^z 19th July 2023 at 11:21am
Among the tiny epiphanies from volunteering to work overnight at an ultramarathon aid station:
- Some people really are different than others — there's a huge range of personal abilities in any topic (and one's own abilities change over time)
- Everybody can strive to improve, to learn, to maximize their potential
That latter is the "Growth Mindset" that Carol Dweck's work on "self-theories" emphasized, and that features prominently in Phil Tetlock and Dan Gardner's recent book Superforecasting among the "Characteristics of Superforecasters". Adapted from various sources including their work:
| Learning Orientation | Performing Orientation |
| Belief that effort leads to success | Belief that ability leads to success |
| Trust in one's potential to improve and to learn | Concern about being judged as able and performing well |
| Preference for challenging tasks | Preference for doing better than others or succeeding with little effort |
| Satisfaction from personal success at difficult tasks | Satisfaction from interpersonal comparison and public evaluation |
| Problem-solving and self-instruction when task is difficult | Helplessness and self-criticism when task is difficult |
(cf. Self-Standardization (2002-04-06), Hardest Possible (2003-03-02), Solve the Problem (2007-05-24), ...) - ^z - 2016-02-08