Growth Mindset

Sponsors: Eight Sleep & ROKA

Mindset & Narrative

Intelligence Feedback vs. Effort Feedback, Identity Labels

Intelligence vs. Effort Praise: Performance, Persistence & Self-Representation

Fixed Intelligence vs. Growth Mindset

Tool: Intelligence (Performance) vs. Effort Narrative, Labels

Tool: Failure & Identity; Effort & Verbs

Sponsor: AG1

Tool: Timing, Intelligence vs. Effort Praise & Performance

Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset: Failure & Performance

Tool: Shift from Fixed Mindset

Sponsor: InsideTracker

Stress-is-Enhancing Mindset

How Stress Can Enhance Performance

Growth Mindset + Stress-is-Enhancing Mindset & Performance

Reframing Stress

Tool 1: Student & Teacher Mindset

Tool 2: Effort Praise/Feedback: Verbs not Labels

Tool 3: Errors & Seeking Help

Tool 4: Self-Teaching & Growth Mindset

Tool 5: Reframe “Mind is Like a Muscle” Analogy

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Andrew Huberman

In this episode, I discuss how to build and apply a growth mindset — the practice of self-rewarding and focusing on learning and skill development through effort — to improve learning and performance. I also discuss how our internal narratives drive our ability to make progress. I contrast the growth mindset vs. the fixed mindset and describe how the type of feedback or praise we receive shapes our mindsets, and the huge advantage of rewarding and celebrating “verbs” (actions) rather than adjectives (performance labels). I also discuss data showing how stress can enhance performance and explain why the growth mindset works synergistically with the “stress-is-enhancing mindset,” and how to combine them. Whether you are a student, coach, therapist, parent, teacher or simply someone seeking to improve at something, this episode provides numerous science-supported tools for how to adopt a performance enhancing mindset. 

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Articles
Praise for intelligence can undermine children's motivation and performance: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1998-04530-003
Why do beliefs about intelligence influence learning success? A social cognitive neuroscience model: https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/1/2/75/2362769
Rethinking stress: The role of mindsets in determining the stress response: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2013-06053-001
A synergistic mindsets intervention protects adolescents from stress: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04907-7

Other Resources
Dr. Carol Dweck: https://profiles.stanford.edu/carol-dweck 
Dr. Alia Crum: https://profiles.stanford.edu/alia-crum
Dr. Alia Crum: Science of Mindsets for Health & Performance (Huberman Lab episode): https://hubermanlab.com/dr-alia-crum-science-of-mindsets-for-health-performance
Dr. David Yeager: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/psychology/faculty/yeagerds 

Timestamps
00:00:00 Growth Mindset
00:02:55 Sponsors: Eight Sleep & ROKA
00:05:17 Mindset & Narrative 
00:12:58 Intelligence Feedback vs. Effort Feedback, Identity Labels 
00:20:10 Intelligence vs. Effort Praise: Performance, Persistence & Self-Representation
00:26:45 Fixed Intelligence vs. Growth Mindset 
00:28:53 Tool: Intelligence (Performance) vs. Effort Narrative, Labels
00:32:30 Tool: Failure & Identity; Effort & Verbs
00:34:36 Sponsor: AG1
00:35:41 Tool: Timing, Intelligence vs. Effort Praise & Performance 
00:40:08 Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset: Failure & Performance
00:50:28 Tool: Shift from Fixed Mindset
00:54:23 Sponsor: InsideTracker
00:55:30 Stress-is-Enhancing Mindset
01:05:53 How Stress Can Enhance Performance  
01:13:21 Growth Mindset + Stress-is-Enhancing Mindset & Performance
01:20:36 Reframing Stress
01:25:45 Tool 1: Student & Teacher Mindset
01:28:17 Tool 2: Effort Praise/Feedback: Verbs not Labels
01:31:24 Tool 3: Errors & Seeking Help
01:32:58 Tool 4: Self-Teaching & Growth Mindset 
01:34:35 Tool 5: Reframe “Mind is Like a Muscle” Analogy 
01:39:20 Zero-Cost Support, YouTube Feedback, Spotify & Apple Reviews, Sponsors, Momentous, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter

Title Card Photo Credit: Mike Blabac - https://www.blabacphoto.com

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How to Enhance Performance & Learning by Applying a Growth Mindset

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