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Adopting a Growth Mindset as a University Student
Answering the ‘What’, ‘Why’ and ‘How’ for University Students
As an undergraduate student in my final year of university, I have gone through many stages of self-doubt, motivation, uncertainty, extreme productivity, etc.
I stumbled upon the concept of a ‘growth mindset’ in my second year of university while reading self-development articles online. Adopting and consciously practising a growth mindset has helped me with my course as well as other opportunities that came up during my years at university.
What is a growth mindset?
According to Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck:
A “growth mindset” thrives on challenge and sees failure not as evidence of unintelligence but as a heartening springboard for growth and for stretching our existing abilities.
A “fixed mindset” is the opposite of a growth mindset. It assumes that our character, intelligence, and creative ability are static givens which we can’t change in any meaningful way, and success is the affirmation of that inherent intelligence…
