Growth Mindset

I was reading Carol Dweck's book on Mindset. Carol describe the importance of having an "Growth" mindset as important to everyone. Having a "fixed" mindset causes a person to limit themselves as they aim to achieve to satisfy their own esteem. Fixed mindset are people who compares themselves with others and often blame themselves in failure. Growth mindset are characterised by the following:

1. Not afraid to fail
2. Appreciate feedback from others to improve themselves
3. Like to take up challenges
4. Have a positive perspective in difficult times
5. Put effort in what they do
6. Are not limited by their shortcomings but willing to work hard to overcome it
7. See themselves as undergoing development
8. Open to new ideas
9. Consider and see other points of view
10. Willing to learn

Having an Growth Mindset is important to design. It helps designers to empathize with the users, open to ideas, see from different perspectives, experiment new ways,  and cultivate creativity.