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A Growth Mindset Fuels Creativity in Youth By: Marilyn Price-Mitchell kids need to believe their abilities can be developed  attitudes about learning change everything when kids develop the growth mindset in increases their learning thinking creatively is imperative  curiousness is good kids need to tackle a problem while being creative look for connections be open to new ideas have the courage to make mistakes embrace diversity know the world you live in and accept it Growth Mindset

Personally I had never heard of the growth mindset by Carol Dweck, watching these videos and reading the articles was the first time it has been brought to my attention. I would say I fall into the category of people who like to be right and wants to be rewarded when I am right rather then be rewarded for trying to be right. I can be a hyper competitive person so to me not answering or doing something wrong automatically means I have failed. Particularly when it comes to school I can be really hard on myself if I am not doing something correctly rather than focusing on the fact that I am trying to do something much harder and am making progress towards being able to do it. An example of this in my life recently is that I have been trying to learn how to be play golf and it is the most frustrating thing ever. Since I am not doing it perfect and seeing perfect results every time I feel as if I am failing at learning to play. In reality I am making a lot of progress from where I began. I ...