Growth vs. Fixed

This video was an interview with Carol Dweck, a professor of psychology. The interview was all about the difference between growth ad fixed learning. Dweck explained that there is a big difference between people who have a fixed mindset and a growth midset. People with a fixed midset believe that they have a certain trade and they cannot get any better. They are always concerned about how they look while doing a certain task. People with a growth midset, however, believe that they are continually learning an that they can improve their skills.

Dweck also went on to explain an experiment that they did with students. They divided up students to go through an eight session class on learning. Half the class was taught using fixed learning and the other half was taught using growth learning. The students that were taught using growth learning were taught that they are able to continually learn and that making mistakes does not make you dumb. She went on to say that there was a considerable difference between the two groups of students, with the "growth" students learning a lot more.

One of the applications that Dweck gives for us to walk away with is that it is okay to make mistakes, as long as you learn from the. She said that to be successful in the business world today you have to be able to learn from your mistakes and imrove from them. She gave an example of race car drivers and said that drivers who think that they can improve usually do, while drivers who have a fixed mindset rarely learn from their mistakes or get better.

This was a pretty good podcast, but I did find it kind of boring at times. It was informative but slow at the same time. I love the idea of fixed and growth learning, though, and I definitely agree with what Dweck was saying!