42 Takeaways◗ ◗ You are the gatekeeper of your own experience. Your experience will be informed and influenced by a number of factors, but ultimately you are the one who can make choices about the way you are in the world. ◗ ◗ Your mindset is developed through habits in thinking that have been shaped by previous experience. That mindset is a lens through which you see the world. ◗ ◗ A growth mindset in college can make all the difference between you maintaining the status quo and exponential growth for you in a variety of areas. ◗ ◗◗ It’s never too late to change your experience. ◗ By becoming a critical consumer of “stories,” you are shifting your mindset from the passive and dangerous single story to a curious, information-seeking mindset. ◗ ◗ Bravery cannot exist without vulnerability. Takeaways on Your Terms ◗ ◗ Where do you see your power? Where and when do you feel like you have power? ◗ ◗ Which parts of this chapter do you remember? Why are they memorable? In Your Own Words: Keep. Quit. Start. 1. Take a step back from yourself and notice the way you see your current and future college experience. In your journal, write down one thing you want to keep about your mindset toward college. What is one aspect of it that you want to quit? What is something that’s missing from this mindset that you want to start? 2. Think back to Adichie’s “Danger of a Single Story.” Be sure to watch the TED Talk if you haven’t yet. When you are confronted with a single story in your studies or social life, what is one thing you want to keep about how you engage with this single story? What is one thing you want to quit as you engage with a single story? And what is one thing you want to start when you engage with a single story? C H A P T E R 2 R E V I E W Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc.