{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fead6baf8-b7e9-411b-8491-e3cedad26050","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"#107 \u2013 How Developing A Growth Mindset Will Change Your Life | Mindset Book Review\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/ead6baf8-b7e9-411b-8491-e3cedad26050\"></iframe>","title":"#107 \u2013 How Developing A Growth Mindset Will Change Your Life | Mindset Book Review","description":"I looked down at the bright red ink: 76/100 in bold letters, circled at the top of my paper. \u00a0I glanced at my friend\u2019s paper next to mine: 98/100.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nHe looked nonchalant as if expecting this result. \u00a0My heart sinks into my stomach.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nI couldn\u2019t believe I stayed up all night studying for another \u201cC\u201d, while Brendan spent more time digging into LeBron\u2019s jump shot than our textbooks. \u00a0\u201cHe\u2019s just smarter than I am, there\u2019s nothing I can do\u201d, I thought.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nBrendan, my best friend in high school, was a classic case of a natural genius that didn\u2019t need to try hard in school to earn his grades. \u00a0He was also a natural athlete that made the competitive soccer, basketball and track teams.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThese things didn't come as easily to me. I had to work harder to get worse grades in easier classes than Brendan. I was undersized and admired my friend's natural abilities.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWhat I\u2019ve come to realize is that Brendan and I not only had different abilities but were also developing different mindsets. <br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nHe became captivated with the fixed mindset that encourages the idea that our abilities are carved in stone. I focused on the growth mindset, based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts, your strategies and help from others. \u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nIt was as if we were in different worlds.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nIn Carol Dweck\u2019s book, Mindset, she acknowledges these two different worlds. \u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n\u201cIn one world, effort is a bad thing. \u00a0It, like failure, means you're not smart or talented. \u00a0If you were, you wouldn't need effort. In the other world, effort is what makes you smart or talented. \u00a0You have a choice. Mindsets are just beliefs.\u201d<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThough Dweck notes that mindsets are \u201cjust\u201d beliefs, these beliefs can absolutely change the world we live in. \u00a0\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nObstacles <br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe dangerous part of the fixed mindset is that it works - for a period of time. \u00a0A time where everything is rosy, you\u2019re hitting your goals, you seem to be firing on all cylinders. <br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nHowever, the two mindsets tend to view, and respond to, challenges differently. \u00a0The fixed mindset sees it as a failure, a reason to quit. \u201cIf I were talented (or smart or pretty) enough, it would be easy.\u201d The growth mindset sees it differently. <br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nEver wonder why there are so many famous entities that have overcome such adversity to achieve greatness? \u00a0How Michael Jordan got cut from his high school basketball team and still became the greatest player of all time? \u00a0The growth mindset is a major factor. <br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nLet\u2019s take Jordan for example. \u00a0If he had a fixed mindset, he would have told himself that he got cut because he wasn\u2019t good enough. \u00a0And if he wasn\u2019t good enough today, he won\u2019t be good enough tomorrow. Can you imagine that? <br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nHis growth mindset allowed him to view this as a challenge. \u00a0A challenge to practice harder, learn more and work his ass off to earn his position on the team the next year. <br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe growth mindset welcome obstacles as a chance to improve. \u00a0Dweck writes that people in a growth mindset \u201cdon't just seek challenge, they thrive on it.\u201d \u00a0The bigger the challenge the more they stretch.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDefine <br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDefinitions and precise language are imperative for a happy, fulfilled life. \u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nOne word thrown around too frequently without definition is \u201csuccess.\u201d We tend to label success by artificial metrics: Instagram followers, recent promotions, financial wellbeing, etc. \u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/84060626-235a-42dc-9a40-a1eead6830e0/eAA1TPwy9oTcEamuijU4gpev.png"}