I have always faced a sarsh life and all i want out of life is to help others and leave this world in peace my entire life ive felt as if walking on ice have lived through hard ships crime and hopelessne i seek help knowledge happiness
This makes so much sense. When I was a kid, I got tons of praise for having natural ability, but none for effort. So I ended up being lazy, just counting on my giftedness to get me through life easily. By the time I got to high school, I noticed that all of the "less intelligent" kids were outperforming me by a mile, and I got it into my head that maybe I wasn't as smart as I thought I was. Now, looking back, I realize that I really could have been somebody if I'd just put in as much effort as everyone else.
+Shawn Ravenfire I really admire you, Shawn. The best thing in life is self-realization. You now realise that your whole life was based on false praise so you can change it.
+Shawn Ravenfire You are so right! I had this problem myself as a young person and then I made this same mistake with my first child. Thankfully, he recovered from his greatness self concept that I had given him, and he advised me not to do this to his siblings. I listened! Now I'm working on myself. Everything good is possible. It's not too late for you. Know that in some ways, you are ahead of the game by the mere virtue of this realization.
+Shawn Ravenfire You may want to read her book (Mindset) if you haven't. It goes into a lot more detail about the two mindsets and how you can shift to being growth mindset if you are fixed.
I've been told by friends, family and teachers my whole life that i am clever, smart, talented. It always felt good being told this but at 21 years old, I have yet to taste the fruits of my so called intelligence and talent. I grew up lazy. Now I have to teach myself the self discipline that I always avoided due to my self belief of being clever was enough to carry me through my teenage years. In adulthood, you must put in the work to succeed. So that's what I am doing. I have no rewards, no praise, no encouragement. Its just me forcing myself to put the effort in daily. Raw self discipline. Some days I succeed, some days I dont. I keep going cos my long term goals require me to work and study now to secure my future.
I couldn’t help but tear up at this video. I was going through my childhood journals a few days back and I was saddened to see that all I ever cared about was marks in school. Nothing was enough. If I secured 89%, I was sad because it wasn’t a 90 or a 95. If I got the 2nd rank in class, I would sulk because it was not 1st. The people around me would tell me how my real intelligence would be judged during my board exams, entrance exams for college and I started basing my entire identity on the same. A single failure used to make me feel like I was destined to be doomed. I started dreading failures even before starting my work- so much so that I would get panic attacks before exams when I was a mere high school student. I am in college right now and I still have these bouts of extreme anxiety but I will remember henceforth that every apparent hurdle is purely an opportunity for growth.
This is so true. Marks never really mattered to me before eight class, and even then it was mostly friends who cared. And I used to get around 95%. Now I am in tenth for the BOARD, and nobody seems to be able to take that lightly. Every single adult I meet acts like this is going to determine everything henceforth. And I know it will be the same in 12th, entrance exams, and after that when I finally decide what I want to do with my life. And there is no time for studying. School work + lockdown doesn't make it easy to concentrate. I have no idea what to do. Sorry for ranting in a reply, but what you were saying really resonated with me.
wow, same! i’m a current college student too and throughout my childhood i was deemed as a “gifted child” and i got pretty much perfect marks on everything. then in high school i was obsessed with my grades while they slipped and fell lower than i had ever imagined they could. i got panic attacks before exams too and especially because my school was one of the most competitive in the state. i almost got depression, my mental health got so bad, and i often broke down crying. i developed a sense of self-worth SO LOW that to this day, four years later, i am still recovering. ONE mistake makes me feel worthless, like i’m not perfect (i know that nobody is perfect-but j am still stuck in this rut.) i haven’t gotten my confidence back and i still feel like my days are being wasted. sometimes i think, “i want to stop existing and start truly LIVING.” will we ever be free from this feeling?
This is gold. I just realise whenever I fail a subject with "not passed" or "failed", my motivation for studying decreases tremendously. I feel like I have no talent in the subject or the subject is "just not for me". If only all schools choose to use "Not yet" and let people keep learning and attempting tests and exams for more, I believe people would be more motivated in improving themselves.
Carol Dweck is an excellent teacher/lecturer! She enunciates, speaks at the right speed for better understanding by listeners, and she knows which words to emphasize. Other lecturers should take notice.
Fred Pauser and yet if you observe the comments many of them find her speech too slow for them. Sounds like a lot of students will experience frustration and 'switch off'. To be honest I am more interested in the content of what she said rather than the delivery but we are all different :)
I was raised as a kid who always aim for A but turned out I was not intelligent enough to do that. So eventually, my parents gave up and I also gave up. I lazed off in elementary school and junior high and got average results which I don't care of. But in high school, I (barely) got into a very difficult school and in an environment with intellectual kids, I felt like a real loser. I'm not good at studying, at sport, or even making friends, and those around me are so great at everything, so I isolated myself from the class. It finally hit me at the end of first year, I was told I could be expelled because my grade was too bad. Then I thought, if I were going to be expelled, I'm going out of here with my head held high. And so I worked hard, harder than I ever did in my life. I was saved that year, from a fairly well done math test. After that, I realized that all my failures before were not because of my brain, it was because I didn't know what "try hard" was. In the next two year, I try to put in as much effort as possible, in making friends, in studying, in things I've never tried before. And today, I am at my third year of high school, with fairly high grade, I'm more sociable and more happy with my school days, and best of all I'm no longer afraid of failure or a lost, because I now know that's what makes me stronger :)
Oh my goodness! The richness in this, I am currently a student for a Software Engineer Course and its fully funded and to my surprise in my head everything to do with engineering one must know maths and science, when I read more into the course and in depth I later found it, man i can do this as I have grew my love for IT and everything technical and practical to it. Thank you Professor Dweck!
As a teacher, I have always tried to encourage perseverance and hard work as the keys to success vs. talent but haven't used the language of "yet" in this way. This changes everything. I am not currently the best teacher I can be.....YET!
Most of us focused on how slow she speaks, without focusing on the content of what she says. A great presentation and a new way of education . Thumbs up👍
Thankyou, there are many reasons she spoke this way that they can’t even fathom, and speeding up the video slowed down the rate they internalized the information...just rushing through the video
I am watching this right now for my college psych class. Carols "growth mindset" changed my life. I went from not knowing how to get good grades , and feeling hopeless to making straight As in college. Thank you, ma'am!
@@emilyb5557not just reading, but applying it. Having to stop myself and physically making myself do things differently. Mentally, physically, and emotionally it has definitely changed my life! Thanks for asking! Best wishes 😊
I was praised for my intelligence and not my efforts by my parents and that made me rude and rely on only my intelligence and my sis who was not as intelligent as me was scolded and rebuked. And that cot me a lots even till now. African mentality needs to be oriented with growth mindset and not waste the lives of upcoming children anymore. I am so glad I came in contact with your channel Prof Carol Dweck. Thank you ALX for choosing this particular video
you made this comment "5 years ago" says TH-cam, but reading this in 2020 during a pandemic-suffering from anxiety... this comment helps. I hope you are safe and healthy! thank you for your comment.
Carol Dweck is such a wonderful, intelligent, and meaningful person. It is a tragedy that her ideas aren't givens more pronounced platforms in the public space.
Yes you are so right. Imagine if we could have a world where such an education was available to everyone as a human right.. Well we aren't there....YET...
They are not given adequate attention not consideration because there's money in problems. There's no such thing as education reform. The government knows exactly what it's doing to children and the ones that can afford it 'appear' to get ahead. Innately you just can't hold some kids back and they will succeed regardless of the hardships presented before them.
Glad I grew up playing sports. Coaches really instill the importance of practice and following plays, teaching you that the only way to win is to get with the program especially when the team is relying on you.
Profound message from this clip. The "growth mindset" is critical for children's learning.. and as adults, we should also embrace "growth mindset" because learning is lifelong. The day you stop learning is the day you die.
She's absolutely right. I am a living example of this, although I've had this mindset before I watched this video. In like 8th grade, my math class started talking about these things called "Linear Equations." I thought it was rather boring, so I tried as hard as I could to try to get a curve to show up on a graph, failing, however. I asked my friend, who was in Algebra, and they said "x squared." After this, I became fascinated, using only the internet, I managed to learn Algebra I, Algebra II, Trigonometry, Calculus I - IV, and physics in two years. By the time I was a sophomore in high school, I was studying the mathematics of tensors, and Einsteins theory of Relativity. Every step along the way, I embraced all of my errors, and tried my best to learn from them, thinking to myself "I didn't get it right, not yet, anyway." This also has encouraged me to be more persistent, and to just keep going at the problem until I've solved it.
