Developing the growth
mindset: Learning, Unlearning and Re-learning
Growth mind-set is developmental. It constantly stimulates
growth and pushes an individual to the next level. Growth mindset is widely
used in education system of many countries. The children are not penalized for
doing something wrong, instead they are
appreciated, which enables them to be on the learning curve, which is in the
path of growth.
Learning is very important in life to understand and
appreciate the outside world. When a child is born, not only the child grows
but also the parents who grow along with the child. In the growth process they
learn something new at each and every step the child takes forward. The
learning is not only limited for the child but also for the parents. A wise man
once said, learning never stops. Its a process which any individual has to
undergo at any stage of their lives.
Unlearning is also the other side of the coin known as
learning. We need to constantly unlearn the wrong things which we had learnt.
Sometimes unlearning can be the most painful in our lives. A great deal of
unlearning has to occur before new learning can be acquired. Due to our mental
models and biased learning, we may have
totally a different idea about any profession or job or people or a concept. In
such cases we need to unlearn a particular concept in order to under and
appreciate a new concept in a better manner.I believe unlearning is very difficult for the millennial
who are much much tech-savvy, trendy etc. As managers one has to be more
sensitive in dealing with millennial.
The next step would be relearning. This is a process like
starting from the square one. The stage where one is ready to acquire knowledge
or reality in the purest form after getting rid of biases, if not keeping them at the minimal. Relearning is an iterative process, which goes on and on till the end of our lives.
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