Growth Mindset or Fixed Mindset?

1. People can meaningfully change how intelligent they are.

2. You are born with a certain amount of talent and that is roughly it.

3. Being bad at something now says little about being bad at it later.

4. Some people just are not maths people, or language people, or sport people.

5. Needing to work hard at something means I am doing it right.

6. If I have to try hard, it probably is not my strength.

7. The people who are best at things mostly practised the most.

8. Struggling in front of others is embarrassing.

9. Critical feedback is information I want.

10. Being corrected makes me defensive before it makes me curious.

11. I ask people what I could have done better.

12. I avoid situations where my weaknesses would be visible.

13. I would rather attempt something hard and do badly than do something easy well.

14. I stick to what I am already good at.

15. Failing at something makes me want to understand why.

16. If I am not good at something quickly, I stop.