Growth mindset, like all simple models and recommendations, has some truth behind it but as it gets popular it gets misunderstood, over-applied, and generally less close to truth.
I’ve never heard “things are getting better” or “bad things are getting less bad” tied to growth mindset. they’re useful beliefs, especially to counter depressive or over-pessimistic beliefs. But growth mindset means more about your personal agency than about the overall trend or result. “Your efforts will make things better, or at least less bad”.
“don’t give up” may apply to both types of advice, but they’re still different in application.
Growth mindset, like all simple models and recommendations, has some truth behind it but as it gets popular it gets misunderstood, over-applied, and generally less close to truth.
I’ve never heard “things are getting better” or “bad things are getting less bad” tied to growth mindset. they’re useful beliefs, especially to counter depressive or over-pessimistic beliefs. But growth mindset means more about your personal agency than about the overall trend or result. “Your efforts will make things better, or at least less bad”.
“don’t give up” may apply to both types of advice, but they’re still different in application.