The ObservatoryLearning goals, not image goals
Goals about looking competent make you brittle. Goals about getting better make you persistent. Rewrite yours.
How it works
- What the goal is really protectingWriteChoose
- The rewriteWriteChoose
Two people do the same thing: one to show she can, one to get better. At the first setback their paths split. One has failed, the other has received information.
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Why does it work?
The difference between learning (mastery) goals and performance or image goals is well documented in motivation research: learning goals give more persistence and better learning after setbacks (Dweck 1986; Elliot & McGregor 2001). But simple mindset interventions have small average effects (Sisk et al. 2018), so this exercise works on how the goal is worded, not on changing your view of people.
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