What’s Your What’s Your Mindset?Mindset?

Believing You Can Improve Believing You Can Improve through Practice, Perseverance, and Perspectivethrough Practice, Perseverance, and Perspective

A Model for a Growth A Model for a Growth MindsetMindset

““And Jesus grew And Jesus grew in wisdom and in wisdom and stature, and in stature, and in favor with God favor with God and man.” and man.” Luke 2:52Luke 2:52

What You Can Achieve with What You Can Achieve with PRACTICEPRACTICE

►Recall the well-known people from the Recall the well-known people from the title slide. They have all developed title slide. They have all developed expertise in PRACTICE and MINDSETS.expertise in PRACTICE and MINDSETS.

► Is this a TALENT or a DEVELOPED Is this a TALENT or a DEVELOPED SKILL?SKILL?

►When we want to get better at When we want to get better at something, don’t we know that we something, don’t we know that we must PRACTICE?must PRACTICE?

PRACTICE is simply a lot of trial and PRACTICE is simply a lot of trial and errorerror

David Galenson - “genius” David Galenson - “genius” comes in two different forms. comes in two different forms. One can seem “natural” but One can seem “natural” but carries much concentration carries much concentration and practice. The other and practice. The other seems less natural and seems less natural and proceeds by a lifetime of trial proceeds by a lifetime of trial and error. And it applies to and error. And it applies to virtually every field of virtually every field of intellectual endeavor.intellectual endeavor.

“Just because some people can do something with little or

no training,…doesn’t mean that others can’t do it (and

sometimes do it better) with training.” – Carol Dweck, Mindset, p. 70

What YOU can do with What YOU can do with PRACTICEPRACTICE

…and PERSEVERANCE and PERSPECTIVEDaniel Pink, A Whole New Mind Carol Dweck, Mindset

Brain-ology 101Brain-ology 101

““Many people think of the brain as a mystery. Many people think of the brain as a mystery. They don’t know much about intelligence and They don’t know much about intelligence and how it works. When they do think about what how it works. When they do think about what intelligence is, many people believe that a intelligence is, many people believe that a person is born either smart, average, or person is born either smart, average, or dumb – and stays that way for life.dumb – and stays that way for life.

But new research shows that the brain is more like a muscle – it changes and gets stronger when you use it. And scientists have been able to show just how the brain grows and gets stronger when you learn.”

- Carol Dweck, Mindset, p. 219

Good Good EFFORT EFFORT creates creates better better connections!connections!

Brain-ology 101 (cont’d)Brain-ology 101 (cont’d)

Brain-ology 101 (cont’d)Brain-ology 101 (cont’d)

Brain-ology 101 (cont’d)Brain-ology 101 (cont’d)

““When you learn new things, these tiny When you learn new things, these tiny connections in the brain actually connections in the brain actually multiply and get stronger. multiply and get stronger. The more The more that you challenge your mind to that you challenge your mind to learn, the more your brain cells grow. learn, the more your brain cells grow. Then, things that you once found Then, things that you once found very hard or even impossible – like very hard or even impossible – like speaking a foreign language or doing speaking a foreign language or doing algebra – seem to become easy. The algebra – seem to become easy. The result is a stronger, smarter brain.”result is a stronger, smarter brain.”- Carol Dweck, - Carol Dweck, MindsetMindset, p. 219, p. 219

A Cycle for Learning and A Cycle for Learning and DevelopmentDevelopment

► Effective Effective EffortEffort (Practice) (Practice) leads to…leads to…

► ConfidenceConfidence leads to…leads to…

► MoreMore Effective Effective EffortEffort leads to…leads to…

► DevelopmenDevelopmentt IntellectualIntellectual CharacterCharacter

Proficiency Target

Feedback

Strategy

Attempt Skill

(Assessments)

Data(Results)

From Jeff Howard, PhD © 2004 The Efficacy Institute, Inc.

Differences in Fixed vs. Growth Differences in Fixed vs. Growth MindsetMindset

FIXED MINDSETFIXED MINDSET►Assumes that Assumes that

“smart” or “talent” “smart” or “talent” is a givenis a given

►Labels people as Labels people as one thing or one thing or anotheranother

►Fears failure and Fears failure and avoids riskavoids risk

GROWTH GROWTH MINDSETMINDSET

►Assumes that Assumes that “smart” or “smart” or “talent” is “talent” is learnablelearnable

►Understands that Understands that people can growpeople can grow

►Accepts failure as Accepts failure as a tool for learninga tool for learning

How To Promote a Growth How To Promote a Growth MindsetMindset

BELIEFS and CONCRETE PLANS are keys!BELIEFS and CONCRETE PLANS are keys!►Find success in doing your best, in Find success in doing your best, in

learning and improving.learning and improving.►Look at setbacks as motivating. Look at setbacks as motivating.

They’re informative. They’re a wake-They’re informative. They’re a wake-up call.up call.

►Take charge of the processes that Take charge of the processes that bring success-and that maintain it. bring success-and that maintain it. - Carol Dweck, - Carol Dweck, MindsetMindset

►““Having a Having a systemsystem is even more is even more beneficial than having a beneficial than having a talenttalent.” .” – Marvin – Marvin Marshall, Marshall, Phi Delta KappanPhi Delta Kappan, March 2004, p. 503, March 2004, p. 503

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