Which way do you fall?

I’ve always noticed that people react differently to things such as bad grades, bad days, exciting news, and good moments. It only recently occurred to me why, because of their mindset. They either have a fixed mindset, or a growth mindset. Reading the mindset book allowed me to learn about myself in some ways, for example what kind of mindset I am. At first, I felt like I was a fixed mindset, but then concluded that I’m a fixed mindset when it comes to certain situations. This book seems to be favoring a growth mindset over a fixed one. They tend to put a negative spin on someone with a fixed mindset, which in some ways irritates me because it makes me feel like if I've got a fixed mindset on something, that I’m wrong.  In relation to the topic of motivation, I feel that mindset really does play into it quite a bit. If you’ve got a growth mindset, you’re willing to keep going and do what it takes to reach your goals. Whereas someone with a fixed mindset won’t, and they’ll accept where they are right now. This mindset theory can be applied to nearly anything and everything.  The 10,000 hour rule is a perfect example. Having a fixed mindset in terms of this theory won’t do you much good. You will feel that if you just put in the time, something will happen. You will watch and wait for something good to happen to you. With a growth mindset, you will put in both the time and effort to produce something of good quality. A growth mindset will motivate you to keep going and move forward. The path to success is different for both those with a fixed and those with a growth mindset. If you have a growth mindset, you know that the path to success isn’t a straight road, there are a lot of obstacles and opportunities along the way, and someone with a fixed mindset probably won’t agree with that, and they’ll try to stick to what they have to do to reach their goal as fast as possible.