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Ballantine Books (2007), Edition: Updated Edition, 320 pages
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Business. Psychology. Self-Improvement. Nonfiction. HTML: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 about our capabilities exert tremendous influence on how we learn and which paths we take in life.��Bill Gates, GatesNotes �It�s not always the people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest.� After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset�those who believe that abilities are fixed�are less likely to flourish than those with a growth mindset�those who believe that abilities can be developed. Mindset reveals how great parents, teachers, managers, and athletes can put this idea to use to foster outstanding accomplishment. In this edition, Dweck offers new insights into her now famous and broadly embraced concept. She introduces a phenomenon she calls false growth mindset and guides people toward adopting a deeper, truer growth mindset. She also expands the mindset concept beyond the individual, applying it to the cultures of groups and organizations. With the right mindset, you can motivate those you lead, teach, and love�to transform their lives and your own.… (more)
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LibraryThing member CanadianA
Fascinating research in regular people-speak about how having the right mindset (growth vs fixed) can actually set you up for success in every and any aspect of life: relationships, athletics, academics, arts, rocket science!
Dweck's writing style is a bit too informal for me; I would have
The first 2 chapters were a bit slow-going -- lots of repeated info to set up what a "mindset" is, by her and her colleagues' definitions. However, after that it gets really interesting with real-life applications. The last chapter was my favorite as it deals with the actual aspect of change within a growth mindset. I REALLY want Dweck to write a book just on that! The change is the hardest part, IMO.
I'd give this 4.5 stars (because of the informal tone issue) but overall, it's a super useful read. It will be a very influential book for me on a personal and professional level.
Dweck's writing style is a bit too informal for me; I would have
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preferred a tone that was slightly more academic. However, I get that it's pop-non-fiction. The first 2 chapters were a bit slow-going -- lots of repeated info to set up what a "mindset" is, by her and her colleagues' definitions. However, after that it gets really interesting with real-life applications. The last chapter was my favorite as it deals with the actual aspect of change within a growth mindset. I REALLY want Dweck to write a book just on that! The change is the hardest part, IMO.
I'd give this 4.5 stars (because of the informal tone issue) but overall, it's a super useful read. It will be a very influential book for me on a personal and professional level.
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LibraryThing member Lady_Lazarus
Foremost, I found this book utterly dull and boring. It repeated itself way too much (I ended up skipping chapters 5 and 7 as I couldn't bear it no longer). The message was clear from the introduction, the rest was only giving examples of people with different careers and how people who had adapted
At some point the author also mentions that there are no clear distinction between people with growth- or fixed-attitude, but still she keeps dividing people into these two categories.
The book, filled with these shallow examples that function merely as praising the superiority of growth-attitude, lacked serious advice how to change your attitude. The advice of asking yourself "when, how and where" etc. given in the final chapter were very abstract and not really helpful - especially if you have already fallen into the hole where you think you are not good at anything and are so afraid of trying that you cannot even see the chances you are given - you are simply too scared to WANT anything. Also, I found it odd that the author thought the only thing preventing people with fixed-attitude from trying was that they wanted to keep their fantasy of being the best and greatest - what if some people with fixed-attitude think they are not worth anything and thus they refuse to try?
I wonder why there was no discussion on how self-esteem affects your attitude towards growth. I think for people with low self-esteem it is natural to have the fixed-attitude while for the more self-confident the growth-attitude is practically given. (The attitude of not wanting to try in fear of losing your superiority is also a sign of low self-esteem, which the author never addressed.) It would be very difficult for a person with low self-esteem to try to change the attitude without gaining some self confidence first. Imagine you have low self-esteem and then decide to try anyway (based on the advice given in this book), and then fail - what would happen to your low self-esteem? The author never even thought that some people with fixed-attitude would not try because of fear of failing and losing the rest of your self-esteem - she only thought people were afraid of losing their superiority in the eyes of others. And went on and on with this same theory. Sure there would have been some room to explore other points of view as well.