Abstract_Math At the same time, you would never have done any of that had you been born with a low intellect or a learning disability.You can say "not yet" for a very long time before you realize your just not intelligent enough for some pursuit.A growth mindset cannot make up for a lack of talent.
@Phương Nguyễn You can learn to do things without talent, but you need talent to be very good or the best at it. To reach elite ranks requires talent. Practising or trying any amount wont get you there.
i wish i was born in an environment where my efforts are acknowledge than with that of what i've achieved. now i'm grateful for all these videos similar to this one that would give me this advice of having a growth mindset which would lead me to success.
Having read "Mindset - The New Psychology of Success," it's such an honor to finally watch and listen to it's brilliant author.. You changed my life, Dr. Dweck..
Fucking school didn't teach me any of this. I hate how they spend all this money trying to make you have good grades and the teachers say "I want you to succeed" but they don't teach you fundamentals of learning. If you're reading this: I want you to read (or look into the summary of) a book called: The Talent Code. This talk has its foundations in what the book discusses about how the brain learns and how skills develop. Simply amazing.
I read hundreds of books on psychology and personal growth, and this speaker's book called 'Mindset' is one of the best. The book really shows how our paradigms of growth can shape our future. I highly recommend it!
I'm 31 years old, taking an MBA with my passion and hesitation. From kids' experiments, I raise me up with any obstacles to achieve my completely new challenge goals in business. That's an amazing talk. Thanks Professor Dweck
Came across the growth mindset concept in a self improvement book and for the first time in my life, I feel like I'm actually living, without a crippling fear of failure.
This helped me a lot. I have such a self defeatist attitude because I always shy away from anything that leaves me feeling out of balance and unable to understand what's going on. It's so debilitating. But it gives me hope to know I've been going about things wrong and that I just need to change the way I think about and approach things. I am not my past failures, and I can be better. So can you.
Thank you carol dweck. I am currently reading your book and it's changed my way of thinking significantly. I am behind on my major by a whole semester and while may seem stressful especially with a tier 1 university always pushing students to graduate in 4 years, I am now more after the quality of my learning and learning from my mistakes. I no longer feel depressed at the idea that I am behind. I am embracing the NOT YET.
this comment will become buried, so I have no problem writing about myself. 2:22 Carol Dweck remarks how some students after failing their study, searched for a classmate who might have done worse than they did to help themselves feel better about not performing as best they could. I do this exact same thing in my own personal life...and, it feels awful (but powerful) to know that this is a common trait among people with fixed mindsets. As someone with this mindset I am looking to change/grow for the better. 3:21 I was raised with a fixed mindset. I wrote about some of this today actually..."when I was studying, my father would help me with my homework. he would get increasingly frustrated with my inability to grasp very simple questions, but I am a slow learner. .either way, I think, now, as an adult, I can see that how I was learning became the problem for me..." 4:08 How Can We Build That Bridge to Yet? - Praise Wisely (strategy, focus and improvement...raises kids that are resilient) - Reward the Process (stronger engagement and perseverance) - Gives Kids Greater Confidence 6:40 Equality (inner cities, Native American reservations) Abilities are capable...
Wow! This hits so hard. All my life, I've worked for the grades. Right from my primary school days. I aimed at just getting A's in all my academic work, even in the University. Up until now, I still believe in good grades only. I was told by friends and family that I was super intelligent. Never knew their praises were for now, not for yet. Now I know better, I will try to inculcate the growth mindset in my kids. I would reward processes not intelligence and talents. Thanks for this eye opener. Rooting for "YET".
Well, that’s still true. She’s not saying to ignore natural talent, rather that if you can still become great without being the most naturally talented or intelligent. The truth is, if someone with natural talent puts in just as much effort as someone without that natural talent, they’ll be better. If someone without natural talent puts in more effort than the naturally talented person, they can overtake them. Natural talent still matters, but only after effort.
@@dostacos1 What people usually call "natural talent" is usually quite negligible when compared to the role played by efforts and environmental factors. There are some extreme outliers, such as genetically transmitted diseases/handicaps and stuff like that, but just as you'll find extreme outliers in terms of efforts or environmental factors, so that's not even close to tipping the scale in the favor of "natural talent". So no, I don't think someone with "natural talent" and equal effort to someone without "natural talent" *will* be better, I think it'll first heavily depend on environmental factors. For example if we're talking about getting a Phd let's say in biology, it'll heavily depend on how wealthy their family is, what kind of connections they made throughout their school years, the kind of support (or lack thereof) they received for this career path, etc... But in the case where you have similar situations in all those environmental factors, then sure, what people call "natural talent" can play a role in the difference of outcome, although I don't see "natural talent" as something binary that some people would have and some would not have, from what people seem to describe it seems to be some kind of gradient. So there wouldn't be someone with "natural talent" and someone without it, there would only be people with different degrees of this "natural talent". But that wasn't even my point in my original comment. The saying "there are those who have it and those who don't" is usually used by people defending the position that efforts and environmental factors are either negligible or impotent for the cause of success, so for example in this view the people who succeed compared to those who don't succeed are mostly predetermined by their genetics. It seems that's not your view, maybe you just wanted to point out that there are some fixed factors that are inherent to the specific individual and that those factors could play a role in the outcome of what this individual chooses to pursue, if that was your point, that's fine, we agree those factors exist, I just think they're negligible in their role for success when compared to efforts and environmental factors.
@@chloupichloupa I can tell you for a fact that someone with "natural talent" will require much less effort than someone without. I slept through almost all my classes and half of my 12th grade bio exam and still got an "A" while people who were less gifted tried very hard and only got a B. Instead of me being punished for not trying I was instead praised for my result. This isn't good since it supports a fixed mindset. Now 3 years later I unintentionally sleep in classes and am failing in 3rd year university. I get distracted easily, have no willpower, and will often succumb to procrastination. This all started in 3rd grade when teachers would constantly tell me that I'm better, and separated me from the rest of the group. It was damaging, and I am now only feeling that effect today.
@@CommandoBlack123 I don't see anything in your personal experience that shows that your results are due to what you call "natural talent". In fact, if "natural talent" was the main factor for your success, someone like you who, according to you, has this "natural talent" compared to those who do not, would be expected to be successful, and yet you're right now complaining that you're not. If anything your personal experience should lead you to the conclusion that what you call "natural talent" does not seem to have a big effect on success. Again, efforts are only part of the reason for success, environmental factors also play a big role. In fact you mention some of those environmental factors yourself and give them yourself as explanatory causes: the effect of the teachers' behavior on your own behavior, those are environmental factors. We're often quite bad at recognizing environmental factors, especially when we think we're successful, at that point we're more focused on internal factors such as our character traits that supposedly are the reasons for this success (not to mention that in competitive environments it can be hard to understand the different environmental factors that affect us compared to others, how are we supposed to know what kind of childhood all our classmates had compared to ours for example?), but we're much more likely to appeal to environmental factors when we fail, suddenly we're quick to find the environmental factors that will receive the blame for our failure, like the bad teacher or the envious colleague (and those environmental factors may not even be the actual ones which played the biggest role in our failure). Which seems to be what happened, when you were successful, you seemed to attribute that success to causes internal to you (presumably what you call your "natural talent"), but when you were not, you attributed it to external causes such as the teachers.
Try this: Run this video at speed 1.5 ..you might feel it is too fast. Now run at speed 2 for a while and then come back 1.5 . What you see ? Growth Mindset :)
I don't know what's gotten into me... One moment I am watching Netflix, the next I have hope to be better. These videos are diamonds, ready to be used for us, just sitting here like books we can go back to for our generation. I am very grateful for this.
This was such an amazing video and one that should be mandatory for all educators, parents, leads, bosses etc., to watch. We have become so obsessed with success and being the best that we are so easily thrown off and result to feelings of inadequacy when we miss the mark. Instead, understanding the power of "not yet" helps us to understand that while success is a goal it is not the ultimate goal, growth is.
Read her book quite a while ago. Hadn't heard from her or her concepts since then and now I realize how much I am reminded and the good advice I've missed to consider in day-to-day challenges. Her book is one to read and reread like The Bible.
This Ted Talk has completely changed me! The way she described the fixed mindset is exactly the way I've always thought, even as a child in elementary school. This video has opened up a whole new world of positive thinking about myself, my children, and others. Thank you Professor Dweck!
this is why teachers should emphasize "show your work" instead of "get the answer". the point of the homework and tests isnt to get a good grade, it's to learn the material.
If you're here, and you enjoyed this video, I encourage you to pick up her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success...especially if you're into personal development, lifelong learning, etc. It's fantastic!
