Similar to a growth mindset, you understand choices are a powerful human endowment, capable of manipulating outcomes—and you’re not about to waste it. On the other hand, if you harbor an external locus of control, you marginalize choice and instead play “cards”: the race card, the victim card, the seasonal-depression card, or whatever other forty-nine cards are left in the deck. This aligns with a fixed mindset where you become victimized by weather forecasts, your crooked front teeth, your bad neighborhood, your public education, or whatever excuse-du-jour feeds the moment—all reasonable
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