"When you enter a mindset, you enter a new world."

               

         For our inquiry class, we were assigned to read the first three chapters of “Mindset,” by Carol S. Dweck. Reading these chapters I saw that I agree with the points the author has been making. There are two types of mindsets, fixed and growth. Fixed mindset is the belief that you have a fixed amount of ability and intelligence and you are unable to change that. Someone who has a growth mindset has the universal belief that their basic qualities are things they can cultivate through effort. Although we have both these mindsets, I believe that as we go through life and make mistakes and what not that our mindsets will be affected. For example, with a fixed mindset that is what you were always taught to believe in or do. In my opinion those are the things our parents taught us and what influenced us to believe in something the way we do.  As we grow older and experience things on our own, that fixed mindset can change a little. We can start to have a different opinion about something we were once taught by our parents. Our minds are always learning new things everyday so it is impossible to have such a fixed mindset that you will always just see things in black and white.

                With both these mindsets I believe they provide motivation. Regarding the 10,000 hour theory, it states that when you do something for 10,000 hours, that is when you will become a master at it. My opinion with this is that when you have a fixed mindset and you do something against what you believe for 10,000 hours, you will start to change your mind and see things differently. With a growth mindset with the 10,000 hours they will learn from their failures and try harder.