GrowthMindsetPosters

By Heidi Butkus©2016Heidi Butkus www.heidisongs.com

Instead of:

“I’m not good atthis!”

Say:

“What am I missing?”

Instead of:

“I’m awesome atthis!”

Say:

“I’m on the righttrack.”

Instead of:

“I give up!”

Say:

“I’ll try a differentstrategy.”

Instead of:

“This is too hard.”Say:

“This may takesome time

and effort.”

Instead of:

“I can’t make thisany better.”

Say:

“I can always improve if I try.”

Instead of:

“I’m no good atmath.”

Say:

“I’m going to trainmy brain in math.”

Instead of:

“I messed upAGAIN.”

Say:

“Mistakes help melearn.”

Instead of:

“I HATE this!”Say:

“If I try, I can doit and then it will

be more fun.”

Instead of:

“I’ll never be assmart as her.”

Say:

“I’ll try to do whatshe does.”

Instead of:

“This is goodenough.”

Say:

“Is this my bestwork?”

Instead of:

“I’ll just lie aboutdoing my reading...”

Say:

“Every time I readit gets easier.”