Growth Mindset

Before this class I had never heard of Carol Dweck or the growth mindset. I feel as though I have possibly heard aspects of the growth mindset mentioned before, but not enough for me to know what it is in detail.

Currently, I feel as though I am closer to having a growth mindset rather than a fixed mindset due to my experiences here at OU. However, before my junior I know that I had a fixed mindset for the most part. In high school and at the beginning of my college career I only cared about getting good grades and didn't care about if I was actually learning useful information. Back then I feel as though there was more pressure to get good grades because the formula that I was taught is that good grades will equal success in the future. Now that I have taken some better courses, especially entrepreneurship courses, the emphasis has been on the journey and how the concepts I am learning can be applied to what I actually want to do after I graduate.

I look forward to learning more about the growth mindset this semester. What interested me the most about the Ted Talk were the examples of how the growth mindset can create equality in education. It was amazing to me how inner city students that are at a disadvantage can outperform other students who may be more privileged by implementing the growth mindset into the classroom.

The class that I am most excited for, but also worried about, is Venture Capitalization I. I am worried about this class because it combines accounting and finance principles in order to help entrepreneurial ventures. Accounting and finance were some of my least favorite classes and the ones I struggled most in due to my lack of interest at the time. However, I know the importance this class can have on my future goals so I am determined to get the most I can out of this class this semester.

(Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset: Andreas Pizsa, Flickr)