Fixed verses growth mindset

Found this on a government health social media posting and thought it might give some here encouragement. When it all seems a bit hard, whether at the beginning or just on a new song / technique, keep in mind the growth mindset

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It’s a good framework for thinking. My kid’s school is pretty big with this kind of stuff, they seem to talk about it every year.

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@jkahn

As do we, JK :grin: At risk of poor form, I can reference my own reflections on this topic in my Learning Log: DavidP's Learning Log - #25 by DavidP

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I like thisā¤ļø and saved it for a good reminder. Thanks.

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There’s nothing ā€œFixedā€ about that mindset, it is clearly broken.

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This reminds me of my teacher in Wing Chun (self defense martial art): Whenever I said ā€œI can’t do thisā€ he replied with ā€œyetā€ and looked at me until I said ā€œI can’t do this yetā€ - and then he’d remind me to simply keep practicing.

Now, could somebody please remind me of this when I get frustrated that I can’t get that C chord right … I mean, I can’t get it right yet? :joy:

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With pleasure, Sarah. I’m a big fan of that ā€˜yet’ … make frequent use of it. I try make the sentence positive … I’ve not yet got the C chord right.

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Inspiring, thanks for sharing

Still negative :thinking:
Try ā€œI’m on the way to getting it rightā€ :smiley:

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@brianlarsen

This is worth thinking about, Brian.

My understanding is that the brain doesn’t process ā€˜not’ very well. For example, how often if you say to yourself ā€˜Do not forget to buy bread and milk on the way home’ and find yourself walking in the front door having forgotten, rather than remembered. Or telling a child not to touch the fragile ornament and shortly after…crash. Whereas telling the child to keep the hands off is more effective.

So applying that, the use of ā€˜not yet’ works OK for me in terms of being processed as something will still get right.

But hey oh, I am not a neuroscientist so may be way off track in this being an effective use of ā€˜yet’

Of course your suggestion is a good pattern.

Haha, I was about to send you a pm, so as not to clog the post with ridiculous semantics, when I realised semantics is precisely what this post is about :rofl:

Sounds plausible to me

Yup. You’ve avoided the negative ā€˜not’. That’s what I was suggesting with my post above. Get rid of the word not in your sentence.

Is a negative statement

Aw, man! Now I’ve lost count of how many angels were dancing on the head of that pin and have to start over :roll_eyes:
Maybe I’ll just go back to trying to get that C chord sorted :wink:
Your Mierenneuker, etc.

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How about this:

One day I’ll get the C chord right.

(I’ve kept several expletives out of that sentence that I grumbled very loudly yesterday - but I kept remembering this conversation so… One day! One day I’ll get it just right!)

thinking of the only fools and horses line… ā€œthis time next year we’ll be millionairesā€

How about… tomorrow I will get the C chord right… and just keep saying that until the sentence becomes… today I got the C chord right.

Ah, I’m someone who doesn’t do well with too much pressure (and as I’m a perfectionist the pressure comes from myself, which is really not the best thing). How about: Someday soon, I’ll get the C chord right, it might even be today.

Without the expletives of course :wink:

How much practice time do you waste talking about it instead of playing? :roll_eyes:…come on …play :sunglasses:
Greetings,

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