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Growth mindset development

Cultivate a growth mindset for continuous learning and resilience

Develop a growth mindset to enhance learning, resilience, and leadership effectiveness. This activity helps you reframe challenges as opportunities.

40 minutes
reflection

Overview

Develop a growth mindset to enhance learning, resilience, and leadership effectiveness. This activity helps you reframe challenges as opportunities.

Learning objectives

  • Identify fixed mindset patterns
  • Develop growth mindset responses
  • Create learning practices

Instructions

Cultivate growth mindset:

1. Identify fixed mindset triggers 2. Reframe failure as learning 3. Develop curiosity practices 4. Create learning goals 5. Build feedback seeking habits

Steps

1

Mindset assessment

15 minutes

Identify current patterns

2

Reframing practice

15 minutes

Develop growth responses

3

Habit creation

10 minutes

Build learning practices

Pro tips

  • •Celebrate learning, not just success
  • •Ask 'what can I learn?'
  • •View effort as path to mastery

Example outcome

Growth mindset development plan with specific practices and triggers

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