Brainology: Transforming Students Motivation To Learn

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“To be a champion, I think you have to see the big picture. It's not about winning and losing; it's about every day hard work and about thriving on a challenge. It's about embracing the pain that you'll experience at the end of a race and not being afraid. I think people think too hard and get afraid of a certain challenge.” (Summer Sanders). Every goal we have is a challenge, and in order to achieve the goal we must work hard and be dedicated for success. Success doesn't come naturally. Their will be obstacles you’ll face, you’ll fail sometimes, struggle, and even doubt yourself. That is when you strive for greatness, you overlook the setback and find other ways to achieve your goal. I personally get discouraged of failing or not being achieve …show more content…
They’re aafraid of failure, yet who isn't? In Carol S. Dweck’s article “Brainology: Transforming Students’ Motivation to Learn” she introduces and explains the differences of the two types of mindsets, fixed and growth mindsets. Dweck explains that having a fixed mindset can cause discouragement of educational or personal setbacks. Compared to a growth mindset, which is the exact opposite, they aren’t discouraged of their setback yet motivated from them. Growth mindsets are willing to working hard and find new ways to succeed. I can relate a lot with a fixed mindset to a certain …show more content…
I am very well aware that with every goal/dream there is an obstacle, you have to work hard to achieve success. I’ve worked hard to get to were I am, and yes, I did face setbacks. I wanted to give up, I wanted to stop. For example, I’ve played softball most of my life. I loved it, but I’ve always been so hard on myself when playing. I managed to make myself believe that I was incapable of doing what I loved and practiced hours for. I would overthink every small mistake. In the short story “The Fire Inside” by Gary Mack tells the story of a baseball player Ted Williams who had a dream and worked hard to achieve it. “An athlete’s success is said to depend upon four factors- physical ability, physical training, mental training, and desire or drive.” (Gark Mack), those were the factors athletes should have in order to see success. I had trouble with my mental training. I overthought every mistake, i would over analyze my own thoughts. I wasn’t able to move on from a bad play or bad at bat. I constantly thought “I work so hard for this! Why can’t I do it? It’s obvious i’m not good enough.” This is were I had a fixed mindset, I thought that my hard work meant I didn’t know how to play. I should be able to do everything naturally. I then realized that I was the one hold myself back, I had it in me. All the hours dedicated to the sport mean’t I was ready, all the hard work was for
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