Growth Mindset
I had never heard of Carol Dweck, but i really liked her perspective, it was unique but pretty spot on for my generation and the generation after me. I am very much a big picture thinker and i feel her way is always looking forward, at the big picture. One thing I really related to is when she talked about how in a study when kids would take a test... "after a failure, they looked for someone who did worse than they did so they could feel really good about themselves." I used to do this all the time in middle/high school. I hate test and was never any good at taking them, i remember when i didn't do so hot I would look to see what my friends got, hoping it was the same or below mine so I wouldn't feel as bad for my bad test score. Since being at OU, I have been able to take course that are geared toward my major of Public Relations, which is more project based rather than tests. I learned how I have to study and how I get my work done in an efficient way, that works f...