{"id":1829,"date":"2016-05-14T02:52:58","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T00:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robinglauser.ch\/blog\/?p=1829"},"modified":"2016-05-14T02:52:58","modified_gmt":"2016-05-14T00:52:58","slug":"having-a-growth-mindset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robinglauser.ch\/blog\/2016\/05\/14\/having-a-growth-mindset\/","title":{"rendered":"Having a growth mindset"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something.<\/p>\n<footer>Jake the Dog<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Many people grow up with the idea that intelligence and talent are\u00a0something that you either have or don&#8217;t have. This absurd idea is then\u00a0ingrained\u00a0even more when they start going to school, because of the industrial structure our schools are still built.<\/p>\n<p>With standardized testing you don&#8217;t have the time to go back and focus on your weaker skills. Instead after completing a topic you move onto the next one, without fully understanding it. The only thing that matters is that your grades average a predefined number and that you haven&#8217;t failed too many classes.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the people who are having problems at home, fail in school because of the responsibilities and the pressure they are under at such a young age. They get left further and further behind the curriculum in school, until they believe that they just aren&#8217;t intelligent enough to succeed in school.<\/p>\n<p>In topics like math where everything builds on top of the previous learned skills it&#8217;s too easy to fall behind if you don&#8217;t understand a certain topic and don&#8217;t have the chance to revise it again.<\/p>\n<p>This leads to a\u00a0fixed mindset and thinking that intelligence and talent\u00a0are\u00a0something that is given to you and can&#8217;t be changed.<\/p>\n<h2>Having a growth mindset<\/h2>\n<p>The opposite side of this mindset is a growth mindset.<\/p>\n<p>Having a growth mindset helps you to learn just by believing that you can learn almost anything given enough time.<\/p>\n<p>It means accepting failure as a part of the learning process and to not be afraid of being wrong. It means asking questions even if they seem stupid if you don&#8217;t understand something until you really get it. It means knowing that the first step to succeed is to fail a 1000 times.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1965\" src=\"https:\/\/www.robinglauser.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/beginner-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"beginner\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robinglauser.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/beginner-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.robinglauser.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/beginner-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.robinglauser.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/beginner-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.robinglauser.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/beginner.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Because everyone is afraid to look stupid for asking, you have to be the person who asks those questions, because you now know that it isn&#8217;t something you should be afraid of.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Be the change that you wish to see in the world.<\/p>\n<footer>Mahatma Gandhi<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something. 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