Video
The Mindset Shift That Changed My Life
Notes
Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset
- Growth- everything can be improved over time
- Does not preclude talent. Some people start out better, but anyone can learn and grow into new skills.
- Fixed- We have the skills we have and that’s it
How much we value effort
- People think if you’re having to make an effort, you’re doing it wrong
- Even geniuses and expert put in tons of effort
- They toss out work
- Successes become mythologized and simplified
- The more effort you put in, the more likely that information is to stick
- No pain, no gain
Seeing the opportunity in failure
- Failure still feels bad
- Ask
- “What can I learn from this?”
- What can I do better next time?
Progress beats perfection
- Impossible to succeed if you want to be good from the start
- Focus on quantity in the beginning