I think the book (perhaps at least the chapter 7 that I skipped, not the other dull ones) would be useful for teachers and parents so they wouldn't let children fall into the trap of thinking they are worth nothing or that they are kings and queens of everything.
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the growth-attitude succeeded while the ones with fixed-attitude failed. These examples didn't give me anything and all of them were very brief and shallow - no wonder, as most examples were famous people who the author didn't personally know and thus couldn't tell more about their situations or struggles or ways of coping.At some point the author also mentions that there are no clear distinction between people with growth- or fixed-attitude, but still she keeps dividing people into these two categories.
The book, filled with these shallow examples that function merely as praising the superiority of growth-attitude, lacked serious advice how to change your attitude. The advice of asking yourself "when, how and where" etc. given in the final chapter were very abstract and not really helpful - especially if you have already fallen into the hole where you think you are not good at anything and are so afraid of trying that you cannot even see the chances you are given - you are simply too scared to WANT anything. Also, I found it odd that the author thought the only thing preventing people with fixed-attitude from trying was that they wanted to keep their fantasy of being the best and greatest - what if some people with fixed-attitude think they are not worth anything and thus they refuse to try?
I wonder why there was no discussion on how self-esteem affects your attitude towards growth. I think for people with low self-esteem it is natural to have the fixed-attitude while for the more self-confident the growth-attitude is practically given. (The attitude of not wanting to try in fear of losing your superiority is also a sign of low self-esteem, which the author never addressed.) It would be very difficult for a person with low self-esteem to try to change the attitude without gaining some self confidence first. Imagine you have low self-esteem and then decide to try anyway (based on the advice given in this book), and then fail - what would happen to your low self-esteem? The author never even thought that some people with fixed-attitude would not try because of fear of failing and losing the rest of your self-esteem - she only thought people were afraid of losing their superiority in the eyes of others. And went on and on with this same theory. Sure there would have been some room to explore other points of view as well.
I think the book (perhaps at least the chapter 7 that I skipped, not the other dull ones) would be useful for teachers and parents so they wouldn't let children fall into the trap of thinking they are worth nothing or that they are kings and queens of everything.
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LibraryThing member DoublePlusGood
The central thesis is brilliant. It's worth reading for that alone. Unfortuantely, Dweck isn't very rigorous and falls prey to fallacious thinking througout.
LibraryThing member Debra_Armbruster
Some interesting points - which I am looking forward to putting into practice! - but a bit redundant in terms of examples.
Audio version NOT recommended.
Audio version NOT recommended.
LibraryThing member dmcolon
I found the premise of Mindset pretty self-evident: those who have a growth-oriented mindset have an easier time navigating life than those who have a more fixed approach to the world. Growth-oriented people look at difficulties as opportunities for improvement while those with a fixed-mindset look
I think that pretty much sums up what I got out of this book. The author does spend some time applying this idea to education, sports, relationships, and the like, but I just didn't get much out of the book beyond that. Some people I generally respect like Ned Hallowell and Pat Basset gave this book high marks, but I'm just not seeing it. It all seemed too self-helpy (if that's a word (and it isn't)). I think the premise is a good one, but the book doesn't go much beyond that.
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at difficulties as "terminal" events that essentially pass judgment on their abilities and worth.I think that pretty much sums up what I got out of this book. The author does spend some time applying this idea to education, sports, relationships, and the like, but I just didn't get much out of the book beyond that. Some people I generally respect like Ned Hallowell and Pat Basset gave this book high marks, but I'm just not seeing it. It all seemed too self-helpy (if that's a word (and it isn't)). I think the premise is a good one, but the book doesn't go much beyond that.
