25 Ways to Develop a Growth Mindset
“In one world, effort is a bad thing. It, like failure, means you’re not smart or talented. If you were, you wouldn’t need effort. In the other world, effort is what makes you smart or talented.” –Carol Dweck
Saga Briggs is Managing Editor of InformED. You can follow her on Twitter @sagamilena or read more of her writing here.
What if your true learning potential was unknown, even unknowable, at best? What if it were impossible to foresee what you could accomplish with a few years of passion, toil, and training? According to Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck, this isn’t some hypothetical situation, dependent on any manner of factors from genes to environment. It’s a mindset. And it’s one you can cultivate at any point in life.
A “growth mindset,” as Dweck calls it, is pretty much exactly what it sounds like: a tendency to believe that you can grow. In her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, she explains that while a “fixed mindset” assumes that our character, intelligence, and creative ability are static givens which we can’t change in any meaningful way, a growth mindset thrives on challenge and sees failure “not as evidence of unintelligence but as a heartening springboard for growth and for stretching our existing abilities.”
She writes:
“Believing that your qualities are carved in stone creates an urgency to prove yourself over and over. If you have only a certain amount of intelligence, a certain personality, and a certain moral character, well then you’d better prove that you have a healthy dose of them. It simply wouldn’t do to look or feel deficient in these most basic characteristics.”
The fixed mindset can negatively impact all aspects of your life, Dweck says.
“I’ve seen so many people with this one consuming goal of proving themselves in [a learning setting], in their careers, and in their relationships. Every situation calls for a confirmation of their intelligence, personality, or character. Every situation is evaluated: Will I succeed or fail? Will I look smart or dumb? Will I be accepted or rejected? Will I feel like a winner or a loser?”
But when you start viewing things as mutable, the situation gives way to the bigger picture.
“This growth mindset is based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts. Although people may differ in every which way in their initial talents and aptitudes, interests, or temperaments, everyone can change and grow through application and experience.”
This is important because it can actually change what you strive for and what you see as success. By changing the definition, significance, and impact of failure, you change the deepest meaning of effort.
In this mindset, the hand you’re dealt is just the starting point for development. So how does this apply to learning and what can we do to help instill this attitude in our students? Here’s our list of recommended practices.
25 Ways to Develop a Growth Mindset
1. Acknowledge and embrace imperfections.
Hiding from your weaknesses means you’ll never overcome them.
2. View challenges as opportunities.
Having a growth mindset means relishing opportunities for self-improvement. Learn more about how to fail well.
3. Try different learning tactics.
There’s no one-size-fits-all model for learning. What works for one person may not work for you. Learn about learning strategies.
4. Follow the research on brain plasticity.
The brain isn’t fixed; the mind shouldn’t be either.
5. Replace the word “failing” with the word “learning.”
When you make a mistake or fall short of a goal, you haven’t failed; you’ve learned.
6. Stop seeking approval.
When you prioritise approval over learning, you sacrifice your own potential for growth.
7. Value the process over the end result.
Intelligent people enjoy the learning process, and don’t mind when it continues beyond an expected time frame.
8. Cultivate a sense of purpose.
Dweck’s research also showed that students with a growth mindset had a greater sense of purpose. Keep the big picture in mind.
9. Celebrate growth with others.
If you truly appreciate growth, you’ll want to share your progress with others.
10. Emphasise growth over speed.
Learning fast isn’t the same as learning well, and learning well sometimes requires allowing time for mistakes.
11. Reward actions, not traits.
Tell students when they’re doing something smart, not just being smart.
12. Redefine “genius.”
The myth’s been busted: genius requires hard work, not talent alone.
13. Portray criticism as positive.
You don’t have to used that hackneyed term, “constructive criticism,” but you do have to believe in the concept.
14. Dissassociate improvement from failure.
Stop assuming that “room for improvement” translates into failure.
15. Provide regular opportunities for reflection.
Let students reflect on their learning at least once a day.
16. Place effort before talent.
Hard work should always be rewarded before inherent skill.
17. Highlight the relationship between learning and “brain training.”
The brain is like a muscle that needs to be worked out, just like the body.
18. Cultivate grit.
Students with that extra bit of determination will be more likely to seek approval from themselves rather than others.
19. Abandon the image.
“Naturally smart” sounds just about as believable as “spontaneous generation.” You won’t achieve the image if you’re not ready for the work.
20. Use the word “yet.”
Dweck says “not yet” has become one of her favourite phrases. Whenever you see students struggling with a task, just tell them they haven’t mastered it yet.
21. Learn from other people’s mistakes.
It’s not always wise to compare yourself to others, but it is important to realise that humans share the same weaknesses.
22. Make a new goal for every goal accomplished.
You’ll never be done learning. Just because your midterm exam is over doesn’t mean you should stop being interested in a subject. Growth-minded people know how to constantly create new goals to keep themselves stimulated.
23. Take risks in the company of others.
Stop trying to save face all the time and just let yourself goof up now and then. It will make it easier to take risks in the future.
24. Think realistically about time and effort.
It takes time to learn. Don’t expect to master every topic under the sun in one sitting.
25. Take ownership over your attitude.
Once you develop a growth mindset, own it. Acknowledge yourself as someone who possesses a growth mentality and be proud to let it guide you throughout your educational career.
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About Saga Briggs
Saga Briggs is Managing Editor of InformED. You can follow her on Twitter@sagamilena or read more of her writing here.
Hi Saga. Thanks a lot for this very useful article. I was working on Dwecks’work recently and on subject as “Learning how to learn”. And your article is a very relevant summary of various aspects I saw in different docs.
It’s great and inspiring. Thanks
I enjoy what you quoted, “Learning to Learn.” I caught that form this article as well.
Thanks for for that brilliant insight I know it will help us all
Hi Saga. I really enjoy these 25 ways to develop a growth mindset, most of the time my mind is in the wrong place when it comes to learning this will help me focus on what’s important. Learning is one of the important keys to my success.
