How to Teach a Growth Mindset to Children (and to yourself)
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Episode Description
You want your kid to magically become some badass, challenge-eating machine?
Lectures don’t work, praise gets boring, and perfectionism is just another word for control freak. We dive into the reality behind both teaching and practicing a growth mindset.
Firstly it starts with you living a growth mindset so this episode is primarily a masterclass on building one yourself.
Self-efficacy is crucial for resilience and overcoming setbacks that hit us everyday. Yet there are so many nuances when you try to teach a growth mindset. The wrong praise makes things worse, Even being too strict about growth mindset practices can make things worse...
Ideas explored:
- Use everyday conversation to challenge the "rules" of life
- Turn failures into stories of possibility, not shame
- How to balance giving praise and rewards vs. letting them build grit and intrinsic motivation.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 How to teach kids a growth mindset
02:01 Defining Growth Mindset
03:41 Teaching Growth Mindset to Children
05:26 Practical Tips for Embodying Growth Mindset
08:44 Responding to Mistakes
10:24 The Impact of Praise and Rewards
14:27 Common Pitfalls in Teaching Growth Mindset
16:48 Do you really have a growth mindset?
18:54 The Value of Travel and Exposure to Different Cultures
20:07 Final Tips and Encouragement
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