Growth Mindset 

Fail forward / Fail

Students

There are two mindsets when it comes to the term Growth mindset. It is a term coined up by a Dr.Carol Dweck who is a professor of psychology at Stanford University in America. Dweck's work involved her studying her students to see what their reaction would be to failure and how they would cope with and deal with it. Those with the growth mindset had a much more positive reaction to failure. Studies have show that people who have a growth mindset are much more open to criticism and see failure as something that can be learned from. while on the other hand those who have a fixed mindset can have a negative response to failure resulting in them having self doubt thoughts and struggling to complete the task at hand and ultimately end up quitting.

Workplace

The workplace can be a place where it is altered in a person. Companies that promote and reward risk taking and learning from mistakes have show that the people working there are those with the growth mindset and while those who work in a fixed mindset company are more likely to engage in cheating and deception in order to get ahead in there respected field.

Everyone has both

Studies have shown that everyone has both the growth mindset and the fixed mindset, and both develop over time with experience. To continue to develop a growth mindset it is critical to reward learning and progress and to capitalise on setbacks in order to move forward. Everyone has also got fixed mindset characteristics and must avoid setting off triggers in order to try remain in the growth mindset