I don’t think the common usage of it is about placebomancy. Take social skills as an example. A lot of nerds are bad at social skills.
A nerd without growth mindset would say: “I’m just not talented at social interaction” and doesn’t do much to change it.
The growth mindset nerd doesn’t say: “I will just get better if I believe that I will get better”. He rather tries to research how social skills are build and then does what needs to be done to build the skill.
In a similar way the mindset leads to our community generally doing more sport than other nerds because we don’t let a nerdy self-identity get into the way of physical exercise.
I don’t think the common usage of it is about placebomancy. Take social skills as an example. A lot of nerds are bad at social skills.
A nerd without growth mindset would say: “I’m just not talented at social interaction” and doesn’t do much to change it.
The growth mindset nerd doesn’t say: “I will just get better if I believe that I will get better”. He rather tries to research how social skills are build and then does what needs to be done to build the skill.
In a similar way the mindset leads to our community generally doing more sport than other nerds because we don’t let a nerdy self-identity get into the way of physical exercise.