Resilience & Growth Mindset

What is Resilience?

• The ability to bounce back when things go wrong

• A way to deal with sadness

• When you disagree with someone else

• A type of attitude

What two actions can help you be resilient?

• Positive self talk

• Have little sleep

• Surrounding yourself with friends and family

• Eat unhealthy foods

Which types of mindsets can people have?

• Positive and Negative

• Growth and Fixed

• Open and Closed

• Active and Passive

What can mindsets determine in people?

• Their physical abilities

• Their behaviours, outlook, and mental attitudes

• Their genetic traits

• Their geographical location

These things can help me be resilient

• Listening to music

• Doing an activity that I enjoy

• Being kind to others

• Not asking for help when I need it

What do people with a growth mindset see failure and setbacks as?

• Things they can't do

• Opportunities to learn and improve

• Reasons to give up

• Proof that they should not try new things

People with a fixed mindset..

• Believe they can improve with effort

• See challenges as opportunities

• Think they cannot improve their current knowledge and skills

• Are always open to learning new things

Which of the following is a characteristic of a fixed mindset?

• Being more motivated to learn

• Having confidence

• Avoids challenges

• Thinking positively

A person with a growth mindset believes..

• they cannot change

• they can grow and change

• change is unnecessary

• growth is limited to certain areas

Which of the following is likely if you have a growth mindset?

• Don't care about learning

• Give up when learning is hard

• More motivated to learn

• Less motivated to learn