Today reading this article was refreshing along with reassuring in so many ways. In this passage what stood out the most is some of the traits such as use the word yet” in specking more, take risks in the company of others, reward actions not traits, and lastly emphasize growth over speed.
I found your blog extremely beneficial as it offers 25 points to improve yourself.
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This reading was extremelyinformative, it really opened my eyes to the human learning process. I consider myself having a growth mindset. I believe that it’s vital in ones life to always keep learning and growing.
Anna
In today”s society we are each a process learner and we preceive situations usually with a common sense approach ;however using the brain with past learning expreiences gives us the opportunity to establish a broad scale.This article from you is gratifying to know and appreciate the same applies to yourself.
I agree, this article helped me learn a lot about myself and how I perceive learning. This will have a very strong impact on how I teach my own kids. Though I applaud their efforts, I tend to put more emphases on the results more then the process, I can see now how that can stagnate a childs ability to learn.
Hey saga loved the article. This really helps me to identify my weeknesses more. Now im more aware of where i need to focus more. Im even more confident now than i was before about my future. And i have a mindaet to learn.
Hello Saga Thanks so much for this article. It really gives me life and the full aspect on what it is to learn. It really help me to understand learning in a much better way thanks again.
This was fascinating education and information. I feel like now I have a guide line or a template or a blueprint in life now. This was resourceful. I plan to practice this in my everyday life to pass on to my daughter and nieces.
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Thanks so much for reading, Britney!
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How brilliantly written. I admire how you can alter ones mindset by these simple phrases.
very interesting !!! This will help me on my NEW college journey and future endeavors.
Reading this article was an inspiration to my learning process. Having a growth mindset throughout my college experience will help me better focus on my school work and how I even veiw my everyday lifestyle. Thank you for this strategy to improve myself in order to earn my degree!
When stated take ownership of your attitude, meaning to acknowledge yourself as someone. I will taken that throughout my career and lifetime. It meant a lot to me.
I almost felt attacked in this due to the fact that I need to do all 25 of these
Hi, my name is Amber and I enjoyed the reminder that a growth mindset is a good thing. You made me understand that learning is to be learned not memorized.
hello Saga,
Thank you for the insight you’ve presented in your study. It is a very vital tool that I can use to enhance growth through my studies while attending school. Your article was a great view in how one obtain different sides of learning. I will definitely apply this in reaching further education in life. Thank you.
Thanks for reading, Fredrick!
hi thank you it was very helpful and very interesting I enjoyed and like this alot
Thanks for the insight on how to better ourselves. I took from this Article take ownership over your attitude like I have been doing . and take risks going back to school is everything to me thank you !!!
Thanks for reading, Ashley!
This reading really means a lot to myself and many others. It will be useful during this course. Thank you so much for sharing.
I enjoy learning what I used to motivate myself to win or lose. It was interesting.
Thank you that was a very learning and helpful article I read. It will help me in my assignment. thank you again.
Hi Saga
I thought this article was very helpful for understanding on how to learn.It puts things into a perspective that most people do not think of.I have heard similar ideas before and i always try to remember the basics of them because we are never really done learning in life.So anything that helps us learn more efficiently is worth remembering.
Hi Saga: This article was very inspiring and helped me thru a difficult time to press on to learning and achieving my goals. Much success on your future endeavors as well your classmate Grover
Hello Frederick, I also like the quote, “Learning to learn.” Because it’s never to late to learn. I’m proof of it.
this article was very helpful to me and will help me with college
Not Yet, love it very proactive. Will keep with me.
Such a beautiful article. I have learnt so much from reading it and will implement some of these in my day to day life
I’m so excided about this class to learn about the brain and about growth mindset that there is room to improve the mind.
Hi saga, I appreciate the article on “25 ways to develop a growth mind-set” written by Dweck. Very informative, a great read. Number 18 caught my attention: “students with that extra bit of determination will be more likely to seek approval from themselves rather than others”. This way of thinking has help me progress intellectually and become more mentally mature.
Thank You
Larry
Hi Larry, I’m glad to hear that. Thanks so much for stopping by.
I enjoy reading this article it was very informative.
Hello Saga! Thank you for your article. It’s a good understanding. Your article made me learn more you inspire people and myself with your great thoughts. The are many different docs that are great. I appreciate your time writing your article. Thank you for your time.
Greetings, I was so empowered by this massage of aspiration, it was the best inspiring knowledge. I really like i could go teach a class after this. I cant wait to share this message with others.
Greetings,
Saga Words cannot express the inspiration and aspiration I felt reading this article, I was more then impressed. I never knew learning can wake up a part of your brain that was sleep for the longest, I felt like all kind of flashes was going off all from learning. It’s definitely patterns,passions,techniques to learning. I have you to thank because I don’t like to read but I couldn’t take my eyes off of this. I greatly appreciate your in site on A healthy growth mind set.
Thank you for this Saga. Reading 25 ways to develop a growth mindset has literally been an epiphany in my educational journey.
Thank you Saga for posting this very inspiring article. As I was reading through the article as part of my course assignment, I wish this was a part of my daughter’s curriculum in high school. I will make sure she reads it and hopefully, she will get a better understanding of growth-mindset.
Hi Carl, thanks for your kind words. Would you mind sharing which uni program you are part of?
I am so impressed with the 25 ways to develop a growth mindset. The main point for me is #5.
When you make a mistake or fall short of a goal, you haven’t failed; you’ve learned. Using failure as an opportunity to improve or learn is so intriguing to me!
So glad you found the post useful, Lori!
Hello. I enjoyed reading your article it was very helpful and inspiring and also will keep Me encouraged and I learned how to have a growth mindset. I also learned that the brain and mind isn’t fixed and neither is the mind. Moving forward I will give it all I got by what ever the challenge is I will put all the effort that I got to complete the task.
