Mindset Chapter 3 Summary

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Chapter 3 in the book Mindset taught me that students with a fixed mindset give low effort because they think they were either born smart or stupid and there’s no way to change that. The fixed mindset people try to avoid challenges and think mistakes as they are a failure and aren’t smart enough to accomplish it. If they happen to get a challenge they give up after the first setback. They think that it’s too challenging and that they can’t do it. People with a fixed mindset think that there’s no point in effort, you are either born smart or stupid and no matter how hard you try you can’t change that. They also believe that there is no need to study. They are smart enough to pass or to dumb to even do anything. They think that there …show more content…

They believe that no matter how smart you are you can always learn more and become a smarter person. They also believe that you are never to smart to practice and/or study. No matter what you have to study for tests and become even smarter. Growth mindset students embrace challenges, they want challenges. They take mistakes as a chance to get better and to improve. The growth mindset people take responsibility for getting a bad grade then do all that is possible to improve on it. They believe you have to work for everything you do and that one setback should not discourage you from continuing on with the project no matter how hard it is. They think that anyone can learn anything and that it may take a lot of effort but it is always worth it. Intelligence is not static. There is always something new to learn about. It is impossible to know everything. No one is a complete genius and no one knows everything. Everyone can become “smart” you just have to put in the work to be able to become “smart”. People should never give up and should always try and accomplish any challenge no matter the difficulty. People can do anything as long as they set their mind to

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