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minors but struggled, every time he made a mistake, he wasn’t able to work himself out of it. He viewed himself as a failure. Fixed learning individuals are afraid of effort; they would rather be right than look wrong and judged, they try to hide their deficiencies. (Dweck, 2007). They believe that if you have to work at it. Then it just wasn’t meant to be. They feel that if you have to work at something, you must not be good at it. Things come easily! (Dweck, 2006).
Relationships show signs of a person’s mindset. Being loved is one thing, being broken up with is another thing. How you handle it and what you think, determines what mindset you are in. When people have the fixed mindset, they feel judged and labeled by the rejection; they feel unlovable, permanently labeled (Dweck, 2006, p. 145). Instead of healing from the break up they lash out. “Revenge is sweet.” They are unable to heal from the experience. To take the idea of being judged a step further, bullies have a big dose of the fixed mindsets. “Bullies are the judges. They feel that some people are superior and some are inferior” (Dweck, 2006. p. 166). Bullies may not have a low self-esteem or they may. Sheri Levy’s study on how boys act and why they act that way, showed that they get a boost of self-esteem, a rush when they pick on someone else. She also found that bullies gain a social status by their actions. Think of the Columbine shooter, he was judged continuously because of the way he looked: chest deformity, short and was a computer geek. Being of the fixed mindset, he used the impulse to feel bad and lashed out his bitterness. He sought revenge (Dweck, 2006).
A child as a learner with a fixed mindset has the notion that his intelli...

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...cally fit man. He was known for his HUGE appetite and big belly hanging out of his uniform. But he was determined (like Muhammad and Jordan) to put in the hours of PRACTICE and hard work to make himself a better player. All three of these famous sport idols (there were more of course) showed that that they had the growth mindset. They understood that it takes time, effort and determination to achieve their goals! They had to practice to get better. They had to put in their time of hours of hours of practice to become who they are today. They had the character, the heart, the will and the Mind of a Champion. They were champions because they had the growth mindset. They saw setbacks as motivating, to try their best, by learning and improving. They took charge of their processes that bring success and learned how to maintain them. (Dweck, 2006, p. 98-100).