Carol Dweck’s research on “growth mindset” — the idea that we can grow our brain’s capacity to learn and to solve problems. In this influential talk, Carol Dweck describes the power of a positive, growth mind set and how to approach problems. ‘Are you not smart enough to solve it … or have you just not solved it yet?’ (Dweck, C. 2014)
https://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve?language=en
This reminds me of Naomi Cleary’s comment in response to one of my forum posts; week 11,
‘…it’s not a problem, it’s another opportunity’.