Tes

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How important is it for students to believe that they are capable of learning growth? This question feels particularly pertinent for those who come to college having to resit GCSE exams, perhaps multiple times. If a student sees intelligence as fixed

You South Africa

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The term growth mindset was coined 30 years ago by Carol Dweck, a professor of psychology at Stanford University in the US, after she became interested in students’ attitudes about failure. She noticed that while some students bounced back from setba

Diabetes Self-Management

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Life can have a sneaky way of rearranging our plans for us. The year 2020 has proven that sometimes, regardless of our intentions, nature will have her way. For some, this will lead to feelings of powerlessness and despair, but for others, the situat

Futurity

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A “strategic mindset” may be key to success, research finds. The study shows that people with a strategic mindset are the ones who, in the face of challenges or setbacks, ask themselves: “How else can I do this? Is there a better way of doing this?”.

ThinkSales

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“For twenty years, my research has shown that the view you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life. It can determine whether you become the person you want to be and whether you accomplish the things you value. Believing that

NPR

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It's not mind control. But researchers think your opinions of others can have a surprising influence on their actions.

MASK The Magazine

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To help parents and their college-aged child understand the importance of taking responsibility and being accountable, we asked Dr. Kendra Hunger, Dean of Students at ASU’s West Campus and Student Rights and Responsibilities, to provide some insight

Entrepreneur

3 min read

I often say that starting a company is like jumping off a cliff and building an airplane on the way down. It’s a vivid metaphor that contains a lot of truths. First, you’ll need courage and optimism. You have to believe you can pull it off. Next, you

Kiplinger

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For an extraordinary high achiever, such as NBA legend Michael Jordan, you could reasonably attribute his success to one of many things. His famous work ethic. His high basketball IQ. His shoes. But to His Airness himself, it was the result of a rele

The European Business Review

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Early career women understand that building a career and life they thrive in is no small feat. Instead, they find they are navigating a labyrinth of obstacles, twists, turns, and often dead ends. They desire to learn from the stories of triumph, defe

Futurity

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The advice to “find your passion” might undermine how interests actually develop, according to new research. In a series of laboratory studies, researchers examined beliefs that may lead people to succeed or fail at developing their interests. Mantra

ThinkSales

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To shift from a restrictive fixed mindset to a growth mindset we need to learn to shake off our insecurities and believe that we can achieve our full potential by cultivating our personal strengths and accepting that failure is part of the learning p

The Atlantic

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Carol Dweck, a psychology professor at Stanford University, remembers asking an undergraduate seminar recently, “How many of you are waiting to find your passion?” “Almost all of them raised their hand and got dreamy looks in their eyes,” she told me

Tes

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Up until a month ago, I had never heard of “Rosenshine”. I did not know whether Rosenshine was an “it” or a “them”. I did not know that the word had come to be on the tip of every teacher on Twitter’s tongue. I did not know that its influence had ext

Woman NZ

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New Year’s resolutions have had a bad rap recently, with evidence suggesting many of us have ditched the lofty goals by about mid-March. Perhaps that’s no surprise – resolutions are usually made at a time when stress levels are low and the daily rout

Literary Hub

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A PhD student approached me after a writing workshop to recount his tale of woe. “I write these messy, incoherent first drafts,” he lamented. “They’re absolutely awful! Then I have to work on them for hours and hours to bash them into shape. It’s suc

Tes

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While research to support the use of growth mindset interventions with students aged 16-19 is limited, there is evidence that these approaches work for younger year groups. For instance, having a growth mindset was associated with higher reading scor

New Idea

3 min read

Right now, life is very uncertain for most people. The truth is though, life is typically unpredictable. Reality as we know it can shift dramatically in the blink of an eye and there is nothing we can do about it. What we can control, however, are th

Tes

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Saffira is waiting nervously for her teacher to hand back the test on chemical reactions taken the week before. She had revised hard, read through the work on the topic, quizzed herself, copied out key sections and built a beautiful mind map. But Saf

Rotman Management

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QUESTIONS FOR Dan Pontefract, Chief Envisioner, Telus The importance of ‘having a purpose’ is not a new idea; it has been discussed since the time of the ancient Greeks. Why write a book about it now? Quite frankly, society has lost its way, and the

NZ Marketing

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When the Marketing Awards were announced this year and TRA decided to get involved as a sponsor, a couple of categories held appeal for us. Anything to do with innovation was always going to appeal to our restless and curious minds, but thinking abou

Futurity

2 min read

Intelligence could play a role in how quickly people learn music, according to new research on the early stages of learning to play piano. The study may be the first to examine the relationship among intelligence, music aptitude, and growth mindset i

The Atlantic

4 min read

In their tween and teenage years, girls become dramatically less self-assured—a feeling that often lasts through adulthood.

Good Health Choices Magazine NZ

1 min read

Research shows that the lens through which you see the world can have a monumental effect on many things, from your day-to-day choices to your health. One theory is that everyone’s mindset sits somewhere on a spectrum between abundance and scarcity.

Futurity

2 min read

A short online course that changes students’ beliefs about learning can improve their grades in core subjects, new research finds. High school students who took a 50-minute online course to help them cultivate a growth mindset—the belief that intelle

Women's Health Australia

3 min read

Ever wondered why some of your mates spend their evenings scrolling finance groups on Facebook while others claim they’re just “bad with money”? Newsflash: being “bad” or “good” with money is a misconception. “It’s the most important thing I want wom

Literary Hub

8 min read

A PhD student approached me after a writing workshop to recount his tale of woe. “I write these messy, incoherent first drafts,” he lamented. “They’re absolutely awful! Then I have to work on them for hours and hours to bash them into shape. It’s suc

Kiplinger

3 min read

Are you a glass-half-full or glass-half-empty kind of person? When you think about the future, do you see limitless opportunities or multiple barriers? Do you get excited about international travel and interaction with other cultures, or do you thin

Tes

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In 1998, Carol Dweck and Claudia Mueller published seminal research exploring the effects of praise on pupil performance in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The paper, Praise for intelligence can undermine children’s motivation and p

Parents in Biz

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Mindset is everything for business owners. The success mindset is a certain way of thinking, it’s about the way you approach challenges and mistakes. It builds confidence, resilience, enthusiasm and positive outlook on business and life in general. M