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LibraryThing member erebus53
This book has a useful premise. It suggests that those people who think of their attributes as being inherent and or unchangeable do not attempt to work on things to improve them. It goes so far as to say that those people who feel that anything can be improved through effort and strategy are
Dweck is prone to oversimplifying her points for clarity of illustration, and illustrates her theories in tragic ways. Many of the "famous people" she talks about in her vignettes are people I have never heard of, and at other times she uses characters from movies to illustrate her points. If you wanted to know the plot of the movie Groundhog Day then this is the book for you (she covers this more than once!). Although popular media can get a point across it doesn't help convince me that her theories have real life application.
It is clear that book is focused on identifying a problem way of thinking and replacing it with something else, rather than identifying two different ways thinking and inspecting their effects. As in a lot of self-help books it presumes that its ideas are new to you, that you have the problem it is trying to fix, and that you need convincing. Dweck also falls into the trap in a few places of equating "not losing" with "winning". (a=b)≠(¬a=¬b).
It's clear that Dweck focuses a lot on sports psychology. She also deals with business, teaching and parenting ideas. She advocates praising the process rather than the result. It seems that much of her experience is based on being labelled "the smart child" and developing a risk averse nature, and most of the stories in her book are to do with college kids.
Some practical hints are given for changing the attitudes of people who are stuck in self destructive patterns based on their own self image and insecurities, but it seems like a bit of a no brainer. Most of the practical words of wisdom she credits to other people.
I'd say this book could easily have been summarised in a book a quarter of its length and I didn't gain much added insight from reading fast the first 10 pages.
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likely to succeed and enjoy their life more.Dweck is prone to oversimplifying her points for clarity of illustration, and illustrates her theories in tragic ways. Many of the "famous people" she talks about in her vignettes are people I have never heard of, and at other times she uses characters from movies to illustrate her points. If you wanted to know the plot of the movie Groundhog Day then this is the book for you (she covers this more than once!). Although popular media can get a point across it doesn't help convince me that her theories have real life application.
It is clear that book is focused on identifying a problem way of thinking and replacing it with something else, rather than identifying two different ways thinking and inspecting their effects. As in a lot of self-help books it presumes that its ideas are new to you, that you have the problem it is trying to fix, and that you need convincing. Dweck also falls into the trap in a few places of equating "not losing" with "winning". (a=b)≠(¬a=¬b).
It's clear that Dweck focuses a lot on sports psychology. She also deals with business, teaching and parenting ideas. She advocates praising the process rather than the result. It seems that much of her experience is based on being labelled "the smart child" and developing a risk averse nature, and most of the stories in her book are to do with college kids.
Some practical hints are given for changing the attitudes of people who are stuck in self destructive patterns based on their own self image and insecurities, but it seems like a bit of a no brainer. Most of the practical words of wisdom she credits to other people.
I'd say this book could easily have been summarised in a book a quarter of its length and I didn't gain much added insight from reading fast the first 10 pages.
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LibraryThing member simchaboston
An interesting premise weakened by a poor argument. Dweck's book, short though it is, unfortunately proves that more is less; by citing example after example of people who have growth or fixed mindsets, she makes it hard to talk in depth about the qualities any one of them possesses. (It doesn't
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help that she often refers to celebrities that she has obviously only read about.) She also simplifies and overgeneralizes, at one point going so far as to say, "Parents and teachers who send fixed-mindset messages are like France, and parents and teachers who send growth-mindset messages are like Italy." (This claim is based on two weeks in Provence and one lunch in Italy, nowhere near long enough to form accurate impressions of one country, let alone two.) Not until the last chapter does she really address how to change one's mindset, and even that is done in rather vague terms. I'm still glad I read the book, because it's given me a lot to think about -- and happier that my job paid for it. Show Less
LibraryThing member pw0327
This book came highly recommended from my cohorts in the volleyball coaching community. Their recommendations made me curious, as the book was published in 2011 and I a have had some time to look over the reviews and other materials that have been written since that time. The author, Carol Dweck,
So it is that I approached this book with great anticipation. It did not quite meet the anticipation, but it was close enough. The book was written with a mixed audience in mind. Dweck had individual chapters dedicated to the business reader, the parent, the educator, the coach, and the lovelorn. These chapters were very well meaning, customizing her idea, and there is one salient and powerful idea, to the different possible areas of interest that may benefit from her idea. The success of those chapters however, were mixed.