Other than her approach I appreciate the way she is speaking. So calm. As a non English speaking guy she is only lady I could understand without subtitles.
As a person with Dyslexia, learning to read and write was a challenge. Perseverance and a lot of hard work made it possible as teachers were too overworked to help.
Summary: Embrace the "Not Yet" mindset: Instead of seeing failure as final, embrace the idea of "Not Yet," which signifies a journey of learning and growth. Foster a growth mindset: Encourage a growth mindset in children and yourself, where abilities can be developed through effort, perseverance, and learning from mistakes. Avoid praising intelligence or talent: Instead, praise the process, effort, strategies, focus, and improvement, which helps develop resilience and a love for learning. Reward the process, not just the outcome: Create incentives that reward effort, strategy, and progress rather than solely focusing on immediate success. Teach the neuroscience of growth: Help students understand that pushing out of their comfort zone and facing challenges can create stronger brain connections and make them smarter over time. How to Apply in Life: Embrace the "Not Yet" mindset: When facing setbacks or failures, remind yourself that it's just a temporary state of "Not Yet" and focus on learning and improvement. Cultivate a growth mindset: Believe in your ability to develop skills and talents through dedication and hard work, and encourage others to adopt this mindset as well. Give process-based praise: When giving feedback, focus on the effort, strategies, and perseverance put into a task rather than just the end result. This encourages a love for learning and resilience. Create incentives for effort: In your personal and professional life, design systems or rewards that recognize and encourage the process and progress, not just the immediate success. Share the neuroscience of growth: Help others understand that facing challenges and stepping out of their comfort zones can lead to personal growth and development. Why You Should Learn and Apply It: Learning and applying these principles can have several benefits in your life: Resilience: Adopting a growth mindset and embracing the "Not Yet" perspective can help you bounce back from failures and setbacks with renewed determination. Improved Learning: Recognizing that abilities can be developed through effort can motivate you to learn new skills and tackle challenging tasks with enthusiasm. Enhanced Relationships: Praising and encouraging the effort of others can create a positive and supportive environment, strengthening personal and professional relationships. Increased Achievement: Embracing the growth mindset can lead to better performance and achievement as you persist in the face of difficulties. Contribution to Equality: By spreading these ideas, you can help create environments that promote growth and learning for all, reducing achievement gaps and fostering equality. Overall, adopting the "Not Yet" mindset and a growth-oriented approach to life can lead to personal growth, resilience, and success while contributing to a more inclusive and supportive community.
I’m 36 and I needed it today so much.we all in many ways born every day becoze every day we can learn and choose differently. And my inner child really needed it today,so I truly appreciate your speech. 🙏
Almost 21 years old and halfway through college and I'm just discovering this. But thank God I have. The past semester and a half, my grades have been on a downward spiral after having received one failing grade. Prior, I was raised as the standard 4.0 straight A student who couldn't even fathom getting a lower grade because that was simply unacceptable. But as soon as the classes started getting hard for me, I began to struggle and lose faith in myself and my intelligence. I had been using my knowledge of things I already knew for years, but never really understood what it was to truly put effort into my work when it gets hard and that I wasn't always going to succeed 100%. I automatically saw not succeeding or getting the perfect score as a failure, and if I couldn't succeed at this then how could I ever get better? I now see the value in the effort and hard work -as difficult as it may be- knowing that you have actually tried and put effort in, instead of giving up when the going gets tough is so incredibly rewarding. This semester I am determined to turn my mindset and my grades around. It may not be instant, I don't expect to go back to straight A's, and I may be set back from graduation by a semester but I will know that I am putting my best effort into everything I do and that will be the true reward.
I wish we could get this school of thought through to all our school principals because it could potentially change the world and the experience our kids have at school.
Wow ! This is wonderful talk from intelligent, smart and talented Carol Dweck ..All my life I have always wanted to be praised and graded . It was after my undergraduate I realised there is more to that, this is really hit so hard..
Even though I made some bad subject choices and ended up failing them but as I grew older I don't look at it as bad subject choices anymore, I realised now that if I just put out the right amount of effort I would have passed those subjects even though they were very hard..........GROWTH MINDSET
This is a fantastic speech, I'm attending uni and in the future every time when I feel down and drained because of the workload, I'll come back to this video for motivation :D this is truly an idea that's worth spreading
I am set to become a teacher in some time and I came across this. I'll remember to regularly practice this on myself and my students. Thank you so much.
List of what I have learned in school: 1) Fear failure, you will be punished for it. 2) Don't collaborate with people, be selfish and try succeeding on your own. 3) Cheat in exams, you can't ask for help. 4) Don't be creative, stick to the norms. 5) Get a degree, go out and get a job, pay taxes, be poor.
"They understood that their abilities could be developed." If you were crushed by early childhood trauma (of any type), you most likely lost the ability to believe in yourself...and accepted the mindset that 'not good enough' was...you. I clicked here in the hopes of learning even a small skill to add to the many that have helped me heal my own complex PTSD. That journey is ongoing. It is gratifying to hear that kids can use the power of (not) yet to grow beyond their initial mindset traps. It is equally inspiring to know that adults, with similar mindset traps, can also reprogram and leave despair behind, for a today/tomorrow of growth and fulfillment.
The best advice I've heard. I have decided not to waste any more lives, I have realized that abilities are capable of growth. I will push out of the comfort zone, change my mindset and live in places filled with "yet".
After reading her book "Mindset" it took me 2 months to find out how I can be "a growth-mindset-person" living surrounded by people that all the time praise me for being smart, talented and gifted. It's really important question for me because after failure at physics olympiad (that happened more than 5 months ago) I stopped solving such a lot of physics problems as I used to do because of my belief that I can't do that, that I'm not "smart" enough. Sooo I've finally found out really helpful thing that Caroll Dweck left unspoken about different kinds of mindset, and I wanna share it with you: 1) growth-mindset-people feel guilty for their mistakes 2) fixed-mindset-people feel ashamed of their mistake Guilt = I made a mistake Shame = I am a mistake Shame kills your belief that you can do better! If you wanna become a growth-mindset-person you should at first become a person with high level of shame resilience! If you're interested about this topic I suggest you to read chapter 3 in the book "Daring Greatly" by Brene Brown. Thank you!
The way she explains itself makes us beleive that we can improve if we try. I heard about growth mind set from a module of my course and came here researching for more information. I hwish i would have known this before, but it's not late. Even an adult brain can continue to growth and make more strong neuro connections if we are ready to take challenges and learn new things to train our brain.
Great! If she had spoken at a normal speaking pace some people would have missed something, perhaps English students. I believe she wanted everybody to understand her!
nice! i just made a video about the TOP 5 personal development TED talks and i just had to include this one. 🙂this talk honestly changed the way i look at the world in under 20 minutes. thank you!
Grades should be banned, because grades and not the learning that became THE goal of students like myself. Learning and how well you've mastered the concepts and the continuation to improve upon those concepts on your own is what should be encouraged, what should be the goal of education. So that students will learn to be their own best teachers, seeking to learn on their own for a life time in amazing creative and curious ways. After I got my A, I didn't care much for the subject anymore when grades were THE goal. But when grades became merely a reflection of how much I've learned, I began to have the courage to try my best in the class, even if the topic was hard to grasp; that courage to just try my best freed me from worries and fear of not getting the A because I cared about the learning not the grade. Thus cheating, cramming, anger, fear, or giving up on the subject are gone, because learning became THE goal, and just the satisfaction of doing my honest best to learn was fulfilling enough, even if I didn't get an A. However, the A usually comes as I give my best into learning. And now I have both, the knowledge and the A, when I made learning THE goal.
the school system was designed with the mindset of training a cohort of doers not thinkers it's in the autobiography of rockefeller, who designed western schooling curriculum
Les Prigmore Grades may not reflect that you have mastered the subject. Cheating can lead to an A, just completing busy work can lead to an A, completing lots of extra credit can lead to an A. I never said ban tests, I said ban grades and focus on the mastery of the subject. Students often believe that if they just get that A, they're done. Done with learning, done with the subject, but if students focus on the mastery of the subject, their learning will never be done, they will need to keep on learning. Students believe that they should only learn for the rewards of grades, so for example, during the summer, why learn when there are no grades being rewarded? Thus the focus on mastery of the subjects, not the grades, will motivate students to keep on learning for themselves, not because they are getting rewarded with a letter.
Really agree with you. I have friends who passed singing grading exams of some sort, but never dared to share their own vocal clips to people. What's the use of getting the grades then? If they had trained frequently, would they not have the confidence to share their voices?
