Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
From the renowned psychologist who introduced the world to "growth mindset" comes this updated edition of the million-copy bestseller--featuring transformative insights into redefining success, building lifelong resilience, and supercharging self-improvement. "Through clever research studies and engaging writing, Dweck illuminates how our beliefs a...show more
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Yesterday, I finished reading "Mindset - The New Psychology of Success" by Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D. and it hit home. I wish my parents had known about this book while my sisters and I were growing up. The information provided is so relevant! It made me reflect on things we could've done differently. I even asked my daughter to read it, so she can gain insights before having her own kids. This book might help her set her future children into the grow...read more
Most of the book was common sense, but the examples of famous people of a fixed mindset and ones of a growth mindset were interesting.
This is a powerful view of human motivation, with lots of examples, both from research and personal anecdotes to convey the points made. Essentially a description of how a fixed mindset (thinking ability/traits/skills are static) and a growth mindset (thinking that effort and persistence will increase ability/skills and affect traits positively) can create incredibly different experiences. The growth mindset is applied to school, business, sport...read more
I learned the same thing from one chapter in [b:NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children|6496815|NurtureShock New Thinking About Children|Po Bronson|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1442285268s/6496815.jpg|6688299]. The message is important but this book just belabors that one point that our abilities are not fixed based on inborn talent, but must be cultivated through hard work and determination.
Also, despite Dweck's example in Chapter 8, st...read more
Also, despite Dweck's example in Chapter 8, st...read more
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