The central idea is this: there are two distinct ways for people to view themselves and their place in the world, fixed and growth mindsets. The fixed mindset is basically the mindset that is result oriented, one that believes that each person has been born with a set amount of talent, intelligence, and ability, furthermore, that those initial conditions can never be improved upon. What you see if what you get.
The growth mindset people, however believe that their minds, their intelligence, their talents can be changed and improved. Indeed, they believe that their mindset can be improved. According to Dweck, this difference in perspective drives and defines the psyche and the behaviour of everyone. Even though she is very adamant about the veracity of this dichotomy, Dweck is also quite realistic in recognizing that people will take different tack with different portions of their lives, they are able to differentiate the different portions of their lives.
The first three chapters define the conversation that the author has with us. Those three chapters sets the tone for the rest of the book. She then goes into detail about the mindset difference as it manifests itself in: business, sports, relationships parenting, teaching and coaching,and finally she goes into the concluding chapter on how does no go about teaching these mindsets and more importantly, change the mindsets.
As with most psychological texts, the book is full of anecdotal stories, all selected and written with the intention of making the author's point. While these tales are interesting, and the author does a brilliant job of making her point, there was an overabundance of stories. The problem is that once the reader is quite convinced by the author's argument, some of the stories become too superficial and become an obstacle to the never level of reading. There really isn't much the author can do about that however, it just made the reading challenging.
I felt that the education angle was the most well fleshed out and thought out portion of the myriad of arguments. It is obvious that the author is well versed in the education milieu, as she is a researcher at Stanford University in the psychology department. I felt that the relationship chapter was a bit superficial, while also interesting. I felt the parenting portion was the most difficult to read because the subject is so fraught with emotions. Indeed the stories in the parental portion were by far the most gut wrenching.
I felt that sports chapter was interesting if unsatisfying. The examples that the author chose for fixed mindset and growth mindset athletes were well chosen, although I felt that McEnroe was too easy of a target. He was also kind of a counterexample in a way since he saw great successes as a tennis player. The author's choices for example in coaching was also pretty obvious, although the example of Bob Knight was intriguing, I wish that she could have delved further into the dichotomy of his coaching and his reaction to his coaching.
Finally, I thought the business chapter was the strongest out of all the chapters, even though I felt that using Jack Welch as an example of growth mindset was a mistake. Welch, and his championing of forced ranking in the GE organization exemplifies the fixed mindset, even though, as the author documented, his approach to the other parts of the organization exemplified the growth mindset. I would like to have seen the author address the forced ranking issue.
Regardless of the various peaks and valleys in the presentation of the idea, I thought this was a valuable book for myself, it certainly made me think harder about how I approached my own views.
One thing that the author did not do, which I appreciated, is to give formulaic recipe type of advice to the reader, this is in line with my own personal feeling that there are no simple ways to implement this very large very complex concept. It is far more valuable for the reader to ruminate deeply and re-read the entire book just to get the whole picture in the shape that will meet their personally need.
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has had a TED talk released, a number of others, including Maria Popova of Brainpickings have written about the ideas contained within the book.So it is that I approached this book with great anticipation. It did not quite meet the anticipation, but it was close enough. The book was written with a mixed audience in mind. Dweck had individual chapters dedicated to the business reader, the parent, the educator, the coach, and the lovelorn. These chapters were very well meaning, customizing her idea, and there is one salient and powerful idea, to the different possible areas of interest that may benefit from her idea. The success of those chapters however, were mixed.
The central idea is this: there are two distinct ways for people to view themselves and their place in the world, fixed and growth mindsets. The fixed mindset is basically the mindset that is result oriented, one that believes that each person has been born with a set amount of talent, intelligence, and ability, furthermore, that those initial conditions can never be improved upon. What you see if what you get.