"We have already raised a generation of young workers who can't get through the day without an award." This cracked me up. It's funny, sad, but true and even better it can be fixed! Amazing speech!
This was absolutely amazing. I can keep on trying and trying, get myself out of my comfort zone with emotional self-care..I learnt a lesson from a Ted talk by guy winch yesterday that "Treat yourself the way you'd expect from a truly good friend." ...I constantly have negative thoughts, so he also put a solution to this that according to studies even two-minute distraction is enough, concentrate your mind to something else. And professor Dweck, I'm improving, I believe.🌈
As a young man who lost a lost pf time, the best decision I've taken is to improve myself. Thank's God it's working now. Join a gym, try pray or meditate, organize your time, set your goals, claim your free time, claim your family and friends, stop judging yourself and others... at least for a while, etc.
Basically she is saying you should be praised/rewarded for the amount of effort you put in to accomplish a goal, rather than what/how much you achieved as the end result. Great Speech!! 💖 lets start rewarding based on effort and strategy instead of end result to establish a growth mindset in children instead of a fixed mindset.
I was one of the smart and clever kids, I got through high school and university without difficulties which was great. Now it's been five years and all I have is a 3 year experience work in retail, 2 incomplete courses, unfinished book, a lot of unfinished paintings and no income, it's sad and heart breaking. Now I'm not looking for a job because I'm not ready to commit to anything less than great. I went back to school, this year will be great.
I thought myself how to read in kindergarten, people praised me for being bright and intelligent. I have always aced the tests without ever studying at home, until i reached highschool. Then, this strategy of relying on my great logic and quick understanding alone didn't work any longer, and my grades started to drop... This really hurt my self esteem, and i started to avoid school because it was so humiliating... Here i am now, dropped out of high school, to afraid to confront life, living in my room at my parent's house, .( I am 18.5). ps: i apologize for any mistakes, i am not an English speaker.
This was me until I was 28, I was a straight-A student when I was 15 but slowly my grades cripple because I thought I would pass no matter what. I thought my intelligence is good enough and I didn't have to work hard for it, since it worked throughout my childhood. I wasn't able to admit that I don't understand a subject. Now, I enrolled myself again into university, starting all over again. I scored on some subjects, failed some subjects. But I won't give up. I have a mixture of fixed and growth mindsets, so now I'm learning more growth mindset behaviours along my academic journey. I believe that if I can do it, you can too :)
Protip: Click on the gear on the bottom right, set speed to 1.5 and this becomes so much easier to listen to and I could focus on her content and not the slow speech.
Haha I didn't even know you could do that on youtube videos! you sir have changed my life :D The content of this presentation seems like it could be thought provoking, but I literally just paused half way through because I couldn't listen to her :P
When i Was a kid, the power of effort wasn't taught me, my parents always praised intelligence and never mentioned endeavor, they were always mentioning how smart other kids or just people in general were. People playing genially a musical instrument, people good in sports, in maths, etc. They would say they born with talent, and it wasnt anything to do. Heard those comments from my parents and teachers was hard growing up. But suddenly almost 3 years ago i decided to take responsability, study and work hard and harder. Life has become more enjoyable, i'm still facing tough moments due to those stigmas but there's no doubt talent matters but grit matters twice. Marvelous work Dr dweck.
Thankutamus, Professor, I haven't completed my studies, & I am heading towards 47 years old.. I am one who grew up with failed at the end of a school report & I also wasted university credits... But the best thing about my life, of struggle & distractions & setbacks is I have finally reached the top of the mountain.. Seeing all I can delve into with an open mind, & to free myself of the chains that were placed on me, to not get any better, smarter. Not grow, learn, or know.... I am starting something next year, & I am excited, for opened minded future..Go back to studies.. A different course.. My brain is calling the shots.. But it hasn't happened 'YET'. 👏👌😇😂😅😢😞🌏 Thankyou also for giving the youth of this planet a better start for an amazing, fulfilling future... WHO ARE THE FUTURE. Blessings to all that is today & in the future..YET to come. 🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏
1. Use 'not yet', instead of wrong or failed. 2. Aim to be out of your comfort zone: Effort and challenge. Plasticity. 3. Praise the process, rather than results.
This woman and the growth mindset has completely changed my whole way of thinking and seeing the world for the better. My only regret is not finding out about this sooner!
I had always been praised for being so good in math, when i moved forward in life, i wasn't putting any effort in studying anymore i expected to pass all my grades without studying but that wasn't the case. This thinking has made me so lazy when it comes to learning and studying. Thanks for the motivation
Her and her book have changed my life or more accurately gave me one. I can never repay you, but thank you. I will try to share this with people around me :-)
This is the first video I'm able to watch at 1.5x speed and still think the person is speaking normally, albeit a little fast, and still understand and assimilate the content of what's being said.
That’s how I came to cultivate in my kids that, (1) different people have different abilities. Everyone has ability if they focus, but no matter what they seem good at, whether in academia/sport/music/making people smile, whatever, they have to (2) push themselves & persevere through mistakes, failures, doubts & fears. No one else can push you! This is the promise: Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men! Proverbs 22:29
as a non english speaker, i really appreciate this lady for talking slowly and elegantly! thank you madame!
I totally agree with you, same for me
I have always faced a sarsh life and all i want out of life is to help others and leave this world in peace my entire life ive felt as if walking on ice have lived through hard ships crime and hopelessne i seek help knowledge happiness
Me too
You seem to speak pretty well to me!
me too!
This makes so much sense. When I was a kid, I got tons of praise for having natural ability, but none for effort. So I ended up being lazy, just counting on my giftedness to get me through life easily. By the time I got to high school, I noticed that all of the "less intelligent" kids were outperforming me by a mile, and I got it into my head that maybe I wasn't as smart as I thought I was. Now, looking back, I realize that I really could have been somebody if I'd just put in as much effort as everyone else.
Shawn Ravenfire don´t waste your life any more ))
Shawn Ravenfire It's never too late, Shawn!
+Shawn Ravenfire I really admire you, Shawn. The best thing in life is self-realization. You now realise that your whole life was based on false praise so you can change it.
+Shawn Ravenfire You are so right! I had this problem myself as a young person and then I made this same mistake with my first child. Thankfully, he recovered from his greatness self concept that I had given him, and he advised me not to do this to his siblings. I listened! Now I'm working on myself. Everything good is possible. It's not too late for you. Know that in some ways, you are ahead of the game by the mere virtue of this realization.
+Shawn Ravenfire You may want to read her book (Mindset) if you haven't. It goes into a lot more detail about the two mindsets and how you can shift to being growth mindset if you are fixed.
I've been told by friends, family and teachers my whole life that i am clever, smart, talented. It always felt good being told this but at 21 years old, I have yet to taste the fruits of my so called intelligence and talent. I grew up lazy. Now I have to teach myself the self discipline that I always avoided due to my self belief of being clever was enough to carry me through my teenage years. In adulthood, you must put in the work to succeed.
So that's what I am doing. I have no rewards, no praise, no encouragement. Its just me forcing myself to put the effort in daily. Raw self discipline. Some days I succeed, some days I dont. I keep going cos my long term goals require me to work and study now to secure my future.
Me too. 22
Same here
35. Better now than never~
me too I am 33 and just started to work hard...
I like this i needed to read this today
I couldn’t help but tear up at this video. I was going through my childhood journals a few days back and I was saddened to see that all I ever cared about was marks in school. Nothing was enough. If I secured 89%, I was sad because it wasn’t a 90 or a 95. If I got the 2nd rank in class, I would sulk because it was not 1st. The people around me would tell me how my real intelligence would be judged during my board exams, entrance exams for college and I started basing my entire identity on the same. A single failure used to make me feel like I was destined to be doomed. I started dreading failures even before starting my work- so much so that I would get panic attacks before exams when I was a mere high school student. I am in college right now and I still have these bouts of extreme anxiety but I will remember henceforth that every apparent hurdle is purely an opportunity for growth.
This is so true. Marks never really mattered to me before eight class, and even then it was mostly friends who cared. And I used to get around 95%. Now I am in tenth for the BOARD, and nobody seems to be able to take that lightly. Every single adult I meet acts like this is going to determine everything henceforth. And I know it will be the same in 12th, entrance exams, and after that when I finally decide what I want to do with my life. And there is no time for studying. School work + lockdown doesn't make it easy to concentrate. I have no idea what to do.
Sorry for ranting in a reply, but what you were saying really resonated with me.
Re-set priorities and add some FUN classes!