Hi saga I loved your article about 25 ways to develop a growth mind set I really like how you let us know that being a genius requires hard work not talent growth it’s not how fast you learn its how well you learn.
I enjoyed the quote” replace the word failing with learning.” That quote really spoke to me and I plan on using that in my everyday life.
Oh Man! This article will be very useful and it opened up my eye so much. Thank you! I love what you say about redefining genius! that is one of my missions.
I really enjoyed this article. I realize that I was working with a fixed mindset rather than a growth mindset. This article has allowed me to put so much of my life in perspective.
Thank you.
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I enjoyed the article. I do believe that you can be as intelligent as you want to be, as long as I you are willing to put in the work. Working hard mentally can and does pay off.
I enjoyed the article. I agree that you can be as intelligent as you want to be. You have to be willing to put in the work. Hard work builds a strong mind. Learning how to learn makes your intelligence great!
this one of the best article’s i’ve read in a long time.It has alot of very great advice on how to deal with certain things in life on a whole new aspect. Thanks saga for the wonderful information, you have given to us.
Hi Saga,
This was an inspirational read. I really got a lot of it and made me think differently on how to better manage at work. Thank you!
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Have not mastered it yet. must have a task to understand the fight to grow.
When it comes to my very own weaknesses. I attend to hide from failure after awhile , and work up the courage to faces my fears .
Hello Marissan San Miguel I can see how you talked about what helped you get motivate you to either if it was losing or wining,
Hello bob you talk about how you hate losing your love ones sorry to hear that but we all some times have to l go through that. However our love ones do help us succeed, so does pay off in the long run for you .
Hello Brittany M you talk about how you were failing in school and your teacher was there to inspired you to keep pushing you through the tough time even though you get in embarrassed in school. I am inspired on how you are not embarrassed to talk about this situation, because I can really relate and understand this. Keep your head held up high and no that you shouldn’t be embarrassed, because we all struggle in something in our life time.
Life takes you to a different level of safety, peace and happiness when it’s secured, so the component in regards to reflection is key evolving into a better you daily. This article is most definitely eye opening.
Hey fantastic article. I am 57 years old and I decided to go back to school and finish what I started in 2004 get my degree. I love to learn and this “Not Yet” concept is cool I love the video she puts out about “Not Yet.” Also your twenty five ways to be a learner are spot on it’s all about grit and wanting an education or to learn. Thank you!
This was an amazing article and some very helpful information. I must say that I have to use this in my everyday life to help with improving. I am not always negative but I must admit I sometimes am not as positive as I should be and this will truly help me have a better look at situations when it come to learning and improving.
Very informative article. I have learned what mindset I have and certainly will embrace growth. it has also enlightened me yo understand others.
Reading this article was very refreshing and made me have a different outlook on life. Your a great author and keep up the good work !!!
Hi Saga,
Such good information a lot to take in. There are so many ways to change and grow our mindset. Thank you for sharing.
i love it, it really helped me to get a growth mindset and made me also forget, and lose my loved ones so i hate it.
You know Bob, you say you hate it, but what I hear is, that you are getting out of your comfort zone. No one wants to do that, but soon, this will be your new comfort zone. That is worth loving.
bob I don’t understand what you mean by lose your love ones, are you refferring to the sacrifice you’ll have to make, people you would have to cut off to focus, is that what you hate about it? not sure exactly can you clarify?
I’m achieving and driving toward mind growth mindset always believing in myself.
I really like this it is so very nice thanks for this.
As a high school student, I find it hard to have a growth mindset and this article helped me thank you sooo much I always feel like I have to be as good as other peers, and I often get stressed out, but coming across this, I feel so much better and now, I can do my school work much better thank you!!!
i know how that feels but i know myy loves are in a better place than here
Useful info! Thank you for putting it together. I plan to reference it in an upcoming podcast.
Thank you so much this has helped me as I have not mastered all my ambission a and dreams (yet) ! ??? but I will !
Glad you found it useful, Andrew! Thanks for reading.
It’s painful to write a comment on mobile, but this article totally worth it. Great effort, you must have worked hard on this!
I can agree with the tough life of doing something like this on a mobile phone.. haha
It must have really made a positive impression on you.
this has been very helpful in putting things like “the process of education” in perspective. These days it is not hard to see that people have ben taught what to think and not how to think. To be effective in this world you will need the ability to distinguish reality from fantasy; opportunity in adversity, grit from stuborn adhearence to old ways, and the ingredient we call effort and hard work. Thanks for your contribution.
This was great information..thank you
Work it is not easy, but we have to work at it to Master the subject.
Useful info! thanks for sharing
Great summary, well done!
I totally agree with you this article definitely has useful info especially for someone who wants to further their mindset.
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Thank you so much for sharing this great post.Very inspiring and helpful too.Hope you continue to share more of your ideas.
An excellent overview but it would have been nice to have more actionable points. “Abandon the image”? “Cultivate grit?” How exactly does one do this?
Much of this comes down to self-talk and affirmations, which I would recommend to anyone interested in improving their inner dialogue.
Thanks for your feedback, Etienne. This article is meant to highlight the variety of strategies that can be used to develop a growth mindset, but you’re correct that it would be worth examining each point in depth. We’ll keep your comment in mind for future posts. Thank you for reading.
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Great Set of Points to be practised in day to day life. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Hope more of them on the way
Your points of thought were very thought provoking. I noticed things that I can apply in my current college career. I plan to work hard, ask a lot of questions and get as much information out of each experience.
Acknowledge and embrace imperfections
Replace failing with Learning how to meet your goals.
Thank you for the article , made me rethink the learning process to be encrypted in kids
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Such a wonderful post really very nice.
Thanks a lot for those great points.
I am an educator in Vermont in the USA and was wondering if I may use your article in a training presentation for special educators please? Looking forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
Nancy
By all means, Nancy and thanks very much.
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Great summary, well done!
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This article had some very useful information. Definitely picked up on some strategies.
