I believe in bumbling around long enough not to give up at things. And eventually success comes your way, because you tried to fail in every possible way, the only way that's left is the one successful way, and always, for entrepreneurs, seems to come last. It's so obvious when it comes" Vinod Khosla SUN co-founder
Recently I read an interesting book called Little Bets. In it I saw a wonderful figure which described the difference between a fixed and flexible mindset. In next few posts I would like to discuss this figure.
First difference is
Fixed Mind set Intelligence is static
Leads to a desire to look smart
Flexible Mind set Intelligence can be developed
Leads to a desire to learn
A student with a fixed mindset will thrive early on in their career. But when they hit a wall, a problem whose difficulty is above their ability, they will fall down. Sometimes they have problem getting up and conclude that they must not be smart enough because they did not see the wall.
A student with a flexible mindset will not thrive early on in their career. They have a great work ethic and rarely give up on problems. So when they hit a wall, a problem whose difficulty is above their ability, they will fall down, dust themselves off, and proceed towards solving the problem.. Sometimes they will solve the problem. However, they do not tie the result to their intelligence. They just see it as a process through which they have to go through in order to solve the problem.
Today's question is:
"Do you believe intelligence is static or it can be developed?"
Recently I read an interesting book called Little Bets. In it I saw a wonderful figure which described the difference between a fixed and flexible mindset. In next few posts I would like to discuss this figure.
First difference is
Fixed Mind set Intelligence is static
Leads to a desire to look smart
Flexible Mind set Intelligence can be developed
Leads to a desire to learn
A student with a fixed mindset will thrive early on in their career. But when they hit a wall, a problem whose difficulty is above their ability, they will fall down. Sometimes they have problem getting up and conclude that they must not be smart enough because they did not see the wall.
A student with a flexible mindset will not thrive early on in their career. They have a great work ethic and rarely give up on problems. So when they hit a wall, a problem whose difficulty is above their ability, they will fall down, dust themselves off, and proceed towards solving the problem.. Sometimes they will solve the problem. However, they do not tie the result to their intelligence. They just see it as a process through which they have to go through in order to solve the problem.
Today's question is:
"Do you believe intelligence is static or it can be developed?"
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