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Large Accomplishments Begin With Optimism My motto/mantra is "Large Accomplishments Begin With Optimism." Optimism, defined, is the hopefulness and confidence about the future or a successful outcome of something. Throughout my life, I have found that without a positive mindset, accomplishments can't happen. When facing a challenge, I have to always remind myself to adjust my mindset to picture myself overcome the challenge at hand. This coincides with having a growth mindset - for me, having my mind in the right place opens the door for larger accomplishments! Here is a graphic I designed using Canva.

The Growth Mindset Before this module, I had not heard specifically heard of Carol Dweck's "growth mindset." However, in a previous social psychology course I took at OU, we learned about having a fixed mindset. Overall, I see myself as having a growth mindset. Challenges and errors do not immediately make me turn away; rather, I enjoy learning and correcting from mistakes. The same goes with my previous cheerleading career. I felt that even when I failed in cheer, I didn't ever decide that it was due to personal inability. I would always try to take a deep breath, acknowledge what was wrong and move past it, conquering whatever it was that I failed. This photo depicts common ideas of people who use a growth mindset versus people that practice a fixed mindset. Photo taken from A Medium Corporation. While being at OU, I've learned that sometimes your hard work is not seen by others (professors, mostly). Sometimes this can be extremely aggravating. Howe...