The document discusses growth mindset, which is presented in a workshop by Burke Turner of We Are Atmosphere. Growth mindset is defined as the belief that basic abilities can be developed through hard work, rather than being fixed traits. This contrasts with a fixed mindset. Cultivating a growth mindset means understanding that effort and attitude determine success more than innate talent. While a fixed mindset focuses on outcomes and natural abilities, a growth mindset emphasizes learning through process and pushing boundaries. The workshop provides tools to impact work and life by shifting one's mindset and language from limitations to potential for growth.

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WE ARE ATMOSPHERE - Workshop
Benefiting from a Growth Mindset

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YOUR PRESENTER TODAY
Burke Turner
Ways of Working, We Are Atmosphere
@weareatmosphere
#atmosphereinspires
linkedin.com/in/burketurner/
Helping clients across a range of sectors
accelerate positive changes in the way their
teams function.

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DEFINING FIXED MINDSET
“In a fixed mindset, people believe their basic
qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are simply
fixed traits. They spend their time documenting
their intelligence or talent instead of developing
them.
They also believe that talent alone creates
success - without effort.”
Carol Dweck

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DEFINING A GROWTH MINDSET
“In a growth mindset, people believe that their most
basic abilities can be developed through dedication
and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting
point. This view creates a love of learning and a
resilience that is essential for great accomplishment,”
Carol Dweck

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CULTIVATING GROWTH MINDSET
“It’s not always the people who start out the
smartest who end up the smartest”
- Stanford University Professor, Carol Dweck

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COMPARING FIXED WITH GROWTH MINDSET
Derek Sivers
https://sivers.org/mindset
FIXED MINDSET GROWTH MINDSET
FLAWS Something to hide Something to work on
CONFIDENCE Comes from staying within comfort
zone
Comes from pushing boundaries
PASSION &
PURPOSE
Hidden, inherent thing to discover The result of doing great work
FAILURE What defines you A temporary setback
RELATIONSHIPS Natural compatibility ‘the one’ Effort and working through inevitable
differences
FOCUS On the outcome On the process
THE WORLD Deterministic view Sense of free will

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GROWTH MINDSET – A LEARNED CAPABILITY
How did we forget about:
– I can learn anything I want to
– My effort and attitude determine everything
– When I fail, I learn
And end up with:
– I’m either good at it, or I’m not
– My abilities determine everything
– When I fail, I’m no good
?

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PROCESS IS DEVALUED IF WE OVER PRAISE OUTCOMES
– Trinity College London Young Performers Certificate – Gold
– London College of Music Examination - Distinction (Speech and Drama)
– The 6th Hong Kong Teenage Art Competition - 2nd Prize
– Hong Kong Abacus & Mental Arithmetic Competition 2015 - Silver Prize
– Joint School Music Competition 2015 - Gold Prize
– Sunny Kids International Drawing Competition - Honorable Mention
– Cheerful Painting Competition 2015 in Hong Kong - Golden Prize
– Hong Kong Children Education Association Painting Competition 2015 - 2nd Place
– The 7th International Kids & Teens Painting and Calligraphy Exchange Competition -
Excellence Award

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THE TALENT MYTH

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THE TALENT MYTH
At the heart of the McKinsey vision is a process that the War for Talent
advocates refer to as "differentiation and affirmation." Employers, they argue,
need to sit down once or twice a year and hold a "candid, probing, no-holds-
barred debate about each individual," sorting employees into A, B, and C
groups.
The A's must be challenged and disproportionately rewarded. The B's need to be
encouraged and affirmed. The C's need to shape up or be shipped out.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/07/22/the-talent-myth
@gladwell

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A NEW CORPORATE MINDSET
"In there there’s this very simple concept that Carol Dweck talks about, which is
if you take two people, one of them is a learn-it-all and the other one is a know-it-
all, the learn-it-all will always trump the know-it-all in the long run, even if they
start with less innate capability.”
http://uk.businessinsider.com/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-on-growth-mindset-2016-8
@satyanadella

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THE COST OF CORPORATE MINDSET
1997 “The Talent War” begins
Reference is for context, not causality

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TOOLS TO IMPACT WORK AND LIFE

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THE POWER OF ONE WORD
– I don’t know how to do that..
– I don’t understand what you mean..
– I don’t know how we can find the budget for this..
– I don’t feel comfortable with this approach..
– I am not ready to lead this meeting..
– I don’t have a clue..

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THE POWER OF ONE WORD
– I don’t know how to do that.. yet.
– I don’t understand what you mean.. yet.
– I don’t know how we can find the budget for this.. yet.
– I don’t feel comfortable with this approach.. yet.
– I am not ready to lead this meeting.. yet.
– I don’t have a clue.. yet.

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20. “It’s not always the people who start out the
smartest who end up the smartest”
- Stanford University Professor, Carol Dweck

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