GIRTH

Grit

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When I took the Grit Test, I received a score of 3.125, which seems accurate. Shockingly, I am not the most confident person. I feel like over the course of this journal, my score will increase. My goal is that when I take the test again at the end of this journal, my score will be 3.5.

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The Growth Mindset

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There are 2 types of mindset. There is the Fixed Mindset, and the Growth Mindset. The fixed mindset is thinking 2 dimensionally. Phrases like “I can’t do this.” “This is too hard.” Are signs of a fixed mindset. A person with a growth mindset would say something like “How do I do this” or “I can learn how to do this”. The difference between the 2 mindsets is that the Growth mindset expects change, while the Fixed mindset rejects change.

Mindset Chart

Patented

Growth Mindset Vol. 3

Today we watched a TEDx talk on growth mindset. Here are some notes I took during the video:

Growth mindset will allow you to learn what you normally wouldn’t be able to.
Failure is a success
Students with a growth mindset increase their grades
Students with a fixed mindset have no change in their grades
The difference between the two is that fixed people are living in their comfort zones while people with a growth mindset are working hard and succeeding.
People with a fixed mindset say “How do I look smart” while people with a growth mindset say “How do I learn”
Fixed mindset people focus on the end goal while people with a growth mindset focus on the process
People with growth mindsets are better at receiving feedback
Mindsets are like televisions. Fixed mindset only sees in black and white, while growth mindset is in full colour

Why You Need To Fail

Video Analysis

We watched a video called “Why you need to fail.” It taught me about how failure is a learning experience and how to benefit from it. After I watched the video, I researched some famous businessmen who faced failure.

Tom Monoghan, A homeless man who went on to create Dominos Pizza

Colonel Sanders, the founder of KFC who experienced, poverty, failed businesses, a shootout and success.

Ray Kroc, a child soldier who would become the man who popularized McDonalds across North America

Persistence
Notes from “This American Life” podcast.

You need to be able to tell when your product is garbage.

The only way to make your product better, is simply to work on it.

You need to accept the fact that your product needs improvement.

Learn from your mistakes and improvement will come.

Success requires adaptation.

You have to look into your heart to see what you want to make.

THE FAILURE

The Failure is something we all have to do. Nobody likes The Failure, but it is something that we must be able to overcome. But, with a growth mindset, The Failure, can become a win. No successful person got to where they are, without The Failure.

Growth Mindset when they fail

Fixed Mindset when they fail