Thanks to Wayne for passing on a great article on the differences between having a fixed mindset and one which is open to change and effort. In a nutshell, the piece explores how we view ability and the development of ability ; whether it is just natural talent or whether it is the culmination of effort, never say die attitude and willingness to face the challenge. The interesting bit is that how we view our personal capabilities in life can affect not only our mental and personal growth but our belief structures on destiny and fate.
This article is in essence is about the positivity in having a growth mindset, that whatever our inherent beliefs and personalities are, it is never too late to engender change and to embrace new challenges and risk. The way I see it, there are too many people I meet who are "set in their ways" or perhaps think that well that's me, I can't change for the better or I can't accept failure in new endeavours so I'll stick to stuff that comes easy.
I for one, am guilty of these beliefs one time or another. However I do essentially believe that I can change for the better, if not it wouldn't hurt to try. And try. And try again. And try somemore, until those little personal goals are achieved. Or not, but hey the journey is the worthwhile bit right?
Intelligence, emotional and mental, and ability is malleable. It is within our failure to not grasp that, and also within our success to do so. Take football for example. For the Onnies crew, we were not considered "naturally talented" when we started out. For the most part we were slapped into "defensive positions" to "hump" the ball away. But by playing with each other and gradually improving , we pretty much can hold our own now. At the same time I don't see why we should stop improving, if not physically ( god we are all getting old and injury prone, look at me, ankle, knee, front tooth) but mentally. Habits are only as bad as we make them to be as well as ever present as we wish them to be.
Well enough preachy keen-ness, check out the article for yourselves and let me know your thoughts. In the comment section yah yahoos. Also, it would be great if our education system somehow incorporated this level of thinking and motivation in all levels huh?
I for one, am guilty of these beliefs one time or another. However I do essentially believe that I can change for the better, if not it wouldn't hurt to try. And try. And try again. And try somemore, until those little personal goals are achieved. Or not, but hey the journey is the worthwhile bit right?
Intelligence, emotional and mental, and ability is malleable. It is within our failure to not grasp that, and also within our success to do so. Take football for example. For the Onnies crew, we were not considered "naturally talented" when we started out. For the most part we were slapped into "defensive positions" to "hump" the ball away. But by playing with each other and gradually improving , we pretty much can hold our own now. At the same time I don't see why we should stop improving, if not physically ( god we are all getting old and injury prone, look at me, ankle, knee, front tooth) but mentally. Habits are only as bad as we make them to be as well as ever present as we wish them to be.
Well enough preachy keen-ness, check out the article for yourselves and let me know your thoughts. In the comment section yah yahoos. Also, it would be great if our education system somehow incorporated this level of thinking and motivation in all levels huh?
www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2007/marapr/features/dweck.html
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I like the article but probably on a different emphasis, specifically on how she claims that your mindset will determine whether intelligence is either static or dynamic, which in turn affects your motivation on learning and trying things. I guess that's why people always say you need to get out of your comfort zone, to encourage a more dynamic mindset.
Good read, apparently this has been around for 20 odd years.
register..no WONDER most ppl wont comment..theyre too lazy to register..somehow i dont even remember signing up..
ha ha!
eh anyway.. it says.. page not found.. but i suppose i get the gist of what you were saying. -_- good footballing way of telling us football-minded fellows.
some still can't defend though.....
hahahahhaah.
oh did you know we're playing the cempakans ( the GOOD cempakans ) and fariz's team on a regular basis? pretty good teams and good challenge.!
to my beloved wongie. i've just got introduced to your site by ifran. damn you for not giving it to me yourself :p
anyway, yeah it was a good read. i'm a strong advocate for the 'mind over matter' theory. the mind is an amazing little thing. if you think you're sick or moody, then you will be. and vice versa. it sets your views, mentality and approach in life.
i agree with wong in that a lot more should be done in school, work place, football teams etc, to cultivate the mind. for instance reading vs chelsea. i believe tho lacking in skill, reading have to commended for their achievements this season. whereas chelsea, with their limitless skills, should be banned from playing for showing (at most times) 'i know i'm good, i dont need to run' attitude.
i will end this entry with man utd so rocks! they have both skill and mental strength. woohoo!!!
now for my second entry. i had a debate with ifran on talent vs training.
although i do belive in all thats been said about the mind, but i feel that everyone has natural talent or natural tendencies. however much you want to train for something you're not good at, you'll achieve less than if you train (with the same effort) on the areas your naturally good at. even if you reach your desired level, it'll take you a longer time.
i believe more on working on the natural talent that you have. (after finding out what it is). be it in academic, career, or football position. some might have a wider range of talents, and others might be specialised.
you'll not only achieve more this way, but you'll also feel more happy and satisfied. because it comes more naturally.
whereas, in short, ifran says with sufficient hard work and training, we can mould ourselves into whatever we want. (let him give full explaination on his part. hope i did enough justice to his argument.sorry ifran if wrong)
i guess both right. or no right and wrong. but yeah.. what do you guys think?
How do we define "hard work+ training" ? professional training? or training from playing games?
Let's be honest, none of us really train TRAIN correct? we get our experience and techniques from the playing ground.
Look at us, okay except ppl like amin :P who has been a good player all his life.
haha.. okay so we were all i think pretty mediocre in football.
but then we started having our onnies sessions..and then started playing proper.
where are we now? are we the crap players we were?
i'll tell you all a story about what i've noticed during my futsal sessions with my college mates.
we started the sessions together me and chris, and gradually rounded a few regulars. one of the regulars was D, and he was one of the earliest to start playing with us. he was..and is considered semi-bangku.
another friend joined us a few months after we started, W, and he came as a bangku. like really bangku.
but if you see him play today.. you'd think ' HE was bangku?! '
yeaps..he plays pretty well now, passes well, runs, one-touch, great defender. D on the other-hand, is still the same, still has lack of footballing sense, passing is pretty bad, shooting is worst.he's good as haggling players i give him that.
we have all played together week in week out without fail.
so we have D who has played week in week out since we started and has not improved one bit.
then we have W, who joined us late and is a good player now.
both have no proper formal kinda of training.their only training comes from the pitch.
so how?
I suppose i'm agreeing with Amin here, that you need some kinda talent to be good at something. and if you dont have talent in something,then you're gonna have a hard time.
we don't need to look further than the pitch.
ifran once wondered why the cempakan team was still so crap after all the times we had played with them over the months.he wondered why they didnt do anything to improve themselves.maybe they tried but they couldnt? maybe we got better cause played more games? but we certainly didnt do any 'hard work' as i see it. unless hard work= having fun playing footy. :)
my 2 cents.a bit late though but wth rite.
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