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Growth Mindset
Treat skill as something that grows with effort, so a mistake becomes information instead of evidence against you.
Example
You fail a maths test. A fixed-mindset thought says 'I'm just not a maths person.' A growth-mindset thought says 'this question type confused me, and I now know which one to practise next.' Same test, two completely different next moves.
How it fits in
Carol Dweck's research showed that people who treat ability as fixed avoid the situations where they could grow most, because every challenge feels like a test of who they are. People who treat ability as something that grows lean into the same situations, struggle more visibly, and improve faster. The difference compounds over years.
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