Growth Mindset vs Fixed Mindset
What is 'Fixed Mindset' ? A fixed mindset, proposed by Stanford professor Carol Dweck in her book 'Mindset' , describes people who think their qualities as fixed traits that cannot be changed, have fixed mindset. With a fixed mindset, talent is enough to lead to success and effort to improve these talents isn’t required one is born with a certain amount of skill and intelligence that can’t be improved upon. Those who hold a fixed mindset believe that they are either good or bad at something based on their inherent nature.Those with fixed mindsets may avoid challenges, give up easily and ignore useful negative feedback. The opposite of this fixed mindset is the 'growth mindset'. What is 'Growth Mindset' ? A growth mindset, also proposed by Stanford professor Carol Dweck, describes people who believe that their success depends on time and effort. People with a growth mindset feel that through hard work and perseverance they