Fixed And Growth Mindset Essay

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A person's thoughts determines a person's failures or success because if you think negative evidently become negative. This informational essay will be about a fixed and growth mindset. How a person with a positive mindset works harder at achieving their goals and How setting goals can help success. Goal setting is probably one of the most important things in life. You probably have wanted something but you did not have enough money. You would have to set a goal to achieve it but maybe getting a job. The main idea of this paragraph is how a fixed and growth mindset. “Those with a fixed mindset believe that their positive traits and potential for success are essentially fixed”. What it means by fixed is that they are all done and have no …show more content…

Let's just think about this for a second common sense if you have a positive mindset towards something you should just assume that you would achieve your goal. Let's take George St Pierre for an example he was the welterweight champion he was undefeated he was the best in his weight class. “George St Pierre demonstrated the advantages of a growth mindset after losing his UFC title to Matt Serra”. GSP stated “Reflect on your loss-not the emotional or self critical part-but like an outside observer”. He made a really good point about how you should not look at the actual fact that you lost think about what you can do next time and how you can do it. GSP actually had to have a sport psychologist because he was very negative after it and could not get over the fact that he lost because he was the best in the world then he lost just image how hard it was for him. One of his comments he stated was “I believe that losing was one of the best things that ever happened to me”. Some people may think that he is out of his mind for thinking that losing is a good thing but it not only tough him that things can happen but it have him a stronger mindset he probably has a better mindset every time he steps in the ring now then when he