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Glad you found it useful, Abby!
great overview.
Thank you so much for this great review, it has helped me a lot!
This is brilliant! I am doing a presentation about self belief and confidence on Friday which I believe are totally linked to growth and fixed mindset. Can I quote these in a small booklet I am producing for the attendees I will of course reference you!!
Absolutely! Thanks for reading, Elise.
Really very helpful information. This article had some very useful information. Definitely picked up on some strategies.
Thank you for reading!
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I want to write a thesis on effect of mindset on the academic performance of students with hearing impairment. I am from plateau state Nigeria
I have a 5-year-old who absolutely has a fixed mindset. In the jigsaw puzzle example, I definitely recognized him in the group that wanted to do the same puzzle over and over. Not because he loves it, but because he doesn’t want to do something difficult and fail. I feel like I’ve always praised effort and hard work! How can I get him to be more open to growth?
Hi Heather, thanks for your comment! I certainly recommend finding some more ideas in Carol Dweck’s work. When it comes to children, she advises parents and teachers to emphasise “process” over achievement: “Parents and teachers can engender a growth mind-set in children by praising them for their persistence or strategies (rather than for their intelligence), by telling success stories that emphasise hard work and love of learning, and by teaching them about the brain as a learning machine.” I’d also add that, for a five year old trying to solve a new puzzle, there’s no such thing as “failure”; just learning!
This information is really amazing to me,because I would be speaking to young teenagers graduating from high school about this.
Really excellent, till now I am a fixed mindset person, your column will definitely make me growth mind set person. Thanks for this..
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Really comprehensive and makes you review the many items of the growth mindset
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thanks from my heart to the author for this article. the article is really effective and also it has given more chance to develop an inner human being. Thanks again
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An inspiration gives you million reasons to live in the dark moments when you feel at the lowest.
thanks for sharing a well carfted article. will love to see more such articles from you.
Excellent article. I would like to get permission to share this article in a workshop I am facilitating. How do I find you? I have been trying hard Saga!
Hi Deirdre, permission granted! Thanks for reading.
Hi Saga!
I’ve searched A LOT for articles on how to develop the growth mindset.
And your article is the one that made the more sense.
It’s awesome!
I even mentioned you in my latest article (check out the link above).
“People who succeed inspire me”
Many thanks for your great article!
Maxime
Hi, would you mind if we repost the 25 Ways to Develop a Growth Mindset? We will give credit.
Cheers
Hi Anna, no problem as long as you give credit to InformEd or Open Colleges and link to our blog. Cheers.
A very well written article Saga. I found the quote at first paragraph is so interesting, effort means we are not smart and talented. But it’s a different story in other world. Currenty I am doing effort aftering something but after nearly a two years the expected results don’t come. May be I am not talented for this !
Such a nice information thanks for it!!
It is very useful information. Thank you for this information!!
Great information and lots of them are quite good and useful
Thanks for reading, Kevin! Glad you found the information useful.
A student with a fixed mindset will reject learning if it means not failing !! Spot on, great read. Thank you
Thank you for reading, Stella!
One of the best articles I have come across.
Truly enriching… ” Acknowledge and embrace imperfections” is really the key word I take forward for continuous improvement. Generally , in life we tend too leave aside the imperfect side to strengthen more on our winning traits. The imperfect side can lead to an imbalance in the long term
Wise words, Nasir. Thanks for reading!
That was a very interesting article a great way to help you with the way you say things and how you put things in together to help you think about what you do and say about things loved it.
Thanks for reading, Brenda!
I loved this article. The “not yet” concept is something I have been telling people for years. Not just students, or even children, it works with anyone who hasn’t quite reached their goal “yet”. We just have to keep going until we get there. And as my dad always said when asked, ” Are we there yet?” “We are closer than we started, we will get there eventually if we keep on going.”
Thank you for your comment and thank you for reading, Tina!
This article “not yet” do make a person continue to strive for perfection and want to continue to press on. Because like you said earlier keep on going, you will eventually reach the finish line.
this is very helpfull for me thanks alot saga
Very enlightening
Saga, for me this article was like none other, I’ve always thought i was a growth mindset person but now I’m pondering which one am I? This article has inspired me to put in more effort into my learning skills. I am a mother and grandmother, your information is going to help me effect three generations in my family for that i thank you and look forward to more from you. Also thank you Open College for providing Saga with a platform to reach as many people that she has.
Hi Pam, I’m so happy you found the article useful. Thank you for reading!
It makes perfect since to me the logic behind growth mindset. As well as how a simple word like yet, predetermins the mind frame you end up with. The fixedmindset is a shallow mindset the youth should be thought that instead of tested. To broaden there outlook and not short stop there capabilities.
Hi Sage I am new at this, Growth Mindset, I just got into this Early Childhood Education. So I know I have to learn about my self before I can work with others. Thank You
This growth of the mind set was very helpful to me. I enjoyed reading it.
Thank you for sharing it has definitely changed my perspective on learning and it say’s a lot on how I really view thing’s. I find this to be very helpful.
Hello, rerouting in my life has been hard, this tool has helped me today with moving forward, when life throws curve balls.
Thanks for sharing this informative article with us. Keep it up 🙂
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The growth mindset is great for neurotypicals. But if you work somewhere that pushes the growth mindset and you happen to have ASD, then you’re going to have a very hard time.
I see this article as a great tool for any person. This can be utilized at a younger age to Foster growth. You can also revisit it at an older age if you are looking for motivation to better yourself. These are very familiar points I share with my team on a regular basis, I look forward to sharing this them.
Thank you for reading, Jonathon!
Working in the same profession for so long and reading the “25 Ways to Develop a Growth Mindset was a great read” helps me realize and that there’s more than one answer. It can be right or wrong either ways it helps your mind grow!
Yes!!!! I agree this has made me look at things in a whole new way!
