How to develop
a growth
mindset
Wake-Up Foundation
Presented by
Mykim Tran, Executive Director

Agenda
What is mindset. The fixed vs. growth
mindset. Strategies and methods to shift and
develop a growth mindset.
Q & A

What is the growth mindset?
Why is it importance?

WHAT IS
MINDSET?
THEORY OF
INTELLIGENCE

Theory of
intelligence
Skill and intelligence
Main concern
Effort
Challenges
Feedback
Mistakes

Skill and
intelligence
 Fixed mindset: He believes that
he can only become successful
in certain skill and area.
 Growth mindset: He believes
that he can achieve and become
successful in any area or field
with learning and effort.

Main concern
 Fixed mindset: He focuses on
performance goals
 Growth mindset: He focuses
on learning goals

Effort
 Fixed mindset: He focuses
on easy tasks.
 Growth mindset: He focuses
on challenging tasks.

Challenge
 Fixed mindset: He shies away
from challenges.
 Growth mindset: He
embraces, overcomes and
thrives through challenges.

Feedback
 Fixed mindset: He believes that
when he receive feedback, then
he is not smart.
 Growth mindset: He believes
that getting feedback will help him
see where he need to learn and
grow to increase his intelligence.

Mistakes
 Fixed mindset: He believes
that when he make mistakes
then he is not smart.
 Growth mindset: He believes
that making mistakes is
importance to become
successful.

Creativity
KNOWLEDGE CREATIVE
THINKING
MOTIVATION

Methods and
strategies
INSPIRING PEOPLE MENTORING/COACHING
ONLINE RESEARCH GOAL SETTING

Fixed to Growth Mindset
Fixed mindset: I want to become an artist, but I
will not become successful because I do not
have the knowledge and skill for it.
Growth mindset: I want to become an artist, I
will seek out other artists and see how I can
ask them to help me become successful.

Fixed to Growth Mindset
Fixed mindset: I will never be promoted to a
higher position because other people
are smarter than me in the company.
Growth mindset: I will go to my manager
or boss and ask them what I need to
learn to get promoted in the correct way.

Fixed to Growth Mindset
Fixed mindset: My sister is good at cooking;
I will never be as good as her.
Growth mindset: My sister is good at
cooking, let me ask her on how to
improve my cooking skill.

Fixed to Growth Mindset
Fixed mindset: I am not good in math, that
is who I am.
Growth mindset: I am not good in math; I
will seek out a tutor or ask a friend to
help me.

Fixed to Growth Mindset
Fixed mindset: Achieving my goals will take too long. I will
not become successful in reaching it.
Growth mindset: Achieving my goals might take a
long time, but the learning and growing that I will
gain will help me become a better and stronger
person.

Fixed to Growth Mindset
Fixed mindset: I should quit on achieving my
dream because I failed too many times
already.
Growth mindset: I failed, let me see how I
can learn to increase my creativity to find
a different way to become successful.

Fixed to Growth Mindset
Fixed mindset: I lack motivation to achieve my goals,
which means I am not meant to achieve my goals.
Growth mindset: I lack motivation to achieve my
goals, let me see if I can research up people and
places on Google that I can join or attend to increase
my motivation to achieve my goals.

Fixed to Growth Mindset
Fixed mindset: I will never make a difference with my
passion.
Growth mindset: Learning and applying my passion
will help a lot of people. I will read other people
successful biographies and see how I can learn from
them to make a difference with my passion.

Fixed to Growth Mindset
Fixed mindset: I failed on my goal plan; I will not
become successful.
Growth mindset: I failed on my goal plan; I will go
buy a different book to help me learn new ways to
develop a different plan to achieve my goal.

Fixed to Growth Mindset
Fixed mindset: There are so many challenges in
achieving my goal, which means I am not meant to
achieve that goal.
Growth mindset. There are so many challenges
in achieving my goal, let me seek out a mentor
or coach to help me overcome the challenges.

Fixed to Growth Mindset
Fixed mindset: I should not try new things
because I might fail.
Growth mindset: I like to try new things
because I can learn new knowledge and
skill to increase my intelligence.

Fixed to Growth Mindset
Fixed mindset: There is too many steps or
problems with this task, I will not become
successful.
Growth mindset: The more I learn to
overcome big challenges the more
knowledge and skill I would gain.

Fixed to Growth Mindset
Fixed mindset: I got a negative feedback today from my
teacher, I am not smart, I will not become successful.
Growth mindset: I got a negative feedback today from
my teacher, let me see where and how I can learn and
improve from my teacher feedback. I will find a tutor
to help me.

Fixed to Growth Mindset
Fixed mindset: My teacher wrote that I am
not doing great in math class, which means
I am not smart in math.
Growth mindset: I will ask my teacher to
help me learn differently to improve my
grade in math class.

Fixed to Growth Mindset
Fixed mindset: I failed, I should not ask for help
because others might think I am dumb or stupid.
Growth mindset: I failed, I should seek out for
help from my classmates to learn new knowledge
and skill to become more successful the next time.

Fixed to Growth Mindset
Fixed mindset: I failed on learning how to ride my bike
multiple of times, its means I will never become
successful in riding a bike.
Growth mindset: I failed on learning how to ride my
bike multiple of times, let me see if I can find a
different Youtube video that can help me to learn to
ride my bike successfully.

Fixed to Growth Mindset
Fixed mindset: I do not like getting feedback
because it will show that I am not smart, smart
people do not need get to feedback.
Growth mindset: Getting feedback helps me
see where I need improvement, so I know
what kind of knowledge and skill to learn.

Fixed to Growth Mindset
Fixed mindset: That goal is too big, I should
not try to achieve it because I will fail.
Growth mindset: That goal is big, I will
learn how to break down into smaller goals
and action steps to help me achieve it.

Growth mindset lifelong learning
High expectation
goals
Learning goals Inspiring goals

Q & A
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