Fixed vs. Growth Mindset Those who have a growth mindset think of intelligence and other abilities— athletic, musical, artistic, etc.—as developing over time and that there are always ...

Dweck uses tennis racket–throwing John McEnroe and Lee Iacocca, the guy who turned around and then tanked Chrysler, as examples of fixed mindsets. The blamers, the screamers, the I-am-the-greatest ...

It stands in contrast to a fixed mindset where you see those traits as immutable. For example, someone with a fixed mindset might initially struggle with math and assume they’re simply not good with ...

The goal of the current manuscript is to embed the theory of mindsets about malleability in workplace contexts. We first define fixed-growth mindsets and the methods that have to date been used to ...

What are examples of a fixed mindset? Some people get stuck in thoughts such as I’m not good at anything. I always strike out. Everyone else does better than I do.