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Concepts›Self and Mindset›Growth vs fixed mindset

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Growth vs fixed mindset

Believing skill can be built changes how you respond to failure.

Definition

Carol Dweck's distinction between believing abilities are malleable through effort (growth) versus fixed traits people are simply born with (fixed).

Step 1

Predict first

In one or two sentences, what do you think this concept means? Wrong is fine; the small struggle is what makes the answer stick.

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