Wow! This made me open my eyes. I always am very hard on myself, and get so mad when I don’t know something. Taking on line classes is a big step for me, and I have been scared since I signed up. The “Not yet” is my favorite. Its not that I don’t know it, or I don’t understand it, its just I don’t know/understand it yet. Thank you for this.
Vry nice and unique Article. always Reading your New posts.. keep it up
Thank you for your article , could help for every person. I remember a quote from Akio Morita, creator of Sony, “We could have limit in our capacity but never in our effort”
Great article! Reading this for my Personal Dimension of education class-enjoyed the message “not only are people w/this mind set not discouraged by failure, but they don’t actually see themselves as failing in those situations- they see themselves learning”.
Much appreciate your thoughts. Really very nice article.
Really helpful post. Will be back to check your recent articles for sure.
I loved this article it really make you stop and think..
The article to me was basically what iv heard growing up ,maybe two or three points that I haven’t heard before, but a well written article.
Thank you so much for the break through it almost affect my self-confidence to make a decision and to talk in public it has been a problem for me. But using 25 keys to develop mindset will transform myself being. I will love to see more of this, Many xxxx
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This article is great! I am trying to help my team members at work understand that if your make changes, you can do better. We never do the same thing every day. Growth Mindset in everyone will definitely help!
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How can coloring help with growth mindset for 6th graders ?
This is really an inspiring piece.
I’ll share with my friends and teammates.
Thank you!
This a great piece of work! Stagnant minds are just like stagnant water they eventually become polluted
Thanks for reading, Kenny! Great point 🙂
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I’ve enjoyed this reading. It inspired me to do more no matter what happens because its good to fail, to give you the momentum to keep trying. When I read it was like writing a book about myself in school and how I have a different learning style and always seemed to fail. Teachers could not help, me because of the way I lean. To tell the truth I was/ still somewhat am still the kid that gets embarrass because I fail at something but, I had someone in my life that help me get past that thought to just do my best, Because in the long run I was someone amazing because what I could do and he couldn’t. He was / still is my inspiration to strive for more and this article reminds me of him and what he always use to say to me. So thank you!!!!
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Thank you so much for the article. This online education is new to me and I definitely am going to try these techniques to help me along the way. It really opened my eyes. Thanks again
Very interesting and informative. It help put things into perspective for this course. It provides a wide range of ideas to use when writing or taking test.
Great words.
This was very interesting to read. Thanks for sharing.
very nice article…I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in.
thank you for sharing this information I found it to be very insightful.
Thank you so much I really enjoyed reading your information on t he mindset it was a big help to me, i’m also learning how to have good skills, knowing how to speak appropriately with a variety of people.
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This is really fantastic. Its a real brain food for thought needed in updating thinking capabilities and executing. For so long education has started loosing its function for a sustainable human development support. With the access to a brain updating software you crafted, it is a gear heading to turning impossibles into possibilities and productions. Thanks very much for your efforts to educate the world on learning how to learn effectively.
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Thank you for the 25 ways to Develop a Growth Mindset. Your article was very informational.
I totally agree! Thanks for sharing info.
This is really fantastic. Its a real brain food for thought needed in updating thinking capabilities and executing. For so long education has started loosing its function for a sustainable human development support. With the access to a brain updating software you crafted, it is a gear heading to turning impossibles into possibilities and productions. Thanks very much for your efforts to educate the world on learning how to learn effectively.
This is a very great read. Lets you see how to think and learn logically.
i love that quote: Learning to be Learn
Reading and understanding the 25 ways To Develop A Growth Mindset is very influential . It not only breaks down the way a learning thinks but emphasises on the way a learner can be blocked by not applying these learning is when these learning strategies are not applied. I enjoyed reading this article ,and I will apply it daily in my learning development.
I enjoyed reading your article. It has given me great insight towards how I am going to approach learning new ideas and new material as I continue to learn new things.
I really found the 25 strategies to a Growth mindset has great steps to learn and keep the brain active, after all our brain is a muscle that needs to be exercise daily I enjoyed the article and I’m ready to learn these strategies to help improve my brain more.
your ability to research the concept of fixed mindset and a growth mindset and the results are very fascinated you did a very good job explaining every detail of the subject thank you for sharing this information
The 25 ways to Develop a Growth Mindset really influenced me to not just attend college but to also learn more and develop more ability to learn in the process.I will apply this to my college career.
Love the article! It is very helpful. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Nice Post.
Wonderful article. My attention was locked in from the first paragraph. However, the amount of typos were breaking my focus and taking away the full potential this information could give.
I have lived by the growth. Learning much of my life. However I had never really heard “when you meet one goal make a new one…” and though this is a step I often work by. I like putting it into a concrete step.
I have lived and learned all my life. To be successful is to not have the mindset that everything is hard and you cannot succeed. But having the growth mindset is also challenging because you may score low and say you scored high just to impress your integrity. Its best to be truthful and live and learn.
This article was dead on for me personally! I really enjoyed reading the 25 ways to Develop Growth Mindset. It really opened my eyes to how I think about certain things when trying to achieve a task. Thank you for the insight really good read.
I am scared of writing. I will have to overcome all that fear.
I like what you said about failing it’s in learning.
Thanks for the great and awesome article.
very nice article…I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in.
Good website to read. Nice articles.
The article was great.. I like how it caught my eye and made me realize things.. Its was nice though
I truly enjoyed reading this article. I do feel I have my eyes open to a new way of thinking.Thank you.
Thanks for sharing such a wonderful and helpful post with me
Hello Saga,
Thank you so much for braking down different ways to have a growth mindset. I think I will make a copy and read them daily. So that i can keep in mind the different ways to think things through. I don’t want to become like “stagnant water” as Kenny Rudd stated. So I will use what I’ve learned. Thank you.
Tamra 🙂
I learn a lot about myself. One thing I learned, I got to work toward changing my mindset from fix to growth. I feel with my journey with my continued education I will. Thank you for the article.
