10/06/2015 Reverend Brown: Apply Mindset Jayme Salo
The single most important thing that needs to change in the case study Reverend Jeffrey Brown: Cops, Kids, and Ministers is that Reverend Brown exhibits the traits and beliefs of a fixed mindset, handicapped by his lack of ability to stretch, he is consumed with the achieving success within his career. The ability to stretch is a pivotal component of the growth mindset where people love and thrive on “the challenge” of the task at hand. The growth mindset cultivates this thriving and driven mentality, further breeding a strong belief in effort as a defining measure of success and resilience through failure. Reverend Brown does not exhibit these traits or beliefs throughout the case study. In his introductory assessment of the rising youth (under the age of 24) crime and death rate in Boston, he believes that the kids of Boston do not possess the ability to…show more content… During these years, the mind is much more adaptive and receptive to positive influence and lasting change (i.e., it is much harder to teach an old dog new tricks). Although, if one thoroughly believes in the ideas of a growth mindset, by definition, new beliefs can always be cultivated with the proper allocation of time and mental resources. As he adopts these new beliefs, a growth mindset would begin to emerge illustrating a strong sense of importance around the process, not the outcome, and that learning, especially from failure, can be an extremely powerful and positive tool for future