
Ep 290: 5 Life-Changing Lessons About Perfectionism From Carol Dweck
The Perfectionism Project
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The Growth Mind Set and the Fixed Mind Set
When we're in the fixed mind set, feelings like disheartend disheartment. We just keep moving these goal posts further and farther away. Whereas someone who is in the growth mint set gets ther self esteem and satisfaction from the journey itself. They really have their self worth detached which allows them to be more courageous and more resilient. So that's a little bit of an overview of my understanding of the fixedmind set and the growth mind set. The other thing i guess i want to go on to, following that, is that you can set up situations in a way that puts someone into a fixed mind set or put someone into a growth mind set more readily. And this is so
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