Develop academic optimism
Source: https://www.york.ac.uk/students/support/success-at-york-toolkit/optimism/academic/ Parent: https://www.york.ac.uk/students/support/success-at-york-toolkit/optimism/
Academic optimism involves seeing your experiences as providing opportunities to grow academically.
In other words, how you can develop academically from what happens to you?
Videos
Video
The unexpected benefit of celebrating failure
Astro Teller, the head of Google X, walks you through his secret to making an organisation where people feel comfortable working on big, risky projects, and exploring wild ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t13Rq4oc7A&ab_channel=TED
Video
Fixed mindset versus growth mindset
This animation walks you through the difference between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset, and how you can shift your viewpoint to help guide you towards success.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv2ar6AKvGc
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Our dangerous obsession with perfectionism is getting worse
In this TED Talk, Thomas Curran explores how the pressure to be perfect is driving a rise in mental illness. He discusses the potential causes of this issues, and how we can help create a culture that celebrates imperfections.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFG1b1-EsW8&ab_channel=TED
Podcasts
The latest science of growth mindset
Dr Carol Dweck, the leading professional in motivation research, further discusses the idea of a growth vs fixed mindset and the surrounding research in this area.
Ana Melikian interviews various professionals in this podcast, focusing specifically on the moments they changed their mindsets and started achieving great things.
Next steps
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