[HN Gopher] How a 'growth mindset' can lead to success
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       How a 'growth mindset' can lead to success
        
       Author : adrian_mrd
       Score  : 25 points
       Date   : 2020-03-12 20:56 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | trimble_tromble wrote:
       | It's important to note that mindset theory has recently come
       | under question:
       | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/095679761989758...
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       | For a twitter summary of the above paper, see here:
       | https://twitter.com/BrookeMacnamara/status/12247169045745459...
        
       | BooneJS wrote:
       | One thing I admire about my most successful coworkers is their
       | lack of fear when diving headfirst into something new. "Hey,
       | we've got this problem, can you take a look?"
       | 
       | And they say sure.
       | 
       | They will research, then code, then hit a roadblock and pick a
       | new direction, and repeat. They assume they can get past whatever
       | roadblocks they have, and they're always correct.
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       | Other people will research until they think they've got a plan to
       | get around every bit of friction they'll encounter. The longer
       | you take to get started, the longer achieving a workable solution
       | will take.
        
         | crispinb wrote:
         | _and they 're always correct_
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         | Survivorship bias. For every fearless, boots'n'all person I
         | know in a variety of fields (not just dev) who's "succeeded", I
         | know many more whose headlong attempts crashed and burned.
         | Consequences ranged from merely becoming more cautious, to
         | homelessness and suicide.
        
           | analog31 wrote:
           | It could also be because our perception of risk is biased.
           | What I mean is, we _think_ they are being fearless, when in
           | reality, they just have a more accurate perception of the
           | actual risk than we do -- possibly because they are choosing
           | their battles carefully.
        
         | Swizec wrote:
         | You're more likely to succeed when you actively try to succeed.
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         | But it's okay to procrastinate too. Let the future better
         | version of you solve the problem.
         | 
         | The trick is finding balance.
        
       | ASalazarMX wrote:
       | > Or Donald Trump: "Without passion, you don't have energy.
       | Without energy, you have nothing."
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       | He doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who is passionate about
       | his job.
        
         | dang wrote:
         | Let's not have political flamebait here please. That leads away
         | from intellectually curious conversation, which is what we want
         | on HN.
         | 
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
        
           | crispinb wrote:
           | Given that the 45 quote came directly from the article in
           | question, this strikes me as a tad unreasonable in this case.
           | At the very least, the 45 reference could quite reasonably
           | lead to interrogation of the article author's superficial
           | concept of 'success' (regardless of one's politics).
        
       | benrawk wrote:
       | Most of the growth mindset literature hasn't replicated...
        
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