Fixed Mindset

If you listen closely, you'll hear it in classrooms, playgrounds, and dinner tables. A child says, 'I'm just not a sports person' or, 'I'm just not good at writing' as a response to having come 10th place in sports day or failed their English test. The belief that our abilities are fixed and can't be learned or improved is called a Fixed Mindset, and it rarely comes from nowhere. There is a deeper reason for why kids develop this mindset early on, and it has everything to do with how we talk about failure.