as an experiment, a pair psychologists had children “think out loud” as they faced problem-solving tasks, some of which were too difficult for them.

During one unforgettable moment, one boy faced his first stumper by pulling up his chair, rubbing his hands together, smacking his lips and announcing,
“I love a challenge.”

don't you wish you were more like that boy?

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you might want to read The Effort Effect first, because this post is a reation to that article.

Students for whom performance is paramount want to look smart even if it means not learning a thing in the process. For them, each task is a challenge to their self-image, and each setback becomes a personal threat. So they pursue only activities at which they’re sure to shine—and avoid the sorts of experiences necessary to grow and flourish in any endeavor.

--> *coughs*supercallcenter! ehehchpee! ahem ahem ahem...
so many times have I heard people tell me, "Garro mahirap yan eh..." Dianne, Thad, Caloi, my grandparents... the list goes on.

imo that reliance on self-image is directly linked to our own level of mental independene. Leo da Vinci had a very high level of mental independence, which was best exemplified by the fact that he never found a reason to not write "backwards". Creativity stems from this independence, and that's what separates posers ("ooh I'm part of a group that sounds cool, therefore I must be at least as cool as the group sounds.") from the real thing.

Students with learning goals, on the other hand, take necessary risks and don’t worry about failure because each mistake becomes a chance to learn.

I can't believe how many times I've written about that. I've likened it to experience points, rpg analogies, etc.

"oo nga, mahirap nga. ok lang magaling naman ako eh."

if some students want to show off their ability, while others want to increase their ability, “ability” means different things to the two groups. “If you want to demonstrate something over and over, it feels like something static that lives inside of you—whereas if you want to increase your ability, it feels dynamic and malleable,” Dweck explains. People with performance goals, she reasoned, think intelligence is fixed from birth. People with learning goals have a growth mind-set about intelligence, believing it can be developed.

learning is our Divine purpose. I've said this before in my faqqly (too bad it's shut down) imo we're being trained here for a higher purpose we can't even begin to fathom. --additionally, this is the main premise in a story I'm developing. hehe.

many people who believe in fixed intelligence also think you shouldn’t need hard work to do well. This belief isn’t entirely irrational, she says. A student who finishes a problem set in 10 minutes is indeed better at math than someone who takes four hours to solve the problems. And a soccer player who scores effortlessly probably is more talented than someone who’s always practicing. “The fallacy comes when people generalize it to the belief that effort on any task, even very hard ones, implies low ability.”

...excessive concern with looking smart keeps you from making bold, visionary moves. “If you’re afraid of making mistakes, you’ll never learn on the job, and your whole approach becomes defensive: ‘I have to make sure I don’t screw up.’”

I tag Thad and Caloi. tangina nyo potentially mas malupit pa kayo sa akin. but noooo, you're afraid of failure!

hmm. maybe it's the girlfriends?

on a side note, one's partner is a HUGE factor in reaching his/her dreams. one of my best friends James hates his job now, but he was willing to compromise and stay there the rest of his life because his girlfriend worked there. but now that they've broken up, he's now on his way to make true his dream of travelling the world as a pilot. good luck man.

(girls, pogi yun. available pa. hahaha)

anyway, back to the blockquote-ing...

Although much of Dweck’s research on mind-sets has taken place in school settings, it’s applicable to sports, business, interpersonal relationships and so on.

here are a few prominent examples who exclaim their mindset wherever they go.
sports: Gilbert Arenas
business: Donald Trump
interpersonal relationships: David Deangelo

“Changing mind-sets is not like surgery,” she says. “You can’t simply remove the fixed mind-set and replace it with the growth mind-set.”

If you believe in the theory of Evolution it shouldn't be too hard to understand the growth mind set --evolution is a long process of growth, one that we're participating in.

on the other hand, if you adamantly believe that man came from Adam and Eve, and everything has a fixed place and purpose, you might have a difficult time grasping the idea that people aren't robots.

gasp! is religion responsible for ingraining the fixed mindset in our society?

"sin is baaaad. you're bad because you sin, you dirty dirty sinner. drinking alcohol is bad. laughing at offensive jokes is bad. getting aroused is baaad. thinking beyond what is written is baaad...

...but because I've accepted God in my life, I dont have to grow anymore. I'm perfect, because He made me in his perfect image..."

wrong wrong wrong. God put us here to learn, that's why He made our lives a series of challenges.

"What did you do with the talents I gave you?" said the Lord.

"uh... I used it to pressure people into worshipping you.", said the Christian. "it was easy because I just had to follow the Bible and what others told me to do, and it made me feel good about myself."

"What?! I gave you a voice, why you did not sing to soothe the souls of the weary?"

"b-but..." the Christian tried to find reason, but to no avail.

"I gave you a mind, and you did not think of ways to help others? you just followed? I did not make you to act like Buffallo, I made you to be something much much more--

--I made ALL OF YOU to be something much more than that."





yes, all of us ^___^