@@user-zl1fx3lw9c boards are ABSOLUTELY useless focus on entrance exams
wow, same! i’m a current college student too and throughout my childhood i was deemed as a “gifted child” and i got pretty much perfect marks on everything. then in high school i was obsessed with my grades while they slipped and fell lower than i had ever imagined they could. i got panic attacks before exams too and especially because my school was one of the most competitive in the state. i almost got depression, my mental health got so bad, and i often broke down crying. i developed a sense of self-worth SO LOW that to this day, four years later, i am still recovering. ONE mistake makes me feel worthless, like i’m not perfect (i know that nobody is perfect-but j am still stuck in this rut.) i haven’t gotten my confidence back and i still feel like my days are being wasted. sometimes i think, “i want to stop existing and start truly LIVING.” will we ever be free from this feeling?
This is gold. I just realise whenever I fail a subject with "not passed" or "failed", my motivation for studying decreases tremendously. I feel like I have no talent in the subject or the subject is "just not for me". If only all schools choose to use "Not yet" and let people keep learning and attempting tests and exams for more, I believe people would be more motivated in improving themselves.
When my pupils say, "I don't get it" or, "I can't do it" I have always finished their sentences with "...yet!"
Rob Egerton Jazz Transcriptions this something I will practice saying
I will say the same thing to my students, thanks for your story :)
Dalton me too
When I said this , my teacher said I wasn't paid attention and it's my fault I don't understand .
Such a kind heart u are
Really encouraging ,🤗
Carol Dweck is an excellent teacher/lecturer! She enunciates, speaks at the right speed for better understanding by listeners, and she knows which words to emphasize. Other lecturers should take notice.
Fred Pauser and yet if you observe the comments many of them find her speech too slow for them. Sounds like a lot of students will experience frustration and 'switch off'. To be honest I am more interested in the content of what she said rather than the delivery but we are all different :)
She does enunciate well. I can listen on 2x and understand her clearly. That's the coo thing about recorded presentations :)
I was raised as a kid who always aim for A but turned out I was not intelligent enough to do that. So eventually, my parents gave up and I also gave up. I lazed off in elementary school and junior high and got average results which I don't care of. But in high school, I (barely) got into a very difficult school and in an environment with intellectual kids, I felt like a real loser. I'm not good at studying, at sport, or even making friends, and those around me are so great at everything, so I isolated myself from the class. It finally hit me at the end of first year, I was told I could be expelled because my grade was too bad. Then I thought, if I were going to be expelled, I'm going out of here with my head held high. And so I worked hard, harder than I ever did in my life. I was saved that year, from a fairly well done math test. After that, I realized that all my failures before were not because of my brain, it was because I didn't know what "try hard" was. In the next two year, I try to put in as much effort as possible, in making friends, in studying, in things I've never tried before. And today, I am at my third year of high school, with fairly high grade, I'm more sociable and more happy with my school days, and best of all I'm no longer afraid of failure or a lost, because I now know that's what makes me stronger :)
GirlDreamer90210 same thing is happening to me. and I really want to pass it..but I don't know from where to start..😢😢
GirlDreamer90210 💛
Yeah! Top stuff, good to hear your story. Keep on keeping on 😉
GirlDreamer90210 so great! I really hope i can do this like you !
GirlDreamer90210 , thanks for the share. Very inspiring
English is not my native language, so her speed was very good for me: easy to understand and catch.
Oh my goodness! The richness in this, I am currently a student for a Software Engineer Course and its fully funded and to my surprise in my head everything to do with engineering one must know maths and science, when I read more into the course and in depth I later found it, man i can do this as I have grew my love for IT and everything technical and practical to it. Thank you Professor Dweck!
As someone that's lazy and was always praised for intelligence and talent, this hits hard...
great
same
Same here too...
Likewise
Is this a fixed mindset?
As a teacher, I have always tried to encourage perseverance and hard work as the keys to success vs. talent but haven't used the language of "yet" in this way. This changes everything. I am not currently the best teacher I can be.....YET!
Most of us focused on how slow she speaks, without focusing on the content of what she says.
A great presentation and a new way of education . Thumbs up👍
Dr.Ashraf i think so :)
But aren’t you focused on that as well if you’re commenting about those that are? 😎
Thankyou, there are many reasons she spoke this way that they can’t even fathom, and speeding up the video slowed down the rate they internalized the information...just rushing through the video
Just use the tool symbol and increase the speed. 😉
I am watching this right now for my college psych class. Carols "growth mindset" changed my life. I went from not knowing how to get good grades , and feeling hopeless to making straight As in college. Thank you, ma'am!
Was reading about it enough to help you make that shift?
@@emilyb5557not just reading, but applying it. Having to stop myself and physically making myself do things differently. Mentally, physically, and emotionally it has definitely changed my life! Thanks for asking! Best wishes 😊
I was praised for my intelligence and not my efforts by my parents and that made me rude and rely on only my intelligence and my sis who was not as intelligent as me was scolded and rebuked. And that cot me a lots even till now. African mentality needs to be oriented with growth mindset and not waste the lives of upcoming children anymore. I am so glad I came in contact with your channel Prof Carol Dweck. Thank you ALX for choosing this particular video
Couldn't agree more, brilliant philosophy.
Don't focus on your goals, focus on executing the behaviour/s that allow for their achievement.
you made this comment "5 years ago" says TH-cam, but reading this in 2020 during a pandemic-suffering from anxiety... this comment helps. I hope you are safe and healthy! thank you for your comment.
Why the government doesn't apply the rule to write "Not yet" instead of "fail"??? I really believe in the lecturer!!
"Not yet" can become the new "Fail".
THIS IS SO TRUE
First Attempt In Learning - FAIL
@@AngelGGFR Is there a clever way to convert YET into an acronym meaning "Let's get some coffee and give it a go again." ; )
Education System?🤷🏻♂️
Carol Dweck is such a wonderful, intelligent, and meaningful person. It is a tragedy that her ideas aren't givens more pronounced platforms in the public space.
+Dee J. Unbelievable that they aren't.
Yes I agree
Yes you are so right. Imagine if we could have a world where such an education was available to everyone as a human right.. Well we aren't there....YET...
They are not given adequate attention not consideration because there's money in problems. There's no such thing as education reform. The government knows exactly what it's doing to children and the ones that can afford it 'appear' to get ahead. Innately you just can't hold some kids back and they will succeed regardless of the hardships presented before them.
Dee J. yes
The power of YET!!!
Very profound! So insightful!
This includes adults not limited to children.
Glad I grew up playing sports. Coaches really instill the importance of practice and following plays, teaching you that the only way to win is to get with the program especially when the team is relying on you.
It took me 28 years to figure this out, so much time wasted but I am catching up now.
+Octavia Lea At least you figured it out :-)
28, Ha really?! 28?!?! Haha....
Exactly the same as me ._.
It was the same way with me a few years back. Its really the key in reaching your dreams.
It's never too late.. don't be too hard on yourself! I wish you happiness and success in whatever you do :)
Thanks for the support guys, right back at you. It is hard to make the mental shift but I will never go back to limited thinking again!
Profound message from this clip. The "growth mindset" is critical for children's learning.. and as adults, we should also embrace "growth mindset" because learning is lifelong. The day you stop learning is the day you die.
The rate of people that knows about this is my country is like... 0,5 %... so yes... this concept needs to be embraced a lot
She's absolutely right. I am a living example of this, although I've had this mindset before I watched this video. In like 8th grade, my math class started talking about these things called "Linear Equations." I thought it was rather boring, so I tried as hard as I could to try to get a curve to show up on a graph, failing, however. I asked my friend, who was in Algebra, and they said "x squared." After this, I became fascinated, using only the internet, I managed to learn Algebra I, Algebra II, Trigonometry, Calculus I - IV, and physics in two years. By the time I was a sophomore in high school, I was studying the mathematics of tensors, and Einsteins theory of Relativity. Every step along the way, I embraced all of my errors, and tried my best to learn from them, thinking to myself "I didn't get it right, not yet, anyway." This also has encouraged me to be more persistent, and to just keep going at the problem until I've solved it.
good for you!
Abstract_Math At the same time, you would never have done any of that had you been born with a low intellect or a learning disability.You can say "not yet" for a very long time before you realize your just not intelligent enough for some pursuit.A growth mindset cannot make up for a lack of talent.
r/iamverysmart
@Phương Nguyễn You can learn to do things without talent, but you need talent to be very good or the best at it. To reach elite ranks requires talent. Practising or trying any amount wont get you there.
@Mohan Sandal Well as it happens, pure intelligence is inherited....
i wish i was born in an environment where my efforts are acknowledge than with that of what i've achieved. now i'm grateful for all these videos similar to this one that would give me this advice of having a growth mindset which would lead me to success.
