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Good at and bad at?

Good at and bad at?. Have a look at your “good at” list. Can you get better at it? Do you believe that you are always going to be good at these things? What would happen if you “failed” at this? Have a look at your “bad at” list. Has it always been this way?

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Good at and bad at?

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  1. Good at and bad at? • Have a look at your “good at” list. • Can you get better at it? • Do you believe that you are always going to be good at these things? • What would happen if you “failed” at this? • Have a look at your “bad at” list. • Has it always been this way? • Do you believe you can get better at this?

  2. Are we born smart?

  3. Cab driver brain

  4. Mindset • Mindset is your belief about your abilities • Creates your mental world • Fixed mindset –intelligence and ability cannot change • Flexible mindset –intelligence and ability can develop • Your behaviour depends on the mindset you adopt

  5. Fixed or Flexible?

  6. Developing a flexible mindset Step 1: Possible or impossible? Consider the 6 questions on your handout. Remember times you have seen someone learn to do something you never thought this person could do or is even possible, and to reflect upon how this happened and what it means.

  7. Developing a flexible mindset Step 2: Message from the past Write a short card to a person next to you about how abilities can be developed, with examples of how you yourself have dealt with some difficulties in the past or how you yourself became good at something you were first bad at.

  8. Developing a flexible mindset Step 3: If anything was possible… Tell a person next to you five-ten things you would like to learn. Think broadly. It can be anything, from dance, music, art to technology, sport or travel.

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