Lifelong Growth Chapter Excerpt

Answer 1

The following are some notes on lifelong growth:
- Many people with a growth mindset reach the top by doing what they like. The peak is what fixed mindsets desire, but it is an additional product of the passion of the growth mindset.
- Those with a growth mindset did not need to be confident all the time. Even if they were not good at something, they could devote themselves to it and persist.
- Sometimes, it was precisely because they did not master something that they would work hard for it. This was the bright spot of a growth mindset. There was no need to always think that they were good at something. They just needed to enjoy doing things.
- If parents want to give their children gifts, it's best to teach them to love challenges, learn from mistakes, enjoy the process of hard work, and keep learning. This way, children won't become slaves to praise, and they have a life-long effective way to build and repair self-confidence.
- Failure, especially for people with fixed mindsets, changes from an action (I failed) to an identity (I failed).
- Growth Thinkers didn't always want to prove that they were better than others. They would constantly try to improve, surround themselves with capable people, examine their mistakes and shortcomings, and think about the skills they needed for the future.
- True self-confidence is the courage to open your heart and welcome new changes and ideas. It comes from the mindset that you are ready to grow.
- Those with a fixed mindset believed that success meant being more talented than others, that failure would judge themselves, and that hard work was needed by those without talent. Students with a growth mindset believed that it was unreasonable to give up hard work, and that puberty was a good time to learn new things, discover hobbies, and plan for the future.
- Children with a fixed mindset want to ensure success and believe that smart people should always be successful. Children with a growth mindset believe that success means expanding the scope of their abilities and becoming smarter.
- In a rigid mindset, one's ability and enthusiasm are out of one's control. They rely on their talent and are helpless when they fail. They will also protect themselves by complaining and blaming others. They will not exercise self-control.
- When a person gave up on the idea of being either good or bad, strong or weak, they would be able to learn strategies to control themselves better. Small mistakes would remind them of their imperfection and suggest ways to improve next time.
- People with a growth mindset would not label themselves or lose confidence because of bad grades or rejection from friends and loved ones.
- Innate talent was not worth mentioning. Success was exchanged for 99% of sweat. Growth thinking could allow victims of negative labels to fully use and develop their brains. They would not think that their abilities were limited and would not believe that others could decide what kind of person they were.
- When you feel that your emotions are about to go out of control, you can leave the place where the emotions are produced first and return to the matter when it is calm enough.
- People with a growth mindset would actively look for reasons and ways to improve themselves in the face of difficulties, while people with a fixed mindset would first reject reality and then deny themselves.
- Everything must have a direction. Once you have a direction and a goal, you can do it. You can make adjustments after doing it. It is better to do it once than to think ten thousand times. Please take the first step. Many things are easier to do than you think, and the more you do it, the simpler it becomes. There is no lack of ambition in this world. Most people lose in persistence. Just work hard and leave everything to time.

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