I must say that I’ve enjoyed reading 25 Ways to Develop a Growth Mindset. It made me realize that I portray the majority of them; while sitting at a standstill in certain aspects of my life. A real eye-opener.
Thank you
What a good message. This really gives you an outlook on how your mind really thinks and works.I believe everyone has the tendency to have a fixed mind set but these are some great points to get yourself out of thinking that way.
Hi Erika: My name is Joan Bennett. I believe 25 ways to develope a Critical mind set are key elements to learning adaptive thinking. Realizing that there are certain things will challenge me. Learning not to think negative about the challenge but embrace the idea that I have not Mastered it yet. This will lead me to develope different patterns for success. Critical Thinking is a good practice for improved outcomes. The brain is a muscle. To keep it active will exercise it. Just as I go to the gym for exercise and strengthening of my skeletal muscles; I need to have a toned brain as well.
One thing I learned is to be honest with myself. If I get something wrong don’t be afraid to say “I got it wrong”.Take criticism ,ask for help.Try to find a better solution to solve the problem. Have a open mind.Thank for the information.
I really enjoyed reading 25 ways to develop a growth mindset. This article helped me learn to except my imperfections. Do not seek peoples approval for things. When some one makes a mistake learn from their mistake. When I accomplish a task make sure I immediately start another one to accomplish.
Thanks very much this was some Awesome Information!
Thanks for the information
I had a new view point on the quote”Having a growth mindset means relishing opportunities for self-improvement. Learn more about how to fail well.” is the pillar of any successful accomplishment of a business venture.
Hello Saga:
Your article was inspiring and speaks to the inner parts of my core beliefs. If I use my time wisely
then pace myself taking time to Study and Review, then my efforts won’t be in vein!
A great mindset to overcome all odds is easy sometimes hard but when you think outside the bubble than i believe than anything can be possible .For fact i myself have troubles in believing myself that i can achieve success , tho here i am today proving myself that i can do this so these 25 steps are very great tools that comes very handy and i will be using these step fr the rest of my life
I love what you have placed out there for us to review and take charge on what our minds are capable of doing. I have never had the opportunity to begin my expansion of my growing mind set until I joined Ashford University. The quote: The brain is like a muscle that needs to be worked out like the body. I love that quote. I will place that on my background screen. Thank you Ms. Saga Briggs, keep the news coming
I would like to thank you for allowing a person with a desire,passion,and sad to say very low self esteem just being able to view a fraction of what the human mind can accomplish with the right mindset has improved my desire to want more out of life in particular (brain plasticy) just because the brain is,nt fixed the mind should,nt be either because of your findings I Marcus Edwards has learned so i,m obligated to bend the knee ? Thank You
A very well written article Saga. I found the quote at first paragraph is so interesting, effort means we are not smart and talented. thank you for sharing
Thank you for reading, Lauren 🙂
This article was very inspiring to me. Thank you for the great resource. I believe that our mind set and how we use our speaking really does effect what path we are on. I have been learning how to grow myself the last three years and this article spoke very clear to me! The 25 ways to develope a growth mindset is a great tool that I will use for myself and share with own children and my students!
I enjoyed it very much, Thank you Saga!!
Thank you so much for reading, Danele!
I think 25 Ways to Develop a Growth Mind Set is very interesting.
This information provided was very useful and helpful. It really is an eye opener for me and i enjoy reading this.
Thanks for a very informative article. I love your outlook on mindset!
Great article. It opened my eyes in a lot of ways.
Thank you
Learn to Learn has really made a impact on my mindset. After reading that I learn that there is always room for growth.
Very Informative, love it.
I have learned a lot from this article. Opened my eyes and learned a lot.
Thanks for reading, Corinna!
Think for the information on 25 ways to develop a growth mindset
Thank you. I found a few new ways to help maintain my growth mindset. I also learned the ways I have a growth mindset.
Changing words to give me and those I plan to use this on will provide the confidence we just may need to do better, to build or provide in us a positive mind set to encourage us to want to do better in everything we do. Having a positive attitude and knowing the person sitting next to you is much smarter then you will no longer be intimidating. Their strength may not be yours but yours may not be theirs. Excited to put some of these changes into affect. I’ve always felt that helping others reach their potential is a great way to build a great foundation for a strong relationship.
This is most definitely a great article.
Great Passage, it was really and eye opener!
The 25 ways to Develop a growth mindset was very helpful
Very informative. I love reading about mindset. Helped me to learn that its always room for growth.
Self confidence is an important thing for one to respect oneself and then others.It is an essential part for the growth of a person. Here’s what I found about how to improve self confidence
I am an educator in Vermont in the USA and was wondering if I may use your article in a training presentation for special educators please? Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thanks for a very informative article
I really enjoyed reading all about growth mindset. I was able to understand who I am as an individual based on my mindset.
You have many good key points in this passage. Thank you!
I enjoy read the 25 Growth mindset and it was interesting to me.
I enjoy reading it.
Thanks for the great information. I really plan to use this information during my school as well.
the info was very helpful
I truly enjoyed reading this article because I could see a lot about myself as I read the verbiage in some of the numbered sentences from 1 through 25.
Thank you first off for making this list, It most definitely would be a great fit for the staff that I work with for the type of kids that we service on a day to day basis. Some on the list i found that I have mastered and there are others on the list that I’m still trying to stay away from though.
Great list! Your tips are well organized and explained. I love how you broke them down and I feel everyone has experienced or is going to experience challenges. Having a positive mind changes the outlook on a lot in life.
I was really impressed by the article it has made me look forward to learning more and pushing harder even when I make mistakes or don’t know longs I am willing to learn and continue to grow and except that I am not going to get everything right .
Saga,Thanks for the knowledge that your spreading keep up the great work it was right on time.
This article was really a great read it really put things in perspective for me
Saga, excellent feed. I will share with my team in our next departmental meeting. 25 ways to develop a growth mind set.
