a growth mindset utilizes the active appraisal
Page 113 a growth mindset utilizes the active appraisal. We discussed in part one. When you reappraise the situation, you exercise what neuroscientist called cognitive flexibility viewing the same situation in a different light.
— from Failure & Resilience (Challenge/Failure/Perseverance/Accountability/Flexibility/Resilience) · Good anxiety by Dr Wendy Suzuki
In the book
Close behind it is adaptability. It is not the strongest of a species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most able to adapt to change — so when you are knocked flat and stuck, learn to shift into neutral, regroup, and find the right next step rather than grinding the same gear, and train yourself to look for Both-And solutions instead of forcing every choice into either-or. Adaptability is, at bottom, emotional agility, and it grows from the same root as a growth mindset — the cognitive flexibility to reappraise a situation and see it in a different light. Plan for it, too: because you cannot predict the future, build margins and flexibility into your plans so a single shock cannot sink you. — Failure & Resilience (Challenge/Failure/Perseverance/Accountability/Flexibility/Resilience)