Having read "Mindset - The New Psychology of Success," it's such an honor to finally watch and listen to it's brilliant author.. You changed my life, Dr. Dweck..
Fucking school didn't teach me any of this. I hate how they spend all this money trying to make you have good grades and the teachers say "I want you to succeed" but they don't teach you fundamentals of learning.
If you're reading this: I want you to read (or look into the summary of) a book called: The Talent Code.
This talk has its foundations in what the book discusses about how the brain learns and how skills develop. Simply amazing.
That awkward moment when x1.25 speed seems normal xD
SillyGoose omg lmao so true
Adhiraj Sharma u won the internet imo. u fkn won it. never lolled so badly at a youtube comment.
stefano pavani us both!
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Adhiraj Sharma more seeds please..
I read hundreds of books on psychology and personal growth, and this speaker's book called 'Mindset' is one of the best. The book really shows how our paradigms of growth can shape our future. I highly recommend it!
I'm 31 years old, taking an MBA with my passion and hesitation. From kids' experiments, I raise me up with any obstacles to achieve my completely new challenge goals in business. That's an amazing talk. Thanks Professor Dweck
Came across the growth mindset concept in a self improvement book and for the first time in my life, I feel like I'm actually living, without a crippling fear of failure.
Hope its going well 😀
Play at 1.25 or 1.50 speed. Your welcome
Not sure if S-Voice or Serie
1.25 was perfect. On point.
You're* ;) and 1.25 is perfect!
lol word
2x was also helpful!
This helped me a lot. I have such a self defeatist attitude because I always shy away from anything that leaves me feeling out of balance and unable to understand what's going on. It's so debilitating. But it gives me hope to know I've been going about things wrong and that I just need to change the way I think about and approach things. I am not my past failures, and I can be better. So can you.
LOVE this comment! hope you are living this new found attitude!
Thank you carol dweck. I am currently reading your book and it's changed my way of thinking significantly. I am behind on my major by a whole semester and while may seem stressful especially with a tier 1 university always pushing students to graduate in 4 years, I am now more after the quality of my learning and learning from my mistakes. I no longer feel depressed at the idea that I am behind. I am embracing the NOT YET.
this comment will become buried, so I have no problem writing about myself.
2:22 Carol Dweck remarks how some students after failing their study, searched for a classmate who might have done worse than they did to help themselves feel better about not performing as best they could. I do this exact same thing in my own personal life...and, it feels awful (but powerful) to know that this is a common trait among people with fixed mindsets. As someone with this mindset I am looking to change/grow for the better.
3:21 I was raised with a fixed mindset. I wrote about some of this today actually..."when I was studying, my father would help me with my homework. he would get increasingly frustrated with my inability to grasp very simple questions, but I am a slow learner. .either way, I think, now, as an adult, I can see that how I was learning became the problem for me..."
4:08 How Can We Build That Bridge to Yet?
- Praise Wisely (strategy, focus and improvement...raises kids that are resilient)
- Reward the Process (stronger engagement and perseverance)
- Gives Kids Greater Confidence
6:40 Equality (inner cities, Native American reservations)
Abilities are capable...
Wow! This hits so hard. All my life, I've worked for the grades. Right from my primary school days. I aimed at just getting A's in all my academic work, even in the University. Up until now, I still believe in good grades only. I was told by friends and family that I was super intelligent. Never knew their praises were for now, not for yet. Now I know better, I will try to inculcate the growth mindset in my kids. I would reward processes not intelligence and talents. Thanks for this eye opener. Rooting for "YET".
I'm a highschool student and will try this method! I think it's marvelous
Good for you! :D
all the best
A punch in the face of those who still pretend that "there are those who have it and those who don't".
That hurt xD
Well, that’s still true. She’s not saying to ignore natural talent, rather that if you can still become great without being the most naturally talented or intelligent. The truth is, if someone with natural talent puts in just as much effort as someone without that natural talent, they’ll be better. If someone without natural talent puts in more effort than the naturally talented person, they can overtake them. Natural talent still matters, but only after effort.
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What people usually call "natural talent" is usually quite negligible when compared to the role played by efforts and environmental factors. There are some extreme outliers, such as genetically transmitted diseases/handicaps and stuff like that, but just as you'll find extreme outliers in terms of efforts or environmental factors, so that's not even close to tipping the scale in the favor of "natural talent".
So no, I don't think someone with "natural talent" and equal effort to someone without "natural talent" *will* be better, I think it'll first heavily depend on environmental factors. For example if we're talking about getting a Phd let's say in biology, it'll heavily depend on how wealthy their family is, what kind of connections they made throughout their school years, the kind of support (or lack thereof) they received for this career path, etc... But in the case where you have similar situations in all those environmental factors, then sure, what people call "natural talent" can play a role in the difference of outcome, although I don't see "natural talent" as something binary that some people would have and some would not have, from what people seem to describe it seems to be some kind of gradient. So there wouldn't be someone with "natural talent" and someone without it, there would only be people with different degrees of this "natural talent".
But that wasn't even my point in my original comment. The saying "there are those who have it and those who don't" is usually used by people defending the position that efforts and environmental factors are either negligible or impotent for the cause of success, so for example in this view the people who succeed compared to those who don't succeed are mostly predetermined by their genetics.
It seems that's not your view, maybe you just wanted to point out that there are some fixed factors that are inherent to the specific individual and that those factors could play a role in the outcome of what this individual chooses to pursue, if that was your point, that's fine, we agree those factors exist, I just think they're negligible in their role for success when compared to efforts and environmental factors.
@@chloupichloupa I can tell you for a fact that someone with "natural talent" will require much less effort than someone without. I slept through almost all my classes and half of my 12th grade bio exam and still got an "A" while people who were less gifted tried very hard and only got a B.
Instead of me being punished for not trying I was instead praised for my result. This isn't good since it supports a fixed mindset.
Now 3 years later I unintentionally sleep in classes and am failing in 3rd year university. I get distracted easily, have no willpower, and will often succumb to procrastination.
This all started in 3rd grade when teachers would constantly tell me that I'm better, and separated me from the rest of the group. It was damaging, and I am now only feeling that effect today.
@@CommandoBlack123
I don't see anything in your personal experience that shows that your results are due to what you call "natural talent".
In fact, if "natural talent" was the main factor for your success, someone like you who, according to you, has this "natural talent" compared to those who do not, would be expected to be successful, and yet you're right now complaining that you're not. If anything your personal experience should lead you to the conclusion that what you call "natural talent" does not seem to have a big effect on success.
Again, efforts are only part of the reason for success, environmental factors also play a big role.
In fact you mention some of those environmental factors yourself and give them yourself as explanatory causes: the effect of the teachers' behavior on your own behavior, those are environmental factors.
We're often quite bad at recognizing environmental factors, especially when we think we're successful, at that point we're more focused on internal factors such as our character traits that supposedly are the reasons for this success (not to mention that in competitive environments it can be hard to understand the different environmental factors that affect us compared to others, how are we supposed to know what kind of childhood all our classmates had compared to ours for example?), but we're much more likely to appeal to environmental factors when we fail, suddenly we're quick to find the environmental factors that will receive the blame for our failure, like the bad teacher or the envious colleague (and those environmental factors may not even be the actual ones which played the biggest role in our failure).
Which seems to be what happened, when you were successful, you seemed to attribute that success to causes internal to you (presumably what you call your "natural talent"), but when you were not, you attributed it to external causes such as the teachers.
Try this: Run this video at speed 1.5 ..you might feel it is too fast. Now run at speed 2 for a while and then come back 1.5 . What you see ? Growth Mindset :)
TheEvil that's relativity.. growth is connected to it but mindset not. Mindset is sorta outlook to have that mind will grow we will grow n improve
That woman is really talking sloooowly. Speeding it up to 1.5 was a relief and easier to listen. I was quite surprised !
9 minutes into this video, I read your comment. I now realize I’ve wasted about 2-3 minutes of my life lol
TheEvil how to increase speed?
Gouri Patil you must reach power level 9000 first
I don't know what's gotten into me... One moment I am watching Netflix, the next I have hope to be better. These videos are diamonds, ready to be used for us, just sitting here like books we can go back to for our generation. I am very grateful for this.
This was such an amazing video and one that should be mandatory for all educators, parents, leads, bosses etc., to watch. We have become so obsessed with success and being the best that we are so easily thrown off and result to feelings of inadequacy when we miss the mark. Instead, understanding the power of "not yet" helps us to understand that while success is a goal it is not the ultimate goal, growth is.