Thank you.
This was very informative. It made me realize how much our own minds control more of our lives and how we live them by just our thinking. Thank you for this.
Impressive read. It definitely makes look at learning differently.
Once you know better, you do better. Knowing and not doing is the same as not knowing.
I am very thankful for the knowledge.
I will be posting this on my wall as a reminder to myself everyday.
Thanks again
Greetings Saga,
After reading your 25 suggestions how we can grow our mindsets…..I am ready than ever to effectively look for opportunities to stimulate growth for mine! Thank you and happy growing everyone!
Very Helpful, Thanks for posting!! 🙂
what an amazing article to really take in full I had to read it twice thoughtfully. there are just so many things t take away from this article not only for school , work, but for life in general just looking at things in a different way means a lot thank you so much.
thank you for this article it has been very enlightening. This has helped me understand things a little bit better.there is alot of differant thing someone can take from this article for learning.
My takeaway from Growth Mindset ~~~{cultivate} having that greater sense of purpose, {value} taking my time to truly learn in spite of mistakes which allows for real self improvement {view challenges}!
Great food for thought!
Thanks for reading, Cindy!
I really enjoyed reading this article. It has giving me a totally different mindset. Thank you for this
This article was a great read. I learned a lot and will be changing my mindset.
Hello Saga,
I just too the assessment with MindSet Works and the results pretty much define me. It’s good when you are allowed the opportunity to honestly assess yourself and you recognize yourself in a positive way that there is a need and a change to be made to your own mindset, instead of hearing it for your parents, teachers, partners and bosses in a negative way.
Thank you for this article so very much and thank you Carol Dweck!!
Kathy S.
Bronx, NY
Thank you for a very interesting article, appreciate the simplicity but yet powerful points of views.
This was a very interesting article and so true in many ways.
This article was very informational.
Hello Saga,
This information is really helpful. Thanks for advice. Definitely has made me realize things in a different way. But in a good way. Awesome job.
Hello Saga,
This information is really helpful. Definitely has made me realize things in a different way. Thanks for the advice.
Thank you Saga for this encouraging insight! I was very helpful.
It was very helpful.
Thank you, this is very encouraging.
This was very helpful and encouraging.
I definitely agree that this article is very encouraging.
” You Miss 100% Of The Shots You Don’t Take”
“Strive for Greatness”
This article definitely opens up your mind and makes you want to strive for greatness. I totally agree with you.
I really enjoyed this article, it is a self expression on life, we must teach all that if we love first and trust ourselves then all will be encouraged to want more in life.
I thought this article was very helpful in many ways. I personally took #23 “take a risk in the company of others” as an example of one of the steps I need to take to a “Growth Mindset” because I do have trouble speaking in front of a group or in the company of others and to know that #23 helps you get better every time is very comforting.
Failure is learning.
This was a helpful article. There were several things listed here that I will try and be more conscience of, like putting effort befor talent.
Hi Saga,
Thank you for providing such a valuable article that really resonates with me. As a hard critic of my goals and achievements, these will help me to enjoy the process.
I enjoyed gaining great word from you. I have a real desire to change. this is great for my interest.
I really enjoyed reading this article. I learned that i need to adjust the way I think alittle more. Number 25 is the one that caught my attention the most. Take ownership in your attitude. I feel like I am starting to do that more. Really great article.
Thank for sharing this article. Especially the ways to development your mindset. Number 22 caught my eye- “Make a new goal for every goal accomplished”. Implanting this number 22 will always keep my brain learning.
“Not yet” That just became my new saying. This article was very helpful. Thank you!
Thanks for reading, Brandy!
Hello Ms. Briggs. Thank you. This is something that needs to be applied in all aspects of life. Thank you for giving me the reassurance that I need.
Thank you this have really helped me a lot and can use this to get me to my goal.
I must say that I now have a more advance and refined outlook on the importance of having a growth mindset (continuous learning) over a fixed mindset (no motivation to grow or learn), The 25 very simple but powerful points of emphasis is a list that I look forward to drawing from often moving forward in life. Thanks greatly.
John Watson
This gave me a much better outlook on pursuing my degree. I have to admit I was a little reluctant but now I feel strongly about graduating.
Thank you so much for sharing the article. I think setting realistic objectives is a key to growth.
Hello
Thank you for this insight. My goal is to learn how to put my words into professional english. Learning how my mindset growth actually works will allow me to sore to the highest of highs. Be confident and secure in my work performances.
Thank you
April Vining
This article definitely helped me realize that the ability to grow & change your mindset can not only be helpful during this course but help teach my son how to learn & grow himself. I have always told him that he has to learn to adapt to his environment, but this article gave me the me the ability change the way my mind has the ability grow & change in any situation but also share it with my own child. It put right on track to better my skills for my new career I am pursuing by returning to College at Ashford University.
I leave a lot from the 25 ways to develop a growth mindset. It’s deep in that it looks you over then say am I right about you.
It amazes me how the growth of the mindset works. It has made me realize how important i may see things in life differently than before
This article definitely helped me realize that the ability to grow & change your mindset can not only be helpful during this course but help teach my son how to learn & grow himself. I have always told him that he has to learn to adapt to his environment, but this article gave me the me the ability change the way my mind has the ability grow & change in any situation but also share it with my own child. It put right on track to better my skills for my new career I am pursuing by returning to College at Ashford University.
25 great statements and words of wisdom and experience and great tools to use in your everyday life.
25 ways to Develop a growth,
I has learn many thing’s from this. Like challenges as opportunities a growth mindset,
means relishing opportunities.
I also learn that what works for one person may not work for me,
there’s no model for learning. The 25 ways is something to share with other’s it’s
a very good learning.
Very good advise and things to consider as you navigate life. “Learn from other people’s mistakes” is really what life is all about. Education however provides a list of personal and business/career items that have been identified and given to students so they can “Learn from other people’s mistakes”. Sometimes people simply don’t listen even if they see other people’s mistakes and end up paying for it.
