Growth Mindset, Clearly Defined

So a growth mindset is a perspective about the nature of human beings. Specifically, it's the belief that people can change, that our abilities are malleable, that we can develop ourselves over time. And improving and developing ourselves involves changing ourselves. If we don't change ourselves, then we are not better, right? And so it's the understanding that our abilities and qualities are— and there are things that we can continue to evolve and shape. And when we understand that, About ourselves and about other people, then it has psychological implications. Like we are more likely to take risks. We're likely to like pay more attention to our mistakes or what the surprises of things when things don't go the way we expect. We listen to feedback much better rather than react defensively. And all of those things lead us to improve more, to innovate better, to have better relationship with our, with the people around us and to more collaborative relationships and to experience less anxiety and depression as we go about our work and life.