Monday, January 18, 2016

Growth Mindset and Me

Paris was my old spirit animal tumblr
I have always been a perfectionist. Growing up in a house with an engineer and a pharmacist I quickly learned that everything takes time to get perfect, but that it was doable. I didn't like that as much as a quick return though. So learning about Carol Dweck and growth mindset this week was really inspiring. Throughout my college experience I have definitely learned to change how I approach classes. Both studying and taking on the challenges of harder classes has made me a better person, for sure!

Watching the TED talk with Dweck showed a lot of the interesting concepts of the Growth Mindset.  I think it will be fun to further explore this concept and keep working on my own thought process, reaching for my yet! Every time I see a challenge I will be pushing myself further and working on increasing my neuron pathways! Rather than focusing on all the obstacles in my way, I hope to focus on the end goal: Physical Therapy school.

My other personal goal for this semester is to find more joy in the small things. I want to really enjoy this semester, because it is my last spring semester at OU (I graduate next December). So with that I want to find every opportunity to utilize my time and explore the best of OU!

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  1. UnknownFebruary 14, 2016 at 10:34 PM

    I love that meme that you used from Gilmore Girls. Paris is definitely an example of a perfectionist. I liked how you wrote at the end that you want to enjoy the little things. I think it's really important to do that even though it is hard to do whenever we are so consumed by school and getting to where we want to be in life. I hope you have a good semester this year and continue with a growth mindset.

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