Thank you so much this is very inspiring and so true. I have done some of these things not realizing it and stopping myself from moving forward in life on the right path. I sure can use this as something to guide me as I move forward.
Thanks this was very helpful an inspiring. I made a copy to share with the children at work. This will be a good life skill lesson . That I can do with the teenagers to see what they thoughts are about this after they read it.
Hey saga thank you so much for helping me to learn the difference between failure and how you can make it really inspired me to move on further when things feeling like it is to much again thank you.
Thank you so much about your advice about the mind set cause I really did enjoy the whole article it will help m stay mind strong and keep a clear thought while I am in college and I will always keep notes on thing that will helpo me better my education now thank you so much
I’m glad to know that I don’t have a fixed mindset. I work with people who some are baby boomers. It can be difficult at times to get them to adapt to change. That’s because they have a fixed mindset. I believe that it is important that we remain teachable and able to adapt to change if we are going to be successful people and be the change we want to see.
Thank you so much . It helped my mind set into the right place. Glad to no that I do not have one of those fixed minds also. We always need to have our minds set on learning . It’s the time to do so. This will help better my education on my end. Thanks a lot.
I really enjoyed reading this got a batter understanding.
I really likes how simply you just described the issues and more importantly how you gave us the Solutions too. How brilliantly written. I admire how you can alter ones mindset by these simple phrases.
Meenu Nandwana
What a great way to start my new learning path! I have been away from school a long time, and reading this article is a great way to refresh my mind for the journey ahead! Thank you!!
Makes perfect sense…Thank you
Hi Saga the article for 25 ways of developing a growth mindset is very inspiring.this article has opened my eyes in so many ways. This article lets me know hat it is okay fail at one thing and try again.(Not Yet) is letting me know to keep going until I’ve mastered whatever it is that I’m trying to achieve. I’m inspired to achieve all goals that I have set out for me to achieve. It’s very understanding and soul searching I appreciate this article it’s truly an eye opener.
Makes you think and look at life differently and thank you for that.
I love the Growth Mindset list. Inspiring!
Wow! This all, has help me to understand myself more. It will help me out in the long run, with my career and education. One thing the really stood out for me was, seek approval from no on but self. Thanks!
I know you have a million comments already, and I’m just a grain in the sea, but I wanted to show my appreciation for all your wonderful knowledge that you share with all of us. It’s not easy sharing the things we have grown to know, and its amazing what you have learned. If everyone could think like that, we all would be a lot happier in life. I agree with all these things, and I can’t wait to see everyone’s potential. Thanks again for your inspiring words, and I hope you reread them from time to time so that we don’t lose to one of our enemies, which is forgetting.
awesome content.
This is actually the best info that I have found on the growth mindset developing. Well done!
This is a very great insight. These 25 mindset will help thru the course I am taking. With out these i would be lost.
Thanks for for that brilliant insight I know it will help us all
Really helpful post. Will be back to check your recent articles for sure.
My favorite one was number 20 “Not Yet.” It allows the individual to keep going until they get to the finished line. “Not Yet” signifies that even when you believe there isn’t more to learn or you’ve completely mastered something you’re still “not there as yet,” and this will be a drive to constantly strive in one area or expand to new fields.
The goal to practice these concepts on myself and with others; by trying one concept a week.
Nice Article
Hi Saga,
Your message is teaching me how to open up my brain and see the bigger picture. Learning is a gift!
I enjoyed reading this. I often find myself trying to learn things fast, but after reading this, I realize that it is ok to learn at my own pace.
Thank you so much this helped me in so many ways. I always say to my kids and friends a mistake is only a mistake if you don’t learn from it but if you learn from it then it is a lesson. I always seek the approval of others and expect perfection from myself but this has opened my eyes to realize it’s ok to not be perfect and to mess up because that is also how we learn. Again thank you!
Reading through this and the other attached articles really has me thinking about how I treat my current staff. I have that is very dismissive any time something new comes along. I encourage the reasons why it is valuable to learn something new. How its not just a resume addition but understanding your ability to provide for the team. I am going to take several of these items back to work and see if I can instill the change. Thank you for the article!
Very informative reading. I really liked number 7, to basically fall in love with the process than the overall result. Outside of my academic life, that is something to carry with you daily through all facets of life.
Thank you for this informative article. I feel it has very detailed advice and will help many learn more in their future.
#23 Take risks in the company of others.
Stop trying to save face all the time and just let yourself goof up now and then. It will make it easier to take risks in the future.
That’s always been my difficult one as I like to be seen as having it all together/perfect but I’ve come to know that’s just ridiculous and not real life! Fantastic article, I really enjoyed reading it.
Thank you for Article
Thanks for giving great information, really it is useful
I enjoyed reading the article. What touched me is when you wrote “not yet.” I must remember that because to me that means not all hope is lost but I am not there yet.
I would like to say thank you for this article and breaking down each growth learning aspect.
After reading this, i was able to learn even more about myself, realizing how far I have come over the last few months.
This article is great, I enjoyed all 25 examples and statements. I don’t have any favorite one that stands out all 25 are just as important. I will use and practice this information throughout life.
Stop seeking approval is such a big one. I could be in the list twice in my opinion! Thanks for the great article =)
Thanks for an excellent article and explaining each point, its been a tremendous help to me.
Nice article will helps in personality development as well as overall confidence of an individual
Thanks for an excellent article and explaining each point. Stop seeking approval is such a big one and really hit home with me
Out of the 25 ways, the one I found the most interesting was to look to the research on brain plasticity because it’s very “hard evidence” that different aspects of what we call intelligence can be developed. I always think about the study on London cab drivers who had to memorize thousands of streets and routes before taking their taxi driver exam and how the actual structure of their brains changed in their hippocampus (the area largely responsible for spatial memory).
Awsome – this gave me so much clarity