The power of believing that you can improve by Carol Dweck a visual summary
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Backed up by proven Scientific studies, Carol Dweck explains that Intelligence is Malleable. Years of research provide concrete data that when we struggle with problems, we actually grow. When you grapple with problems, you make new neural connections which makes you smarter.
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The power of believing that you can improve by Carol Dweck a visual summary
- 1. The Power of BELIEVING that YOU CAN IMPROVE Carol Dweck
- 3. CHECK YOUR MINDSET Check your status at http://mindsetonline.com/testyourmindset/step1.php
- 5. Two types of Mindset 1. Growth Mindset 2. Fixed Mindset A SIMPLE IDEA THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE
- 6. CORE IDEAS
- 8. How children coped with challenge and difficulty • 10 years old kids were given problems • Problems were slightly too hard for them TWO SETS OF CHILDREN WERE FOUND PRESENT IN THE CLASS - BASED ON THEIR REACTIONS
- 9. • "I love a challenge” • Understood that their abilities could be developed • Felt it was tragic, catastrophic • Their intelligence had been up for judgment and they failed FIXED MINDSET GROWTH MINDSET
- 10. What If they failed a Test? • Failure = Not smart or talented • Result oriented (Focus is on next A+) • Cheat v/s Study – Children would CHEAT next time • Look for someone who did worse so that they can feel good about themselves • Run from difficulty • Run from error • Would not engage with problem • Failure = Opportunity to grow • Process oriented (Focus is on learning) • Not discouraged by the failure • Position themselves on a learning curve • Process the errors • Learn • Correct it Tyranny of Now Power of Yet FIXED GROWTH
- 11. Brain Electrical Activity Encounter with ERROR • Hardly any activity • Do not engage • Run from error • Engage deeply • Brain is on fire with “YET” • Process ERROR, LEARN & CORRECT
- 15. FIXED MINDSET • SMART AND TALENTED PEOPLE do not require to put in too much effort & can easily handle difficulties while performing a task • IF YOU ARE PUTTING IN EFFORT & FACING DIFFICULTIES, then you are just like ORDINARY PEOPLE GROWTH MINDSET • Brain become stronger when it grapples with problems • When you struggle, that’s when NEURONS are making new connection • STRUGGLING makes you SMARTER Transforming the meaning of EFFORT & DIFFICULTY
- 16. PROCESS that people engage in EFFORT STRATEGIES FOCUS PERSEVERANCE IMPROVEMENT Do not praise INTELLIGENCE & TALENT
- 17. REWARD “YET” • Teamed up with game scientists from the University of Washington to create a new online math game that rewarded yet • In this game, students were rewarded for effort, strategy and progress • The usual math game rewards you for getting answers right, right now • This game rewarded process • RESULT - more effort, more strategies, more engagement over longer periods of time, and more perseverance when they hit really, really hard problems
- 21. DISCLAIMER "These slides were created by Aditya Dewadwal, IIM Lucknow, as part of a MBA course "Personal Branding" (www.MBASkills.IN) taught by Prof. Sameer Mathur "