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An assessment at one point in time has little value for understanding someone’s ability, let alone their potential to succeed in the future.

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Fixed VS Growth Mindset

Fixed mindset is contentment with a touch of entitlement. Growth mindset aims for more and unleashing one's potential while providing the right satisfaction.

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In other words, risk and effort are two things that might reveal your inadequacies and show that you were not up to the task. In fact, it’s startling to see the degree to which people with the fixed mindset do not believe in putting in effort or getting help.

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Fail Forward

Failure is part of success and a sibling of experience. Facing failure is hard, for failing is one thing we don't want. Hence, failure is never wrong and will never be wrong unless it turns into a person. Measuring one's value by defining their capacity based on one metric is a blindsided move. ...

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You Do Not Know Everything

Ignorance do not necessarily discredit one's ability to become great. It requires a process of learning the unknown and familiarizing oneself of hidden potentials to become good at one point. Receiving criticisms are good ways of pointing out what needs further attention. Opinions do not always m...

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An Option is the ability to take a predefined action for a fixed period of time in exchange for a fee. Options are all around us: movie or concert tickets, coupons, retainers, and licensing rights. In exchange for a fee, the purchaser has the right to take some specific action—at...

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  • The fixed mindset says that tests or experts can tell us what our potential is, what we’re capable of, what our future will be: you can simply measure the fixed ability right now and project it into the future.
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