30 Best YouTube Videos About Mindset

A common thread in most current self-help content is a consensus that mindset is a powerful foundation for success. If you search YouTube to learn more about mindset you will see, if you have time, 2,180,000 results. Having researched mindset for the last two years I have seen many videos about mindset. While the list below is not an exhaustive viewing of the 2,180,000 mindset related videos I think I’ve uncovered the best of the best.

What is mindset?

There is no better place to start that at the feet of the master. Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology at Stanford University, is one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of motivation. Her research has focused on why some people succeed while people who are equally talented do not. Her team discovered that people’s mindsets play a crucial role.
The two videos in this category cover her research and give some practical application.

The power of believing that you can improve | Carol Dweck

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X0mgOOSpLU&t=0s&list=WL&index=75]

Carol Dweck – A Study on Praise and Mindsets

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWv1VdDeoRY]

How to apply mindset for success

It’s one thing to understand the research of mindset but knowing how to apply it and how to change your mindset is equally important. The following vides cover the how to of mindset very well.
Change your mindset, change the game

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tqq66zwa7g]

The Most Powerful Mindset for Success Empowering potential

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjBdcyueom8&list=WL&t=341s&index=113]

From FAILING STUDENT to ROCKET SCIENTIST – The Motivational Video that Will Change Your Life

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO6lvhUFLJY&index=78&list=WL]

Growth Mindset Introduction: What it is, How it Works, and Why it Matters

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75GFzikmRY0&list=WL&index=82]

The dirty little secret about growth mindset

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zionUl13Dko]

Growth Mindset – Story of Twin Brothers

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYNG5XhrvGQ]

Mindset advice for college students

“Based on the latest college completion trends, only about half of all those students (54.8 percent) will leave college with a diploma. The rest — most of them low-income, first-generation, and minority students — will not finish a degree. They’ll drop out.”

This is costly for individuals and for colleges. There is a growing need for programs that help student retention. In a survey conducted by Learning Frames only 50% of colleges are satisfied with current solutions that address this problem. The following videos are making a bold and targeted attempt to address this urgent problem of student engagement.

Growth Mindset for College Students

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daBTlLOGPIs&t=0s&list=WL&index=81]

Do you have a growth or fixed mindset?

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pamzG81yt7g&list=WL&index=85]

Pathway Transformation Initiative – Growth Mindset

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0jEF66xSBA&t=0s&list=WL&index=84]

How to practice and develop a growth mindset

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMghZx3ZrIk]

Growth Mindset

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2ttL1kgZRk]

Fixed Mindset Vs. Growth Mindset

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv2ar6AKvGc]

 

Mindset advice for teachers

In the power of believing that you can improve video in this list, Dweck talks about the power of yet. Teachers have a great opportunity to help students find the growth mindset. These video resources will help:
How to teach growth mindset to students in 5 steps

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj5k6KAvt18]

How to motivate students to adopt a growth mindset (w/ a scientific explanation behind mindsets)

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aItZKnWL_R4]

Mindsets: Fixed Versus Growth

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1CHPnZfFmU&list=WL&index=97]

The Growth Mindset | Ross Hartley | TEDxNewAlbany

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3oWD70m2o8]

For parents

I think all of the videos in this list can be used to help parents formulate a plan. The key for parents is learning how to praise so that the correct mindset is built. Here are a few videos on just that topic:

Three Ways to a Growth Mindset

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4uKCZTmyy4&list=WL&index=86]

Carol Dweck: The Effect of Praise on Mindsets

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTXrV0_3UjY]

Growth mindset and effective praise

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yct0VLJG4M8]

Growth Mindset for students – Episode 1/5

[https://youtu.be/2zrtHt3bBmQ]

The million views club

What are the most popular mindset videos on YouTube? Keep in mind popular doesn’t always mean the best.

THE MINDSET OF HIGH ACHIEVERS – Best Motivational Video for Success in Life & Study 2017
4,056,363 views

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVG4wgCqeEQ]

Grit: the power of passion and perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth
3,777,418 views

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H14bBuluwB8]

The Power of belief — mindset and success | Eduardo Briceno | TEDxManhattanBeach
2,733,992 views

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN34FNbOKXc]

The power of believing that you can improve | Carol Dweck
2,170,777 views

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X0mgOOSpLU&t=200s]

Change your mindset, change the game | Dr. Alia Crum | TEDxTraverseCity
1,460,345 views

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tqq66zwa7g]

Honorable mention

How can you not like Bruno Mars singing on Sesame Street.

Sesame Street do Growth Mindset
903,277 views

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnrHZ_uvtxk]

This video is just fun and a good way to end the list.

Growth Mindset
63,673 views

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNWA3ZwJdLk]

I hope you enjoyed this list. Please let me know if you are aware of a videos that are not on this list. I’ll review and make an update.

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