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Growth mindset is something that we have spoken about before in this blog. The main concept of having a growth mindset is looking at failures in a positive light and learning them rather than attempting to beat ourselves up about our downfalls.You know how we all have that little voice in or head's? Like the Marvin's voice for Dory is her conscience? When I was little my voice was always gnawing at me, and it always tended to exaggerate my flaws. My philosophy has always been, if you point out your flaws to yourself you will be able to work past them and find success. After a few years of doing this to myself constantly I realized I was completely wrong. I quickly found that talking myself up after things that didn't go my way helped so much more than trying to make myself feel terrible about everything that I couldn't do. I suppose I had discovered having a growth mindset was beneficial before even realizing that there was a name for what I had chosen to do. This small decision has allowed me to be able to accomplish things I had no idea I could do until I tried.
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When thinking about this class, I have realized that I do my best not stressing out about everything that I have to do helps me. I also do my best to not go crazy when I miss an assignment. I simply take a look at all of the extra credit that I can use to recover from my error. This allows my stress levels to drop. I still feel that my time isn't being managed well, but since I do get everything done on time I am not going to take that as a terrible thing.
All in all, I am thankful that I had the ability and the chance to apply a growth mindset to everything that I chose to do in my life. It has helped me excel in ways that I didn't even know were possible. I highly recommend that you attempt to apply this to your own life. You will see a world of a difference.
Hi Sahra! I've tried to give myself a break this semester when it comes to missing assignments as well. It's so easy to make it up with extra credit in this class, so it's not exactly a huge deal. I also haven't exactly been managing my time well, but between a weird work schedule and my classes, it's hard to keep a homework schedule like the one that I planned at the start of the semester.
ReplyDeleteHi Sahra, I have always felt the same way about the voice in my head. When I was younger it was so overpowering that it really beat me down and had lasting effects. I always felt inferior to the people in my classes and never let myself speak up. It really wasn't until college that I was able to overcome that fear and focus on how beneficial it is to push past that nagging voice and improve on my own. Yay us for being able to look past that negative voice and grow!
ReplyDeleteHi Sahra! I can really relate to this post, especially the part about the critical voices in your head. I've often subscribed to the same idea that if I'm the first to identify my flaws, I can work on them, but it's led to me becoming overly critical of myself and only discouraging myself. I'm glad that you've been working past that, and I wish you luck in your future endeavors. Hopefully I can also begin to conquer those annoying voices!
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