If I had a fixed mindset, I would blame the fact that I am late in blogging on all sorts of things (holidays, stress of my mother moving in, bad weather...). However, I think I have more of a growth mindset, so let's be honest- I did not budget my time well for reading the book. I am now back on track, and hope to be better at my blogging responsibilities henceforward.
The thing that kept jumping out at me as I was reading Chapter 2 with all of the little stories and examples of fixed versus growth mindsets, was that I think I started off life with more of a fixed mindset. I used to do well in school without every having to study or complete homework. I was always proud of my grades, and thought I was a pretty smart cookie. If I didn't do well in something (let's say science), it was because I wasn't good at it and I had every excuse in the book as to why I wasn't good (teacher is terrible, rocks are boring, I am more of a history person...). THEN, I got to college. Boy was it a wake-up call when I got a D in History 101. HISTORY! 101! The subject that I was "good" at. It turned out, in college I actually HAD to read the books and study my notes. Thankfully, I had such a strong passion for history, that I didn't let my more fixed mindset change my major. I began to think about why I failed (in my mind, a D was failing), and what I needed to do to change it- read the book, learn how to study, ask questions. I think this was probably a turning point with me in regards to my mindset. Now, when I don't succeed with something the first time, the only person I blame is myself.
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