Week 8 Growth Mindset

This semester has been an amazing area of growth in my life. I think I am beginning to recognize that the end is near and I graduate in a little or a semester. Because of this I am having to grow in so many areas of my life. So many of the areas that I thought were weaknesses I am beginning to develop. Some of those are asking lots of questions, taking a long term view, and being ready for things to change. These are areas that I struggled with the most and let's face it, so many other college students do too. As I am coming to the end I have been working much harder on these areas because I know that they will help me find success and help me grow as a person when I am out on my own. This class has helped me to gain on these areas because it allows me to be creative in my writing, but also ask questions about what would make my work better. I am understanding that what I write might not be in its best form and that I have to be willing to change the work from the comments of others.

I am ready for the second half of this semester to continue to challenge myself. I know that it will be getting tougher as other classes begin to get into finals and stressful situations. So keeping ahead of this class and preparing the work earlier in the week will help me in so many different ways.

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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.