Utilizing Strategies

MIT students describe strategies they use to make progress when they feel stuck due to their own unrealistic expectations.

MIT students share how they overcame resistance to challenging situations and emotions to practice self-compassion and accept situations they cannot change.

MIT students talk about ways to reflect and remain grateful for the small things, in order to remain positive in difficult times.

When facing difficult experiences, it is natural to draw comparisons to peers and doubt your own abilities. MIT students reflect on insights gained about who they are and what they are capable of when they learned to stop comparing themselves to others.

MIT students discuss how stepping back and looking at their situations objectively helped them to put their struggles in a broader context and realize that it’s going to be okay.

MIT students share how they learn to recognize and revise problematic thought patterns that often result when confronted by challenging academic situations.

MIT students share how shifting to a growth mindset has helped them see their struggle as a learning experience and feel less like an impostor.