Growth Mindset: Learning New Mindsets

This week I was able to study the idea of the "self-directed learner". This person strives to not only expand their knowledge through "alternate learning pathways" but also find new and creative ways of communicating their skills to others.
In a world of credentials and degrees this type of learning can be challenging and deciding to take a more conventional route towards learning new skills is sometimes the wise choice. However, it takes a clear understanding of oneself and one's own objectives in order to come to such conclusions.
For any self-directed learner, the following questions should remain at the forefront of the learning process:
- What do you know? What don’t you know?
- How do you achieve goals to learn something new?
- How do you show what you know and can do? How do you tell your story with narratives and              numbers?

(An example of a Self-directed learning model)

Growth Mindset

The growth mindset seems particularly useful for overcoming the paralysis that sometimes comes along with facing challenges. Sometimes not knowing right away what the best course of action is creates a fear and desire to avoid the challenge all together. But it seems that with growth mindset one would now be motivated or even compelled to be in such situations on a weekly if not daily basis.
Also, I can appreciate such an approach for its potential for helping people to overcome failure. Our ability to make bold moves in the future is greatly influenced by how we process failure.

(The cha-cha dance)

Personally, some of my greatest learning challenges at college involve figuring out the order of how I accomplish tasks. Deciding which task is most pressing and how much time should be delegated to each is often a great source of anxiety. I look forward to exploring how this mindset can help me understand more about how I should tackle such issues.
I actually have the "Mindset" book by Dr. Dweck. Hopefully the exercises in this class will motivate me to practice the principles from the book as I continue reading.