①Does lifesometimes seem to be full

①Does lifesometimes 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 Mathsproblem”, or “I can't get into the school team”? Well, maybe it's time tointroduce yourself to the power of “yet”. By adding this simple word, you canchange everything. “I really don't understand this Maths problem yet.” “I can'tget into the school team yet.” Suddenly, the impossible becomes possible. Youcan imagine those things happening.②I read about a school that has changed theway it marks its students' exams. The school find out that the old pass/ failsystem wasn't helping students' motivation(积极性). If youpassed, then great, but those students who didn't pass often felt likefailures. So now students who don't pass the exams will not see a big red F ontheir papers; they see a “Not yet” instead. That way the students feel thatthey are on a journey. They haven't reached the end, but they know that theyare going the right way.③This kind of thinking is part of what expertscall “having a growth mindset”. People with a growth mindset don't concentrateon failure. They aren't worried by not getting things right the first time andare happy to keep trying until they do. They enjoy the challenge and believethey can change. In contrast, people who just focus on the failure have whatthe experts call “a fixed mindset”. These people are always worried aboutfailure and are happy to give up when things don't go right. They don't thinkthat they are able to change. Clearly, it is better to have a growth mindsetthan a fixed mindset.④But don't worry if you think that you have afixed mindset.You can train yourself to develop a growth mindest. it all starts with questioning the things you believe about yourself. Stopbelieving that you can't or you haven't and realize that you just can't orhaven't yet. Once you start doing this, you'll wonder why you didn't do itbefore. It's one small but very powerful word.