Goals

Goals

  One question I always get is, ''What are your goals?'' People always expect an answer of some sort like, ''I want to have a good career, have a family and own a house,'' not mine. My ultimate goal is to never lose myself in this world. In other words, never give up and always motivate myself for the better, I have a purpose and I am a firm believer that everything happens for a reason. For example, I tested into Eng 091, a majority of students dropped the class within a couple of days but me? I could never do that. The reason behind it is because I will learn something from it because every experience is a lesson learned. If I never lose sight of myself and focus on what really matters, everything else will fall into place. So when people ask me what are my goals I respond, ''I don't have a list of things I want to accomplish, I just have one mission I want to fulfill and that's staying true to myself and always stay focused on the bigger picture.

According to Carol Dwech: the power of believing that you can approve, Dwech explains the power of a child with a growth mindset and a fixed mindset. Someone with a growth mindset is open to learn and engage new things and someone with a fixed mindset would rather not do the extra work to learn different things. Encouraging and praising kids on their focus and perseverance can go a long way. It is possible for a student to go from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset just by pushing out of their comfort zone to learn something new and different. When students and educators have a growth mindset, they believe that intelligence can be developed. Teaching a growth mindset creates motivation and productivity in the world of business, sports, education and many more.