Growth Mindset: Read an Article

6 Bad Mental Habits That Sabotage Your Success

by Amy Morin

• What is at least one thing that the article CONFIRMED for you that you knew already? 
• What this article confirmed for me was that I do doubt myself a lot, so I should stop doing that because that is going to hold me back from so many things. I second-guess myself a lot so that also holds me back.

• What is at least one NEW thing that you learned that you did not know before?
• I didn't really learn anything new from this article. All of the things that are mentioned in this article, I have done at various points of my life but I definitely think I have gotten better at not letting all of them affect me like they used to.

• What is the one thing you are now CURIOUS to explore (i.e. something you want to try in your life, something you want to research and learn more about, etc.) and what are you going to do in order to act on that curiosity?
• Something I want to do now is a go a whole day without doubting myself, second-guessing myself, and putting myself down. I want to see how many things I can accomplish in a day without doing all three of those things.

Source: By Diandra Medina.

Growth Mindset: Cat Memes for Days

Source: Growth Mindset Cats.

I like this one because I've always believed in the "learn from your mistakes" concept. I have done that various times in my life. Plus, I love how cute and innocent the cat looks in this meme.

Source: Growth Mindset Cats.

I love this one because this really speaks me. When I found something difficult, I used to give up easily. I was especially like that during freshman year. I think over the course of the last 3 and half years, I've learned to not give up so easily and keep trying.

Growth Mindset: Trying New Things

Growth Mindset: Trying New Things

The Growth Mindset challenge I did was the "Learn from Other Students" one. For the challenge, I was to find quotes from former students that would show me something new, like a different way of thinking. So I went to the Padlet and started looking. Initially, I thought I wouldn't find much and have to do another challenge because I had already heard the same old inspiring quotes that most everyone will have in their Instagram bios or retweet on Twitter. But I was actually shocked when I started finding some that were so unique and different, things that I wouldn't even think about. Here are a few of the my favorite ones I found.

NEVER BE COMPLACENT

I like this one because it really speaks to me. I was never the complacent child that I would just accept things the way they were. I always asked questions and always wondered why I had to do this and that. Even today, I still question many things about society and culture and why girls are expected to be a certain way and etc. I think this will be a good reminder to me to never stop questioning, to never just be. I think the fact that I question many things helps me grow as a person.

R.U.N. Rejoice Under Negativity. 
I don't have a problem with taking negative feedback from people, but I do sometimes tend to just ignore it. I realize that doing that doesn't make it just disappear or go away. That feedback, that opinion of theirs will still be there, and it's up to me to take it in good stride and change it.

WHAT I AIM AT
Over the last few years, I have definitely strayed off track a few times. I have forgotten what my goals are and what I need to achieve because of stress. I have given up many times and felt like a failure. But I've also picked myself up so many times so this really spoke to me. This will be a great reminder to remember that I have so many goals I'm aiming to achieve and I need to not give up so easily when times get rough.

Meme I made using the ImgFlip meme generator. Source: ImgFlip.

Growth Mindset

Through her TED Talk, I got to know about Carol Dweck and her idea of growth mindset. I like that she said "we can praise wisely, not praising intelligence or talent." I think that really helps a person, especially if they're already feeling low about their grade or their progress in a class or anything that is important to them. Instead of discouraging them, we should help encourage them to move forward. I think sometimes I am like that too. I'm not usually the type that needs approval or appraisal for everything I do, but sometimes if I did do something big or extraordinary, I like when someone will point it out and give me attention for it. Out of all of the growth mindset challenges, my favorite is the cat randomizer! I absolutely love memes and I think I can sit around looking for cat memes for a good few minutes.

I'm creating my online presence. Source: Growth Mindset and Feedback.