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Saturday, August 26, 2017
My Take On The Growth Mindset
The growth mindset was first introduced to me by my biochemistry professor, Paul Sims. He taught us about the growth mindset on the first day of class and that he would provide us with the tools to excel only that we were the ones to take them and apply them with our growth mindset. At first I didn't take this seriously and sooner or later I found out that this would come back to bite me in the butt. The growth mindset is something that will be useful to you throughout your whole life, not just in school. This can be applied to my hobby of basketball. I can choose to stay stagnant and not progress, but every time I step on the court I challenge myself with a new move or going up with my left hand instead of my right hand. Up until I was first introduced to this topic, I was a person who didn't welcome challenges because they scared me and I would try to, but now I invite them in because they make me a better person. I would love to learn more about the growth mindset throughout this course.
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I agree, it is hard to challenge ourselves. I think we are all so afraid of failure and want to always succeed that we forget that we only progress by failing. Sports are the perfect example for why growth mindset works. If you never miss twenty shots on a higher basket, you'll never make that basket. You have to challenge yourself and fail before you succeed.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your thoughts of the growth mindset topic. I also took biochemistry with Dr. Sims and I completely agree with you on that he structured his class in a growth mindset way! Further, even though this was one of the hardest classes I have taken at OU I feel like it was also one of the classes that I took the most away from and I learned the most.
ReplyDeleteHaha I think I’ll definitely be using growth mindset during my Biochemistry class this summer after reading about your experience. I feel I was the same way when new challenges were thrown at me. I just didn’t want to mess up, but I quickly realized failure is also necessary to succeed. I like that you’re applying growth mindset in other areas of your life, as well.
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