Grit And Mindset Essay
Grit and Mindset: Leadership in Occupational Therapy
When we hear the word success, we usually think of people such as CEOs of large companies, professional athletes, famous authors, highly intelligent scientists, doctors, surgeons, or even billionaires. The popular way to categorize these types of people is as having high IQ scores. In a study completed by Peter S. Magnusson, it was suggested that a person’s IQ score, or level of intelligence does in fact correlate with success in a large group, but when looking at the individual, the correlation is weak (Q., 2015). This is because other factors, such as grit and mindset, have more to do with success than IQ (Culin, Tsukayama, & Duckworth, 2014).
Grit and mindset are two words that are typically associated with one’s success or adversely with one’s failure. Some words that I typically associate with the word “grit” are determined, focused, confident, mentally tough, …show more content…
A person’s mindset is defined as the beliefs about yourself and your attributes, traits, and even intelligence, and the idea that you were either born with a certain amount of these qualities or that these qualities are ever changing. Dweck determined that there were two mindsets: a fixed mindset and a growth mindset (Mindset, 2010). People with a fixed mindset believe that there is no changing the amount of intelligence, talent, attitude, personality, or any other quality of an individual. These people believe that what you’re born with is what you’re “stuck” with (Mindset, 2010). People who have a growth mindset believe that you have the ability to control your individual qualities such as your talent, attitude, personality, determination, and amount of intelligence. These people use perseverance and passion in their everyday lives which leads to being successful (Mindset,
When we hear the word success, we usually think of people such as CEOs of large companies, professional athletes, famous authors, highly intelligent scientists, doctors, surgeons, or even billionaires. The popular way to categorize these types of people is as having high IQ scores. In a study completed by Peter S. Magnusson, it was suggested that a person’s IQ score, or level of intelligence does in fact correlate with success in a large group, but when looking at the individual, the correlation is weak (Q., 2015). This is because other factors, such as grit and mindset, have more to do with success than IQ (Culin, Tsukayama, & Duckworth, 2014).
Grit and mindset are two words that are typically associated with one’s success or adversely with one’s failure. Some words that I typically associate with the word “grit” are determined, focused, confident, mentally tough, …show more content…
A person’s mindset is defined as the beliefs about yourself and your attributes, traits, and even intelligence, and the idea that you were either born with a certain amount of these qualities or that these qualities are ever changing. Dweck determined that there were two mindsets: a fixed mindset and a growth mindset (Mindset, 2010). People with a fixed mindset believe that there is no changing the amount of intelligence, talent, attitude, personality, or any other quality of an individual. These people believe that what you’re born with is what you’re “stuck” with (Mindset, 2010). People who have a growth mindset believe that you have the ability to control your individual qualities such as your talent, attitude, personality, determination, and amount of intelligence. These people use perseverance and passion in their everyday lives which leads to being successful (Mindset,