Growth Mindset

I think this is a powerful message as kids more and more are being allowed to take the easy road and not continue to challenge themselves. Children can become very complacent, especially in times where things continue to be easy, they do not push themselves, and also parents are not pushing kids to challenge themselves enough because if they see that their child can do things with ease it makes them feel that their child is on a higher level and bring about a feeling of pride.

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I completely agree with the idea of pushing our comfort zones. Even as a college student I strive and look for opportunities where I am being pushed and try to challenge myself to accept and give a full effort to step out of that comfort zone. As I have been at OU I have learned so much about what it takes to learn new things. I am a kind of guy where a lot of things come easy to. I used to be fine with that and wouldn't strive to push myself and just take the easy way. As I have been in college that mindset has changed. I see now so many areas that I struggle in, but instead of running away from those things I have made it a point to challenge myself with them. To put myself more in those situations and to try and build new pathways within my brain to where that becomes a new learned behavior. I love this idea of a growth mindset and it is definitely something I would love to hear more about and to put it into practice in my own life.