mindset is the way we perceive the world around us, it is the way we act, think, believe and say in our everyday life. It is the lens we see the world through while navigating the maze of our lives.
a person with a fixed mindset believes that his or her abilities are carved in a stone, that knowledge / talent are gifts are given by nature and they are set. on the contrary, a person with a Growth mindset perceives life as a sequence of opportunities to grow and improve. The Growth mindset person knows that every thing can be learned and little changes can bring big results. The Analogy used by Carol Dweck to illustrate the difference goes like this:
Imagine John arrives at the university to be handed out his grade which happens to be C+ for the Mid term exams, This upsets him and he leaves the university later to find that he has received a parking ticket for his car. Utterly frustrated by now due the mid-term scores and the parking ticket, he decides to call his friend only to be turned down as his friend happens to be busy. Now all these incidents have happened in a span of a few hours impacting his mood. Now John being a fixed mindset person thinks that he is not good enough in his studies because of his C+ and is utterly frustrated and feels hopeless regarding his academics.
Getting a parking ticket has only added on to the frustration and he begins to feel like he is loosing control of his life. now feeling rejected by his friend after a bad day really ticks him off and now he begins to feel insecure while holding a grudge towards his friend who he thinks ignored him in his moment of need.
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