A quick atomic presentation, presented to 100 NIFT students, in an interactive session with them, at Govt. Museum, Chennai

1. hi.

2. i’m
a
geek.

3. If
i
don’t
look
like
one,
that’s
because

4. i’m
disguised.

6.
Well,
today
we
are
going
to
talk
about

7. a
design
lesson
that
schools
don't
teach

8.
what
is
design

9. crea8vity
problem-­‐solving
design
is
everywhere
fun
innova8on

10.
but
what
if
we
fail

11.
what
if
our
design
fails

12.
how
does
it
feel
when
we
fail

13. frustrated
hopeless
and
so
we
get
angry
unworthy

14. STOPPED

15.
let
us
look
at
an
experiment

16. Round
#1
Group
A
Two
groups
of
students.
Set
of
puzzles
given
to
each
group
Group
A
praised
for
their
abili8es.
“Wow,
you
got
a
good
score.
You
must
be
smart
at
this!”
Group
B
Group
B
praised
for
their
effort.
“You
must
have
really
worked
hard.”

17. Round
#2
Group
A
Choice
of
easy
or
challenging
tasks
Most
of
Group
A
praised
for
their
intelligence
took
only
easy
tasks.
90%
of
Group
B
praised
for
their
Group
B
effort
chose
challenging
tasks

18. Round
#3
Group
A
Tougher
problems
given.
Cri8cized
for
failure
Group
A
performed
badly
and
were
dejected
and
lied
about
their
score.
Group
B
Group
B
did
beNer
and
liked
solving
difficult
problems.
Took
the
problems
home
to
solve
it.

19. Low
score
–
ques8ons
his
intelligence
or
worth
Take
acEviEes
that
confirm
their
Group
A
abili8es
“I
am
not
that
good
enough.
I
couldn’t
do
this
properly"
Low
score
–
take
it
as
an
opportunity
to
try
harder
Take
acEviEes
that
expand
their
Group
B
abili8es
“l
love
a
challenge.
I
will
try
harder
next
Eme"

20. Low
score
–
ques8ons
his
intelligence
or
worth
Fixed
Take
acEviEes
that
confirm
their
Mindset
abili8es
“I
am
not
that
good
enough.
I
couldn’t
do
this
properly"
Low
score
–
take
it
as
an
opportunity
to
try
harder
Growth
Take
acEviEes
that
expand
their
abili8es
Mindset
“l
love
a
challenge.
I
will
try
harder
next
Eme"

21. Fixed
Mindset
Growth
Mindset
Avoids
Challenges
Embraces
Challenges
Give
up
easily,
in
the
face
of
Persist,
in
the
face
of
obstacles
obstacles
See
effort
as
fruitless
See
effort
as
path
to
mastery
Cannot
tolerate
cri8cism.
Learn
from
cri8cism.
Ignore
useful
feedback.
Feel
threatened
by
success
Inspired
by
success
of
of
others
others

22.
so
it
boils
down
to
the
ques8on

23. effort
vs
ability

24.
are
you
going
to

25.
exp and
your
efforts

26. or

27. keep
confirming
your
ability

28. The
experiment
unrevealed
a
secret
too

29. Intelligence
can
be
developed
with
effort

30.
but
how
does
this
help
us

31. when
we
design,
at
:mes,
most
of
the
:mes
we
fail

32.
The
faster
we
fail,
the
closer
to
success
we
get

33.
It
is
called
as
failing
forward

34. And
we
do
it
with
li:le
bets

35.
Because
when
we
fail
quickly
using
liNle
bets,
we
learn
fast

36.
But
there
something
else
we
should
know
about
too

37.
And
it
is
called
as
perfec8onism

38.
There
are
two
types
of
perfec8onism

39. Healthy
Perfec8onism
striving
for
excellence
planning
ahead
parental
pressure
life
sa8sfac8on
need
for
approval
posi8ve
mood
past
poor
performances
intense
worry
about
making
mistakes
Unhealthy
Perfec8onism

40.
So,
this
is
not
just
a
design
lesson

41.
It
is
a
design
for
life
to
design
your
life

42.
It
is
either
By
default
or
By
design

43.
So,
go
ahead
to
design
YOUR
LIFE!

44.
thank
you!