Week 6 Wrap up

     This week we had the opportunity to talk about many different things. For example, on Thursday we

had to read about the GTD method and growth mindset. My favorite thing about this week was when

we got to talk more in depth about growth mindset because of how relatable it was to me. I also was

very interested when we talked about the GTD method. The reason why I was very interested was

because of the fact that it helped me a lot, especially because I struggle a lot reading articles and this

reading had to do with it.

The first article we read talked about a growth mindset in humans’ brain and how it affects its positivity. In this article growth mindset is essentially very crucial for everyone, according to a study written about by Jason Moser and his colleagues at Michigan State University. The phrase "growth mindset" simply refers to a person's understanding and comprehension of failure, blunders, and challenging work. A person with a fixed perspective doesn't realize that failure and mistakes serve them; instead, they think they do them harm. According to the Eriksen Flanker Test, which analyzes brain impulses, people with a growth mentality performed significantly better after making a mistake than people with a fixed attitude. In the end, this demonstrates that the initial perspective adopted when doing tasks has an immediate cognitive impact when reflecting on errors.

The reason why I liked this article the most it’s because no matter who you are or what you do, you are always going to go through failures. Even though failure is one thing people are most afraid of, everyone has failed and is going to fail. I remember when I moved to the United States, and I did not know how to speak any English. I was 13 by that time and I knew 0 English and all I said was the word “yes” because it was the only thing I knew. My whole life I've been an A student but when I moved everything changed. My grades were going down due to the fact that it was a whole different language for me and it was very hard to understand the teachers in class. I also remember when I went to high school and I had to take the ACT and by that time my English was very low too and it was very stressful because of how the majority of the universities required a good score. I also played volleyball and my coaches would tell me to bring my score up so I could go to college. Everything was so hard and I failed so many times; I'm talking about exams, my grades and understanding the language of course. 

In conclusion, I can say that thanks to all of these failures I was able to understand a lot of things. First of all, I was able to understand that to be successful you need to fail. In my case, I feel like it was very rough and even though I suffered a lot because of how frustrated I was I learned that if I could face that challenge I can do whatever I propose I can achieve it but knowing that to achieve it I will fail many times.

Bibliography: Talbert, Robert. “Reading Research Articles the GTD WAY.” Robert Talbert, Ph.D., Robert Talbert, Ph.D., 21 Aug. 2018, https://rtalbert.org/reading-research-gtd/. 

Cline, Rob. “Growth Mindset - Mastering a New Mindset for Mental Health - Peak View.” Peak View Behavioral Health, 13 July 2022, https://peakviewbh.com/growth-mindset-mental-health/.