Different Mindsets: Pixabay The growth mindset is a very intriguing subject to me. I had never heard about about Carol Dweck or the "growth or fixed mindsets" before today however, I had always been told by an old cheer coach of mine that are mindset determines what we can do. For example when someone would be too scared to try a new tumbling skill, she would say "What you think will happen, will, so do not go into it thinking you are going to fail or that is exactly what you will do." This differs slightly from the growth mindset but I see a connection between the two. I personally would like to believe that I fall in the middle of a growth and fixed mindset, if that is at all possible. All through school it was continuously drilled in my head that I must get good grades in order to show that I am capable and smart, so I did exactly that. However there were many instances that I had a growth mindset, for example, I decided to push myself by enrolling in college l...