The Secret of Success

Matthew, who has written six bestselling books about mindset and high performance, is a journalist for The Times and The Sunday Times, as well as presenting the popular Radio 4 programme Sideways . He was also the British table tennis number one for almost a decade.

His wide-ranging talk covered the importance of developing curiosity, the need for collaboration, diversity, and multidisciplinary teams, as well as the importance of a growth mindset in a fast-changing world.

A growth mindset has been linked with better lifelong outcomes, not just improved test results and self-esteem at school but well beyond. Where has this buzz phrase come from and what does it mean?

The concept of fixed and growth mindset gained popularity through the work of psychologist Carol Dweck at Stanford University in a publication called: ‘Mindset: the new psychology of success’.

“The problems we are solving today are complex and interconnected,” said Matthew. “We want young people to have basic conceptual knowledge and want to reach out, to take rational risks and try new things. What do we mean

WHAT IS A GROWTH MINDSET?

Her research has become popular across the world and many schools now undertake growth mindset activities to build children’s confidence and support the development of a growth mindset, which in turn develops their resilience and success in class.

A fixed mindset is a belief that intelligence cannot be changed in any meaningful way. The starting point is that people have an innate amount of intelligence by rational risks? We want them to have a calibrated sense of risk and reward.

“Teachers in a growth mindset encourage pupils to take rational risks and lavish them with praise when they fail. A growth mindset encourages people to see feedback as a valuable thing.” which is fixed and there’s little one can do to change this.

A growth mindset is a belief that success depends on time and effort. It encourages pupils to believe that their skills and intelligence can be improved with effort and persistence. If they embrace challenges, persist through obstacles, learn from criticism, and seek out inspiration in other’s success, they can achieve what they want.

During her 12 years in politics, Andrea has been a Conservative party leadership contender, and a former Leader of the House of Commons, as well as holding a variety of key cabinet positions. She is currently the Government’s Early Years Health Adviser.

“We were honoured to represent LEH students in front of Head Teachers from such a wide array of independent and state girls’ schools, and very grateful to Mrs Hanbury, as president of the GSA, for giving us such a unique chance. In particular, as a politically engaged team, we were very excited by the prospect of holding an MP to account and discussing a broad range of political issues.