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Course Description: Psychologists have long distinguished two fundamentally different mindsets that profoundly influence our behavior, our relationship with success and failure, and our capacity for happiness. A “growth mindset” is one that sees failure as the root of growth and as an opportunity to stretch existing abilities by affording the chance to learn and improve. A “fixed mindset” assumes that intelligence and creativity are innate abilities, and that failure should be avoided at all costs. Research shows that people with growth mindsets achieve more and are happier. In this session, we will learn about the fascinating research on growth mindsets and we will experiment with some ways to build a growth mindset through some simple and fun exercises designed to help train us to embrace challenges, persist in the face of setbacks, learn from our failures, and find inspiration in the success of others.
Facilitator: Dan Klein, Advanced Lecturer in Theater and Performance Studies, Lecturer of Management at the GSB and a Lecturer with Knight-Hennessy Scholars.
Session dates: September 18 and 25 for 9:00-10:30am PT.
Course Fee: $150