The growth mindset people, however believe that their minds, their intelligence, their talents can be changed and improved. Indeed, they believe that their mindset can be improved. According to Dweck, this difference in perspective drives and defines the psyche and the behaviour of everyone. Even though she is very adamant about the veracity of this dichotomy, Dweck is also quite realistic in recognizing that people will take different tack with different portions of their lives, they are able to differentiate the different portions of their lives.
The first three chapters define the conversation that the author has with us. Those three chapters sets the tone for the rest of the book. She then goes into detail about the mindset difference as it manifests itself in: business, sports, relationships parenting, teaching and coaching,and finally she goes into the concluding chapter on how does no go about teaching these mindsets and more importantly, change the mindsets.
As with most psychological texts, the book is full of anecdotal stories, all selected and written with the intention of making the author's point. While these tales are interesting, and the author does a brilliant job of making her point, there was an overabundance of stories. The problem is that once the reader is quite convinced by the author's argument, some of the stories become too superficial and become an obstacle to the never level of reading. There really isn't much the author can do about that however, it just made the reading challenging.
I felt that the education angle was the most well fleshed out and thought out portion of the myriad of arguments. It is obvious that the author is well versed in the education milieu, as she is a researcher at Stanford University in the psychology department. I felt that the relationship chapter was a bit superficial, while also interesting. I felt the parenting portion was the most difficult to read because the subject is so fraught with emotions. Indeed the stories in the parental portion were by far the most gut wrenching.
I felt that sports chapter was interesting if unsatisfying. The examples that the author chose for fixed mindset and growth mindset athletes were well chosen, although I felt that McEnroe was too easy of a target. He was also kind of a counterexample in a way since he saw great successes as a tennis player. The author's choices for example in coaching was also pretty obvious, although the example of Bob Knight was intriguing, I wish that she could have delved further into the dichotomy of his coaching and his reaction to his coaching.
Finally, I thought the business chapter was the strongest out of all the chapters, even though I felt that using Jack Welch as an example of growth mindset was a mistake. Welch, and his championing of forced ranking in the GE organization exemplifies the fixed mindset, even though, as the author documented, his approach to the other parts of the organization exemplified the growth mindset. I would like to have seen the author address the forced ranking issue.
Regardless of the various peaks and valleys in the presentation of the idea, I thought this was a valuable book for myself, it certainly made me think harder about how I approached my own views.
One thing that the author did not do, which I appreciated, is to give formulaic recipe type of advice to the reader, this is in line with my own personal feeling that there are no simple ways to implement this very large very complex concept. It is far more valuable for the reader to ruminate deeply and re-read the entire book just to get the whole picture in the shape that will meet their personally need.
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LibraryThing member jlwllm12
Always wanted to read a psychology book to see if their version of the truth fits me! It totally does. Mindset has been mind-blowing with the insights that are within each page. I am reading it from the standpoint of being a teacher and trying to teach my students that they can achieve. It's a
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mindset. A must read for everyone! Show Less
LibraryThing member debnance
You know what this is. Another leadership book. Change your mindset. To this one.
LibraryThing member nmarun
The book talks about the differences in two types of mindset - fixed and growth and shows the impact of being in either mindset.
I have read other books on similar topics, but the author Carol Dweck puts things very interesting and keeps the flow of the book.
There were two things that stood out for
1. People with growth mindset are better at estimating their abilities as they are more accurate information about their abilities even though unflattering.
2. Praise achievement and not talent. This one just had a "wow, that's just brilliant" effect on me. Having a child to raise, I'm always looking for such pointers. This is going to be the best take-away for me from this book.
"Beware of success; it can knock you into a fixed mindset - I won because I have talent therefore I will keep winning."
I have read other books on similar topics, but the author Carol Dweck puts things very interesting and keeps the flow of the book.
