My thoughts on growth mindset
I've never heard of Carol Dweck before, but I really liked her TED Talk video about the concept of answering failure with "not yet" instead of just "no." I think this mindset could be very beneficial when it comes to academic performance and improvement, particularly for kids of elementary school age and maybe even middle school, too. When it comes to my academic work throughout the years, I think I've usually been pretty good at challenging myself and implementing a growth mindset, but in other aspects of my life, such as wanting to cook more healthy meals for myself and just become better at adulting in general, the growth mindset could be a helpful new way for me to view my goals. A swimmer streamlines underwater. In a way, the concept of streamlining —condensing your body into a straight, compact line to become more hydrodynamic —is a lot like the process of reaching a goal faster by identifying the steps you need to take and staying focused on th...