Develop academic optimism

Academic optimism involves seeing your experiences as providing opportunities to grow academically. 

In other words, how you can develop academically from what happens to you?

Videos

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The unexpected benefit of celebrating failure

Astro Teller, the head of Google X, walks you through his secret to making an organisation where people feel comfortable working on big, risky projects, and exploring wild ideas.
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Fixed mindset versus growth mindset

This animation walks you through the difference between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset, and how you can shift your viewpoint to help guide you towards success.

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Our dangerous obsession with perfectionism is getting worse

In this TED Talk, Thomas Curran explores how the pressure to be perfect is driving a rise in mental illness. He discusses the potential causes of this issues, and how we can help create a culture that celebrates imperfections.

Podcasts

The latest science of growth mindset

Dr Carol Dweck, the leading professional in motivation research, further discusses the idea of a growth vs fixed mindset and the surrounding research in this area.

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Mindset zone

Ana Melikian interviews various professionals in this podcast, focusing specifically on the moments they changed their mindsets and started achieving great things.

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Next steps

Now you have explored resources to help with developing a stronger sense of academic optimism, the next step is to complete our activities to help you set some goals.

Activities to develop optimism