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Hello to All of My Study Bunnies!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
What if I told you your MINDSET is the one thing that could make or break you in nursing school and possibly even in life? <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
What if I told you there were only 4 things you need to do differently every day to stay in that Growth Mindset Sweet Spot in order to reap all the benefits? <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Growth Mindset is probably the most important topic I will ever cover in this blog and the best part is that it will help you succeed in nursing school, in your future profession, and in your life. [cue dramatic music]. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
WHAT IS A GROWTH MINDSET?<\/b><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Put simply, a Growth Mindset is an attitude adopted by students in order to thrive in challenging situations<\/span>. <\/span>Basically, a student believes they CAN learn, improve, and grow, <\/span>even though they don\u2019t know how to do the skills at this time<\/b>. People with a growth mindset believe that their skills, talents, and knowledge can grow with time and effort.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nImagine a little boy named Pete. Pete visits his cousin\u2019s house and his cousin wants to go ride bikes around the neighborhood. Pete does not know how to ride a bike. <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Imagine if that was the end of the story. What would you do if you didn\u2019t know how to do something? <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s take Medication Conversions for example\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Imagine you have just been told you will have a Med Math Exam and you need 100% in order to stay in your nursing program – yes this happened to me [squeaky voice] – we only had 3 chances to pass.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- What do you tell yourself?<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- How do you feel about yourself?<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Do you doubt your abilities?<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Do you feel challenged by the idea or does it make you feel insecure?<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Do you up-talk or down-talk yourself? If you\u2019re not sure if you talk yourself up or down \u2026does your self-talk sound like this:<\/span>\n
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- \u201cIt\u2019s okay Jessica, you don\u2019t know how to do this yet, but if you put your mind to it and give it the time it deserves – you will be amazing at that.\u201d That\u2019s uptalking.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
OR does it sound more like…<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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- \u201cGosh Jessica, you are the worst at math. It\u2019s been years since you had to do math. Oh, and there are fractions involved – forget it – why even bother? You\u2019re going to need a miracle to learn that.\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
That’s down-talking. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
It seems nonsensical that Pete would just go the rest of his life never learning to ride a bike, doesn\u2019t it? <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m sure you can recall learning how to ride a bike. It has probably been a while since you rode a bike – can you still do it even though it\u2019s been a while? Of course, you can – and you can probably still do all the cool tricks too. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a child – you did not allow lack of knowledge stop you, because you were born without knowledge of how to do anything! We were blank slates and we literally learned everything we know – we even learned how to down-talk ourselves and stump our own growth. We learned to stifle our awesomeness.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
This blog post is aimed at helping your reverse the down-talk, convert you to an up-talker, and help you embrace the GROWTH MINDSET.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n
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