Read her book quite a while ago. Hadn't heard from her or her concepts since then and now I realize how much I am reminded and the good advice I've missed to consider in day-to-day challenges.
Her book is one to read and reread like The Bible.
This is probably one of the best TED Talk I have heard in recent times! Amazing!
Her book Mindset is amazing, change my life.
My English is not good enough "yet". So her English is really easy to understand and I feel her kindness for children and "yet" people.
This Ted Talk has completely changed me! The way she described the fixed mindset is exactly the way I've always thought, even as a child in elementary school. This video has opened up a whole new world of positive thinking about myself, my children, and others. Thank you Professor Dweck!
same for me
this is why teachers should emphasize "show your work" instead of "get the answer". the point of the homework and tests isnt to get a good grade, it's to learn the material.
If you're here, and you enjoyed this video, I encourage you to pick up her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success...especially if you're into personal development, lifelong learning, etc. It's fantastic!
+Justin O'Connor Agreed, Justin :-)
It's available online? If that's the case, can you share the link please? :)
+Marisela Malinali www.amazon.com/Mindset-The-New-Psychology-Success/dp/0345472322 They have it in both electronic and tangible copies. Enjoy :)
Thanks for the link n heads up Justin..
That is absolutely true, Growth Mindset is necessary for conscious life.
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Honestly, Professor Dweck has a really great way of connection on her presentations' attitude.
Other than her approach I appreciate the way she is speaking. So calm. As a non English speaking guy she is only lady I could understand without subtitles.
As a person with Dyslexia, learning to read and write was a challenge. Perseverance and a lot of hard work made it possible as teachers were too overworked to help.
Summary:
Embrace the "Not Yet" mindset: Instead of seeing failure as final, embrace the idea of "Not Yet," which signifies a journey of learning and growth.
Foster a growth mindset: Encourage a growth mindset in children and yourself, where abilities can be developed through effort, perseverance, and learning from mistakes.
Avoid praising intelligence or talent: Instead, praise the process, effort, strategies, focus, and improvement, which helps develop resilience and a love for learning.
Reward the process, not just the outcome: Create incentives that reward effort, strategy, and progress rather than solely focusing on immediate success.
Teach the neuroscience of growth: Help students understand that pushing out of their comfort zone and facing challenges can create stronger brain connections and make them smarter over time.
How to Apply in Life:
Embrace the "Not Yet" mindset: When facing setbacks or failures, remind yourself that it's just a temporary state of "Not Yet" and focus on learning and improvement.
Cultivate a growth mindset: Believe in your ability to develop skills and talents through dedication and hard work, and encourage others to adopt this mindset as well.
Give process-based praise: When giving feedback, focus on the effort, strategies, and perseverance put into a task rather than just the end result. This encourages a love for learning and resilience.
Create incentives for effort: In your personal and professional life, design systems or rewards that recognize and encourage the process and progress, not just the immediate success.
Share the neuroscience of growth: Help others understand that facing challenges and stepping out of their comfort zones can lead to personal growth and development.
Why You Should Learn and Apply It:
Learning and applying these principles can have several benefits in your life:
Resilience: Adopting a growth mindset and embracing the "Not Yet" perspective can help you bounce back from failures and setbacks with renewed determination.
Improved Learning: Recognizing that abilities can be developed through effort can motivate you to learn new skills and tackle challenging tasks with enthusiasm.
Enhanced Relationships: Praising and encouraging the effort of others can create a positive and supportive environment, strengthening personal and professional relationships.
Increased Achievement: Embracing the growth mindset can lead to better performance and achievement as you persist in the face of difficulties.
Contribution to Equality: By spreading these ideas, you can help create environments that promote growth and learning for all, reducing achievement gaps and fostering equality.
Overall, adopting the "Not Yet" mindset and a growth-oriented approach to life can lead to personal growth, resilience, and success while contributing to a more inclusive and supportive community.
Thank you!🙂
She. Is. Amazing. Impactful talk. I hope we can implement this in schools everywhere. IMO the best praise you can give someone is "I'm proud of you"
I’m 36 and I needed it today so much.we all in many ways born every day becoze every day we can learn and choose differently. And my inner child really needed it today,so I truly appreciate your speech. 🙏
Thumbs up if you are here because of a project on alx lol.
Still watching till date
Almost 21 years old and halfway through college and I'm just discovering this. But thank God I have. The past semester and a half, my grades have been on a downward spiral after having received one failing grade. Prior, I was raised as the standard 4.0 straight A student who couldn't even fathom getting a lower grade because that was simply unacceptable. But as soon as the classes started getting hard for me, I began to struggle and lose faith in myself and my intelligence. I had been using my knowledge of things I already knew for years, but never really understood what it was to truly put effort into my work when it gets hard and that I wasn't always going to succeed 100%. I automatically saw not succeeding or getting the perfect score as a failure, and if I couldn't succeed at this then how could I ever get better? I now see the value in the effort and hard work -as difficult as it may be- knowing that you have actually tried and put effort in, instead of giving up when the going gets tough is so incredibly rewarding. This semester I am determined to turn my mindset and my grades around. It may not be instant, I don't expect to go back to straight A's, and I may be set back from graduation by a semester but I will know that I am putting my best effort into everything I do and that will be the true reward.
Way to Go!!! I wish you the very best! I’m loving how you are embracing your Yet!
Hey any update on your study🤓?
I wish we could get this school of thought through to all our school principals because it could potentially change the world and the experience our kids have at school.
Wow ! This is wonderful talk from intelligent, smart and talented Carol Dweck ..All my life I have always wanted to be praised and graded . It was after my undergraduate I realised there is more to that, this is really hit so hard..
Even though I made some bad subject choices and ended up failing them but as I grew older I don't look at it as bad subject choices anymore, I realised now that if I just put out the right amount of effort I would have passed those subjects even though they were very hard..........GROWTH MINDSET
This is a fantastic speech, I'm attending uni and in the future every time when I feel down and drained because of the workload, I'll come back to this video for motivation :D this is truly an idea that's worth spreading
I wish all teachers knew this, it could make a huge impact.
Her book Mindset changed my life for the better forever.
Growth mindset is magic, I have never grown so much in one year and can't even imagine who I will be in one year , thank you for sharing this 🙏
I am set to become a teacher in some time and I came across this. I'll remember to regularly practice this on myself and my students. Thank you so much.
Thank you Dr. Carol Dweck for for sharing the power of "YET". I would like to learn more.
List of what I have learned in school:
1) Fear failure, you will be punished for it.
2) Don't collaborate with people, be selfish and try succeeding on your own.
3) Cheat in exams, you can't ask for help.
4) Don't be creative, stick to the norms.
5) Get a degree, go out and get a job, pay taxes, be poor.
I almost gave up ,thank you for renewing my will!!
"They understood that their abilities could be developed." If you were crushed by early childhood trauma (of any type), you most likely lost the ability to believe in yourself...and accepted the mindset that 'not good enough' was...you. I clicked here in the hopes of learning even a small skill to add to the many that have helped me heal my own complex PTSD. That journey is ongoing. It is gratifying to hear that kids can use the power of (not) yet to grow beyond their initial mindset traps. It is equally inspiring to know that adults, with similar mindset traps, can also reprogram and leave despair behind, for a today/tomorrow of growth and fulfillment.
The best advice I've heard. I have decided not to waste any more lives, I have realized that abilities are capable of growth. I will push out of the comfort zone, change my mindset and live in places filled with "yet".
That growth mindset is really what sets people apart from others.
What a great talk! So important for raising kids and helping them to develop self-efficacy! Thank you for your great research!
After reading her book "Mindset" it took me 2 months to find out how I can be "a growth-mindset-person" living surrounded by people that all the time praise me for being smart, talented and gifted.
It's really important question for me because after failure at physics olympiad (that happened more than 5 months ago) I stopped solving such a lot of physics problems as I used to do because of my belief that I can't do that, that I'm not "smart" enough.
Sooo I've finally found out really helpful thing that Caroll Dweck left unspoken about different kinds of mindset, and I wanna share it with you:
1) growth-mindset-people feel guilty for their mistakes
2) fixed-mindset-people feel ashamed of their mistake
Guilt = I made a mistake
Shame = I am a mistake
Shame kills your belief that you can do better! If you wanna become a growth-mindset-person you should at first become a person with high level of shame resilience!
If you're interested about this topic I suggest you to read chapter 3 in the book "Daring Greatly" by Brene Brown. Thank you!
@Duded Duded why no?
