Growth Mindset Vocabulary

Resilient

• To give up easily when faced with challenges.

• To bounce back; recovering or getting back on track after a setback or failure.

• To avoid taking risks and staying in a safe zone.

• To feel overwhelmed and unable to cope with stress.

Persistence

• Not giving up, even when things are tough.

• Taking a break when faced with challenges.

• Avoiding difficult tasks altogether.

• Changing goals frequently to avoid failure.

Perseverance

• A commitment to achieving a goal despite challenges and setbacks.

• A temporary pause in efforts to reassess a situation.

• The ability to give up easily when faced with difficulties.

• A strategy to avoid failures by not taking risks.

Effort

• The hard work you put into trying to do something.

• A type of physical exercise.

• A measure of time spent on a task.

• A form of relaxation or leisure activity.

Grit

• A tendency to give up easily when faced with challenges.

• Sticking with your goals, even when it’s tough. Combination of passion and perseverance in an effort to achieve long-term goals.

• A lack of interest in achieving long-term goals.

• The ability to adapt quickly to changing circumstances.

Determination

• A firm or fixed (not changing) intention to reach a desired end.

• A temporary feeling of wanting to achieve something.

• A lack of motivation to pursue goals.

• An uncertain desire to succeed.

Potential

• Having or showing that you can be something in the future.

• A measure of the energy stored in an object.

• The ability to perform a task without any training.

• A state of being inactive or dormant.

Challenge

• Something that is easy and requires little effort.

• Something that is new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.

• A task that can be completed without any obstacles.

• An activity that is enjoyable and relaxing.

Criticism

• To praise something highly.

• To find fault, judge unfavorably, to find something wrong with something.

• To ignore the flaws in something.

• To accept something without question.

Neuron

• Specialized brain cells that transmit information or electrical impulses in the brain.

• Cells that produce hormones in the body.

• Cells that provide structural support to the brain.

• Cells that are responsible for the immune response in the brain.