Short YouTube motivational segment by James Laughlin contrasting fixed and growth mindsets. The speaker defines a fixed mindset as seeing abilities as innate excuses ("I wasn't born with it", access/network/start advantages) and presents a growth mindset as learnable and a deliberate choice rather than an innate gift.
In a mindset standpoint, you've either got a growth mindset or a fixed mindset. Now a fixed mindset is, no, I can't do it. I wasn't born with that skill. No, that person over there, they're just naturally quicker. No, they've got a better network than me. No, you know what? They've just had a better start in life or they live in a better neighborhood or they live in a better city so they get access to this. Look, all these excuses of, hey, I wasn't born with it, I don't have it, therefore I won't succeed. That simply is a fixed mindset. Now a growth mindset that can be cultivated and grown by anybody. Yes, you heard me right. People aren't just, hey, they're a growth mindset, they're special. They were gifted with that at birth. No, growth mindset, that's a choice.
