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The article "A fixed mindset could be holding you back — here's how to change it" really appealed to me as it examined the fixed concept among physicians, my career aspiration. Physicians are often surrounded by life and death scenarios where an adaptable mind is needed for constantly changing situations. As I have gained experience shadowing physicians and understanding the medical world, I  too have realized the significance of having a growth mindset and using constructive feedback. The most productive feedback I have received involved criticisms that acknowledged the drawbacks of my work, but also gave me a path to learn from my mistakes and evolve my growth mindset. Learning from model examples or demonstrations are two types of feedback that I consider to be effective. On the other hand, feedback with the intention of disparaging the work for any little reason really provides no value or incentive to improve. The other article, "Seven Ways to Crush Self-Doubt in Creative Work", provided some quality methods to improve a growth mindset. The suggestion of avoiding social comparison is one I have had to learn over the years as in high school I would sometimes gauge my level success relative to other's success. Growing from this mindset has allowed me to pursue my own goals without having to place unnecessary pressure on myself due to presence of others. Additionally, this has allowed me to focus more on myself and understand my strengths and weaknesses in order to self improve. Self-feedback can be a difficult concept to understand and master, but I believe that being able to recognize one's own faults and mistakes can lead to the most improvement. This is something that I have applied from my schoolwork to my hobbies such as tennis.

Needpix: Feedback is a necessary component of improvement

Links to Articles:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-26/fixed-vs-growth-mindset-at-work-and-in-life/9897782
http://www.spencerauthor.com/seven-ways-to-crush-self-doubt/




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  1. Madeleine PatovistiSeptember 3, 2019 at 2:50 PM

    Hi Neal,

    When it comes to growth mindset, I too have had to deal with the topic of limiting social comparison. In our day and age, social comparison is so easy to fall victim to because of our high abundance of social media, magazines, news broadcasts, and television shows. I was wondering if you have found any techniques that you believe work best in helping you combat this social comparison in the hopes of being able to increase your growth mindset.

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