Mindset Basics
This is the belief that you can get smarter and more skilled through hard work, good strategies, and help from others.
Growth Mindset
Adding this three-letter word to the end of "I can't do this" changes a dead end into a challenge that is "under construction."
YET
This term describes the brain's amazing ability to change, grow, and create new connections throughout your life.
Neuroplasticity
Often called "mental toughness," this is the ability to recover quickly from difficulties or mistakes.
Resilience
This is the feeling of being thankful and appreciative for the good things in life, which helps build a growth mindset.
Gratitude
While a growth mindset is the "engine" that powers you, this part of the "car" gives that power a direction and tells your brain exactly where you want to go.
Personal Mission Statement
This strategy involves catching a negative thought like "I'm not good at this" and turning it into a growth opportunity like "I can build this skill with practice."
Mindset Shifting (or Flipping the Script)
Practice builds this "protective layer" around your neurons, which can make electrical signals in your brain travel up to 100 times faster.
Myelin
In a growth mindset, a mistake isn't a "stop sign"; it is treated as this type of sign, meaning you just need to find a new route.
Detour Sign
This term describes a group of people who might discourage change or feel threatened when you start to make progress.
Fixed Circle
In a Fixed Mindset, people believe that this factor is the only thing that creates success.
Talent (or Natural Ability)
In the "Growth Mindset Tool Kit," this is the third and final step you must take after noticing your inner voice and adding the word "Yet."
Seek a New Strategy
This part of the brain handles the "fight or flight" stress response; positive self-talk helps lower its reaction so high-level learning can happen.
Amygdala
While a Fixed Thinker sees a challenge as a "Wall" and stops, a Growth Thinker uses resilience to see the wall as an opportunity to take this type of step in an new direction.
Pivot
This term refers to the "data" we get from a solid circle of support to help us get better, rather than seeing it as a personal attack.
Feedback (or Honest Feedback
Because your brain is always listening to your internal narrator, the slides refer to you as this—the person drawing the "blueprints" for how your brain will function tomorrow.
Architect
Using the "Power of Yet" is a form of Self-Awareness because it helps you realize that this type of thought is just a temporary feeling, not a permanent fact.
Fixed Thought (or Limiting Belief)
This is the specific reason why making mistakes is actually better for your brain than getting everything right the first time.
Building Neural Connections (or Strengthening Myelin
This "mental armor" is created through Affirmations, which train your inner voice to stay strong against doubt and discouragement.
Positive Self-Talk
Just as a plant needs soil and light, your mindset is heavily influenced by this—the people and influences you choose to surround yourself with.
Social Environment or Circle
Small, daily actions that provide the "fuel" to reach your goals.
Habits
Using "Yet" transforms a challenge from a "Dead End" into this specific 2-word status, meaning the solution is currently being built.
Under Construction
In the "Neuro-Feedback Loop," this happens to your brain's energy when you tell yourself a task is "impossible."
stops wasting energy on it (or it shuts down high-level learning)
This is the specific difference (street sign) between how a Fixed Mindset and a Growth Mindset view a mistake.
Stop Sign vs. a Detour Sign
Name 1 of the three specific steps mentioned in the slides for intentionally establishing a "Growth Circle."
1. Identify Values
2. Evaluate People
3. Seek Out Active Listners