Growth Mindset

I had never before heard of Carol Dweck or the growth mindset before, but the concept sounds familiar.  I was strongly reminded of a book I read sometime in early high school.   It's called Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris, which, as you might guess, is about the value in doing hard things and rising above low expectations.  The cool thing is that it was written for teenagers, by teenagers.
Where I am on the spectrum of the growth mindset is a hard question.  I feel like I'm at some awkward place in the middle.  School has always come fairly naturally to me, so I'm sure I fall into traps of expecting things to be easy then giving up when it's not.  On the other hand, I'm usually willing to put in the work and push myself until I get something (which is perhaps one of the reasons school has been decently easy).  My parents have always encouraged me in my schoolwork without at all making me feel like that's where my worth is, so that's good.  Also, my dad is an educator of the breed that doesn't care at all about his students grades, but only whether or not they learn.  I'm sure that has positively affected me.
My biggest challenge in learning new things may be the times I feel stuck, and get help from people who aren't also stuck.  I'm the sort of person who learns by figuring stuff out for myself, so if, for example, I'm on a group project or doing homework with someone who understands things I don't I may never end up learning the material because I'd rather them do it than struggle through it myself.

(This is from Laura's blog, and from Cheezburger originally.)