①Does life sometimes seem to be full of impossible problems? How many times, for example, do you find yourself saying things like “I really don’t understand this Maths problem”, or “I can’t get into the school team”? Well, maybe it’s time to introduce yourself to the power of “yet”. By adding this simple word, you can change everything. “I really don’t understand this Maths problem yet.” “I can’t get into the school team yet.” Suddenly, the impossible becomes possible. You can imagine those things happening.
① 生活有时似乎充满了不可能的问题吗？例如，你发现自己说了多少次“我真的不理解这道数学题”，或者“我进不了校队”？好吧，也许是时候向自己介绍“还”的力量了。通过添加这个简单的单词，你可以改变一切。“我真的还不明白这道数学题”，“我还不能进入校队。”突然间，不可能的事情变成了可能。你可以想象这些事情会发生。
②I read about a school that has changed the way it marks its students’ exams. The school find out that the old pass/ fail system wasn’t helping students’ motivation. If you passed, then great, but those students who didn’t pass often felt like failures. So now students who don’t pass the exams will not see a big red F on their papers; they see a “Not yet” instead. That way the students feel that they are on a journey. They haven’t reached the end, but they know that they are going the right way.
② 我了解过一所学校改变了学生考试的评分方式。学校发现，旧的及格/不及格制度无助于学生的积极性。如果你通过了，那就太好了，但那些没有通过的学生经常觉得自己失败了。所以现在，考试不及格的学生在试卷上不会看到一个大大的红色F；他们看到的是“还没有”。这样一来，学生们就觉得自己在路上。他们还没有走到尽头，但他们知道他们走的是正确的路。
③This kind of thinking is part of what experts call “having a growth mindset”. People with a growth mindset don’t concentrate on failure. They aren’t worried by not getting things right the first time and are happy to keep trying until they do. They enjoy the challenge and believe they can change. In contrast, people who just focus on the failure have what the experts call “a fixed mindset”. These people are always worried about failure and are happy to give up when things don’t go right. They don’t think that they are able to change. Clearly, it is better to have a growth mindset than a fixed mindset.
③ 这种思维是专家所说的“成长心态”的一部分。有成长心态的人不会专注于失败。他们不担心第一次做得不对，也很乐意继续努力，直到做到为止。他们喜欢挑战，相信自己可以改变。相比之下，只关注失败的人有专家所说的“固定心态”。这些人总是担心失败，当事情不顺利时，他们很乐意放弃。他们认为自己无法改变。显然，拥有成长心态比固定心态要好。
④But don’t worry if you think that you have a fixed mindset. You can train yourself to develop a growth mindset. Remember that it all starts with questioning the things you believe about yourself. Stop believing that you can’t or you haven’t and realize that you just can’t or haven’t yet. Once you start doing this, you’ll wonder why you didn’t do it before. It’s one small but very powerful word.
④ 但如果你认为自己有固定心态，不要担心。你可以训练自己培养成长心态。记住，这一切都始于质疑你对自己的看法。不要相信你不能或你没有，要意识到你只是不能或还没有。一旦你开始这样做，你会想知道为什么你以前没有这样做。这是一个很小但很有力的词。
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