BSGN3001 · WEEK 9

Grow through challenges.
Keep learning.

Explore growth mindsets, handle rejection, reframe self-talk, and learn from failure with practical frameworks.

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01

Fixed vs Growth Mindset

A top-ranker joins IIT Madras and suddenly feels like “a little fish lost in a big ocean”. Everyone seems smarter. She hides in her com…

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02

Four Zones of Growth and Handling Rejection

A first-year student joined every club and competition, won none, and wrote, “My life is a failure. I don’t belong at IIT.” Two years l…

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03

End Negative Self-Talk

“I can’t draw.” Many of us say this. Then turn the picture upside down and copy it line by line, and suddenly the drawing comes out bet…

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04

The Benefits of Failure and the Mouse Merchant

A research student runs in: “Sir, the experiment didn’t work!” The professor smiles: “Good! Now you have a question to ask — why didn’t…

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05

Positive and Abundance Mindset — and the Growth Mindset Card Game

Is the glass half full or half empty? Look again: the other half is full of air, and above that is endless space. If you see the whole…

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06

Reinvent Your Life — The 4R Framework

A problem hits you. You panic, overthink, and it grows into a monster in your head. The 4R framework is a simple four-step reset you ca…

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