I feel confident about myself now as i'm a slow learner. But with determination, i know i will do better. Thank zou carol
The way she explains itself makes us beleive that we can improve if we try. I heard about growth mind set from a module of my course and came here researching for more information. I hwish i would have known this before, but it's not late. Even an adult brain can continue to growth and make more strong neuro connections if we are ready to take challenges and learn new things to train our brain.
Great! If she had spoken at a normal speaking pace some people would have missed something, perhaps English students. I believe she wanted everybody to understand her!
nice! i just made a video about the TOP 5 personal development TED talks and i just had to include this one. 🙂this talk honestly changed the way i look at the world in under 20 minutes. thank you!
Hey cool idea ! I would actually be interested in your top 5 :) Would be great if you could share it with me !
Grades should be banned, because grades and not the learning that became THE goal of students like myself. Learning and how well you've mastered the concepts and the continuation to improve upon those concepts on your own is what should be encouraged, what should be the goal of education. So that students will learn to be their own best teachers, seeking to learn on their own for a life time in amazing creative and curious ways. After I got my A, I didn't care much for the subject anymore when grades were THE goal. But when grades became merely a reflection of how much I've learned, I began to have the courage to try my best in the class, even if the topic was hard to grasp; that courage to just try my best freed me from worries and fear of not getting the A because I cared about the learning not the grade. Thus cheating, cramming, anger, fear, or giving up on the subject are gone, because learning became THE goal, and just the satisfaction of doing my honest best to learn was fulfilling enough, even if I didn't get an A. However, the A usually comes as I give my best into learning. And now I have both, the knowledge and the A, when I made learning THE goal.
the school system was designed with the mindset of training a cohort of doers not thinkers
it's in the autobiography of rockefeller, who designed western schooling curriculum
Les Prigmore Grades may not reflect that you have mastered the subject. Cheating can lead to an A, just completing busy work can lead to an A, completing lots of extra credit can lead to an A. I never said ban tests, I said ban grades and focus on the mastery of the subject. Students often believe that if they just get that A, they're done. Done with learning, done with the subject, but if students focus on the mastery of the subject, their learning will never be done, they will need to keep on learning. Students believe that they should only learn for the rewards of grades, so for example, during the summer, why learn when there are no grades being rewarded? Thus the focus on mastery of the subjects, not the grades, will motivate students to keep on learning for themselves, not because they are getting rewarded with a letter.
I just don't really pay attention to them, do the best I can, look at my grade later, I'm in 10th grade and it's worked great
Really agree with you. I have friends who passed singing grading exams of some sort, but never dared to share their own vocal clips to people. What's the use of getting the grades then? If they had trained frequently, would they not have the confidence to share their voices?
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2022, and still a powerful message. Thank you Professor Dweck
"We have already raised a generation of young workers who can't get through the day without an award."
This cracked me up. It's funny, sad, but true and even better it can be fixed! Amazing speech!
This was absolutely amazing. I can keep on trying and trying, get myself out of my comfort zone with emotional self-care..I learnt a lesson from a Ted talk by guy winch yesterday that "Treat yourself the way you'd expect from a truly good friend." ...I constantly have negative thoughts, so he also put a solution to this that according to studies even two-minute distraction is enough, concentrate your mind to something else. And professor Dweck, I'm improving, I believe.🌈
Thank you for the video!
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As a young man who lost a lost pf time, the best decision I've taken is to improve myself. Thank's God it's working now.
Join a gym, try pray or meditate, organize your time, set your goals, claim your free time, claim your family and friends, stop judging yourself and others... at least for a while, etc.
Basically she is saying you should be praised/rewarded for the amount of effort you put in to accomplish a goal, rather than what/how much you achieved as the end result. Great Speech!! 💖
lets start rewarding based on effort and strategy instead of end result to establish a growth mindset in children instead of a fixed mindset.
I was one of the smart and clever kids, I got through high school and university without difficulties which was great. Now it's been five years and all I have is a 3 year experience work in retail, 2 incomplete courses, unfinished book, a lot of unfinished paintings and no income, it's sad and heart breaking.
Now I'm not looking for a job because I'm not ready to commit to anything less than great. I went back to school, this year will be great.
This is a wonderful talk and a great way to encourage and education not only children but adults to
catherine Coe, I can apply these concepts in my own life too!
I thought myself how to read in kindergarten, people praised me for being bright and intelligent. I have always aced the tests without ever studying at home, until i reached highschool. Then, this strategy of relying on my great logic and quick understanding alone didn't work any longer, and my grades started to drop... This really hurt my self esteem, and i started to avoid school because it was so humiliating... Here i am now, dropped out of high school, to afraid to confront life, living in my room at my parent's house, .( I am 18.5). ps: i apologize for any mistakes, i am not an English speaker.
This was me until I was 28, I was a straight-A student when I was 15 but slowly my grades cripple because I thought I would pass no matter what. I thought my intelligence is good enough and I didn't have to work hard for it, since it worked throughout my childhood. I wasn't able to admit that I don't understand a subject. Now, I enrolled myself again into university, starting all over again. I scored on some subjects, failed some subjects. But I won't give up. I have a mixture of fixed and growth mindsets, so now I'm learning more growth mindset behaviours along my academic journey. I believe that if I can do it, you can too :)
It's not too late. There are other avenues, though. Try something else bro
Protip: Click on the gear on the bottom right, set speed to 1.5 and this becomes so much easier to listen to and I could focus on her content and not the slow speech.
Whole new planet!
Haha I didn't even know you could do that on youtube videos! you sir have changed my life :D The content of this presentation seems like it could be thought provoking, but I literally just paused half way through because I couldn't listen to her :P
1.5 is a hair fast for me. I like 1.25
All right, a few minutes of 1.25 and it's still slow. You're right, 1.5 normalizes her the best. Thanks!
You're my hero
When i Was a kid, the power of effort wasn't taught me, my parents always praised intelligence and never mentioned endeavor, they were always mentioning how smart other kids or just people in general were. People playing genially a musical instrument, people good in sports, in maths, etc. They would say they born with talent, and it wasnt anything to do. Heard those comments from my parents and teachers was hard growing up. But suddenly almost 3 years ago i decided to take responsability, study and work hard and harder. Life has become more enjoyable, i'm still facing tough moments due to those stigmas but there's no doubt talent matters but grit matters twice. Marvelous work Dr dweck.
Thankutamus, Professor,
I haven't completed my studies, & I am heading towards 47 years old.. I am one who grew up with failed at the end of a school report & I also wasted university credits... But the best thing about my life, of struggle & distractions & setbacks is I have finally reached the top of the mountain.. Seeing all I can delve into with an open mind, & to free myself of the chains that were placed on me, to not get any better, smarter. Not grow, learn, or know.... I am starting something next year, & I am excited, for opened minded future..Go back to studies.. A different course.. My brain is calling the shots.. But it hasn't happened 'YET'.
👏👌😇😂😅😢😞🌏
Thankyou also for giving the youth of this planet a better start for an amazing, fulfilling future...
WHO ARE THE FUTURE.
Blessings to all that is today & in the future..YET to come. 🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏
Now the quote "Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change" hits differently
Shout out if you’re here because of a school assignment. 😅
That's why I'm here too
I'm here last minute 😂
Me too
1. Use 'not yet', instead of wrong or failed.
2. Aim to be out of your comfort zone: Effort and challenge. Plasticity.
3. Praise the process, rather than results.
This woman and the growth mindset has completely changed my whole way of thinking and seeing the world for the better. My only regret is not finding out about this sooner!
I had always been praised for being so good in math, when i moved forward in life, i wasn't putting any effort in studying anymore i expected to pass all my grades without studying but that wasn't the case. This thinking has made me so lazy when it comes to learning and studying. Thanks for the motivation
Her and her book have changed my life or more accurately gave me one. I can never repay you, but thank you. I will try to share this with people around me :-)
What's the name of her book please
@@emmanuelacquah8582mindset:how you can Fulfil your potential
This is mind-blowing and life-changing!
This is the first video I'm able to watch at 1.5x speed and still think the person is speaking normally, albeit a little fast, and still understand and assimilate the content of what's being said.
Gerard Encabo... She tried but they said not yet!
Wayne Johnson Excuse me?
Assimilate ? Lol
That’s how I came to cultivate in my kids that, (1) different people have different abilities. Everyone has ability if they focus, but no matter what they seem good at, whether in academia/sport/music/making people smile, whatever, they have to (2) push themselves & persevere through mistakes, failures, doubts & fears. No one else can push you! This is the promise: Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men! Proverbs 22:29
This is one of the best videos I have ever watched in my life. Thank you Mrs Carol Dweck