Success in academics can be affected by many general factors as well as personal techniques. In Dweck’s book, she discusses the importance of one’s mindset in relation to their own personal success. There are two opposing mindsets: you can have either a fixed mindset or a growth mindset. A fixed mindset is the more limiting of the two, as it is not the encouraged mindset to have. Someone with a fixed mindset is focused on short-term successes and failures. They are not concerned with learning, but with showing they are already intelligent. A failure to someone with a fixed mindset can seem life lasting, and can even reflect an identity. On the other hand, one with a growth mindset is much better off in academics, and even life. This person is interested in not only succeeding, but in learning. Students with a growth mindset do better in school than students with a fixed mindset. The long-term benefits go to those with a growth mindset.
Personally, I find myself as more of having a growth mindset. I was more of a fixed mindset student in the past, but have changed for the better. Working to learn and grow is better in the long run, and along the way I may still succeed. I will not be put down by failures, but be encouraged to try harder next time.
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