Ενας εξελισσόμενος ψυχισμός επιδιώκει τις προκλήσεις και δεν
αντιλαμβάνεται την αποτυχία ώς απόδειξη ανικανότητας αλλά ώς ευκαιρία
για αναπτυξη και διεύρυνση των υπαρχόντων ικανοτήτων.
Αυτό προτείνει η
Carol Dweck έτσι όπως προκύπτει από την ερευνητική της εργασία και μας
το κοινοποιεί με το κάτωθι άρθρο
One of the most basic beliefs we carry about ourselves, Dweck found in
her research, has to do with how we view and inhabit what we consider to
be our personality. A “fixed mindset” assumes that our character,
intelligence, and creative ability are static givens which we can’t
change in any meaningful way, and success is the affirmation of that
inherent intelligence, an assessment of how those givens measure up
against an equally fixed standard; striving for success and avoiding
failure at all costs become a way of maintaining the sense of being
smart or skilled. A “growth mindset,” on the other hand, thrives on
challenge and sees failure not as evidence of unintelligence but as a
heartening springboard for growth and for stretching our existing
abilities. Out of these two mindsets, which we manifest from a very
early age, springs a great deal of our behavior, our relationship with
success and failure in both professional and personal contexts, and
ultimately our capacity for happiness.
Για ολόκληρο το άρθρο εδώ