GROWTH MINDSET JOURNAL

For this class project, you will begin a journal, in which you keep track of both your fixed
and growth mindset experiences. In so doing, you will self-reflect on your experiences
and reinforce your learning.

Keeping this journal on a regular basis will help you develop and solidify your growth
mindset. It will allow you to examine and explore your experiences and increase your
ability to control how you act and react in the moment. And it will also provide you with
a record of your progress over time.

STEP 1: Open the template provided or create a similar Google Doc or Word document
of your own. (If you create your own, be sure to include two separate areas, one for
fixed mindset experiences and the other for growth mindset experiences.)

STEP 2: Write your first fixed entry. In no more than a few paragraphs, describe a recent
situation in which you personally experienced yourself demonstrating a fixed mindset.
Explain the context, what happened, and why you think you (re)acted the way you did.
Finally, and most importantly, write a paragraph or more explaining how you would like
to handle the situation differently next time.

STEP 3: Write your first growth entry. In no more than a few paragraphs, describe a
recent situation in which you personally experienced yourself demonstrating a growth
mindset. Explain the context, what happened, and why you think you (re)acted the way
you did. Finally, and most importantly, write a paragraph or more explaining how having
a growth mindset made you feel, how it made others feel, and what potential growth it
may lead to.

A FINAL NOTE: I SUGGEST YOU REPEAT STEPS 1-3 AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN. IDEALLY, YOU
WILL MAKE AT LEAST ONE FIXED AND ONE GROWTH ENTRY EACH DAY. IF YOU DO THIS,
IT WILL NOT BE LONG BEFORE YOU BEGIN HAVING MORE EXAMPLES OF GROWTH
MINDSET COME TO MIND. EVENTUALLY, YOU WILL HAVE TROUBLE COMING UP WITH
ANY FIXED MINDSET EXPERIENCES AT ALL! AT THIS POINT, YOU WILL HAVE FULLY
EMBRACED A GROWTH MINDSET AND YOU WILL BE LIVING A FULL, RICH LIFE FILLED
WITH POTENTIAL AND PROGRESS. CONGRATULATIONS! I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT!