Bailey Sousa and Alexander Clark (June 23 2022) recently published an article in University Affairs about mindsets and their influence over success and failure. “While most people reading this will still believe they have dominant growth mindsets, unless you devote at least an hour a week to your personal growth, be careful of this conclusion.” The authors list four simple changes one can make to strengthen a growth mindset:
- From proving to improving
- From better than others, to better than before
- From demonstrating to developing skills
- From failing to succeed to successful failure
“While we continue to luxuriate in reassuring ourselves that we embrace learning, many practices in academia both show and reinforce fixed mindsets in ourselves, our workplaces, and in our students. Yet, our cultural preoccupation with talent holds us back en masse from the very successes we seek.”
What all academics should know about the growth mindset: your science-based superpower for success, by Bailey Sousa and Alexander Clark – https://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/effective-successfull-happy-academic/what-all-academics-should-know-about-the-growth-mindset-your-science-based-superpower-for-success/