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How to master growth mindset - Coggle Diagram
How to master growth mindset
to improve abilities at any age
1 - defining growth mindset
the belief that your abilities or potential in some domain can change !It is not associated with hard work = if you try hard, you can do anything!
under the right conditions, with the right support, change is possible
the idea that you are static is stressful
research results in the field: taking people at their vulnerable stage and conducting a couple of sessions only, without any reinforcement - in some of the experiments it was enough to produce a striking change - there are certain mechanisms like - in a fixed mindset the idea that your intelligence can't change and you are the way you are (the goal in this mindset is to defend your ego and hide your flaws because when they are revealed, it labels you for life) but in a growth mindset any mistake is like part of the process, an opportunity to grow (looking down or looking up in terms of performance)
"wise" interventions - presenting some new scientific info, the ideal which is not obvious or intuitive but useful, then presenting the stories from people like them who've used the ideas in their lives, and the last step is to author a story, a narrative about the time they struggled
some science behind the growth mindset
the brain is like a muscle - muscles get stronger when they're challenged
stories of success can lead to better decision-making and behaviour (the way you interpret something affects how you respond to it) - you learn the theory in a narrative way
if you see a certain pattern enough times in the world, you take the actual steps to get better when it starts becoming true to you, and you keep acting on that over time
effort beliefs (if it's hard it means you are doing the wrong thing - part of our belief in mental work sphere) - if it is the belief then you are most likely to quit (because you are lacking potential)
filling the plate with challenges leads to a physiological stress response (enhancing the stress - anxiety, sweat, heart raising) - people think it is a universally bad thing as a sign of impending failure and it will interfere with your performance
if you're stressed, you need to distract yourself - you can see stress differently
3.the language deficit
the stresser (physical or situation(social)) - appraisal (how you frame it in your mind) - response (the stresser is mistaken with the response) - the stresser isn't always a bad thing (if you think that the stresser is bad, then in your response you won't have the resorses to face it - to change the story about the stresser
4.mentor mindset
mentor's dilemma - if you are a leader, it is hard to simulteniously criticise work and motivate them to embrace the criticism (as part of maintaining high standards)
assurance works in this dilemma - pointing out that there is the standard and you are the person who can meet it. So you should live in a circle where people push you to grow
you should start worrying when your mentor or your leader stops pushing you as it can appear that they've given up on you. A protector mindset always maintains and supports high standards. Criticism is the sign that a person cares for you
"I'm taking you seriously when you are in your vulnerable state and I have power over you" - the experience of dignity and respect
evolution question
human brain wants to feel better - the pursuit of the change. To be socially valued, social hierarchy which starts at puberty.
is a growth mindset kinda narrow-minded?
there are mindsets for various domains that can be changed
there can be defensive fixed mindsets that you shouldn't enterfere with
the hero stories
the more challenge you face, the more relevant the growth mindset is to your next behaviour (the supportive environment helps to apply growth mindset over time)
growth mindset is mostly related to developmental psychology where human is an active learner who's trying to figure out the world and wanting to do well. But they are socialised into beliefs that prevent them from acting on the basic neural desire to learn, grow and develop. There are garbage beliefs from social context that should be removed at an early age
motivation gain and loss
the meaning of your life, what you contribute to others, there is smth of value in your life to others (the purpose condition for retaining motivation through boring and challenging work isn't in the financial result you get, but it is in the skill that will help you make smth of significance to others)
self-interest
it is motivating when to some social contribution there is a plausable effect for a person