There were two things that stood out for
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me.1. People with growth mindset are better at estimating their abilities as they are more accurate information about their abilities even though unflattering.
2. Praise achievement and not talent. This one just had a "wow, that's just brilliant" effect on me. Having a child to raise, I'm always looking for such pointers. This is going to be the best take-away for me from this book.
"Beware of success; it can knock you into a fixed mindset - I won because I have talent therefore I will keep winning."
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LibraryThing member ReadHanded
In Mindset, Dweck, a psychologist specializing in achievement and success, explores her theory that people generally have either a fixed mindset or a growth mindset. Those in a fixed mindset are afraid to fail and as a result, often fail to try. They believe their achievements define them, i.e.
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When I got an A on this paper, everyone said I was smart. If I don't get an A on my next paper, people won't think I'm smart anymore. In contrast, those in a growth mindset are more interested in stretching and growing than in success/failure. Growth mindset people are more likely to take a risk because the growth inherent in the effort is more important than the outcome. Best of all, Dweck makes it clear that we can choose to be in one mindset or the other, training our brains to think in the growth mindset. Dweck shows how the mindsets work in various aspects of life - business, sports, education, romance, parenting, and more. Mindset is an interesting read - it would be a good pick for a book club or other discussion group because everyone is bound to have an opinion about Dweck's theory. Show Less
LibraryThing member jpsnow
Dweck is a Stanford University psychologist who has written one of those awesome concepts that everyone should read. The premise: success is determined primarily by mindset. A fixed mindset limits us and establishes early boundaries that can lead to negative behaviors. A growth mindset lets us
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continually strive to greater levels of performance. The fixed mindset can become a perfectionist, or they might assume they'll always succeed without effort (and make excuses about the external cause when they don't). It's possible to be mixed, fixed in some situations and not in others (like I am when speaking, but not when analyzing data; or on some days in tennis but not others). I loved the point that you don't always need confidence, as long as you have a growth mindset (p. 52). You can accept that you might not be good at something, even that this is more of a reason to do it. Advice: consider any experience, test, or other judgment that you now use to define yourself. Consider it, feel it, and put it in a growth mindset. Re-frame it as a learning experience. Over time, praise for a specific type of success can be an impediment, even a limiter. Show Less
LibraryThing member taytaycaron
Carol Dweck does a fine job explaining how a fixed or growth mindset is a simple idea about our brain. I found Mindset a hard to read book, but the information felt very important, so I pushed through, and I am glad I did. This book is written mostly for parents, teachers, and coaches, but I think
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anyone could benefit from reading it. Show Less
LibraryThing member cjtoomey
Very interesting read about the growth mindset and how applying it can aid in nearly all facets of life.
LibraryThing member DaveShearon
Absolutely a must-read. What's really interesting about Dr. Dweck's work is how inuitive it is. The growth mindset seems almost trite and sugary until the layers upon layers of real effects in academics and athletics and couples and corporations start to pile up. Then, reading the science behind it
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(which is NOT presented in depth in this book) one starts to realize the power of this construct, and part of that power comes from how easy it is to grasp. Show Less
LibraryThing member CraigStrong
Good book, rings true, read 15 minutes every morning before starting work. Reminds me that I don't have to have a track record of doing something well to be able to do it well today and better still tomorrow.
LibraryThing member RachelAB
This book could have been a small pamphlet. You can get the essence of it just by reading the last chapter, chapter 8. It is tempting to mix up the idea with the book: The finding and description of mindsets - fixed and growth - is very valuable. As Dr. Dweck shows over and over and over in her
Most of the book is full of anecdotes showing the mindsets in action. They are fun to read since the retelling of the stories is well written. Some of them are inspiring. But, again, the book did not help me learn. It gave me a good taste of a more supportive frame of mind but it did not give me the tools to change my mind. That is especially disappointing since this is so contrary to the growth mindset it so vividly and convincingly portraits as a healthier approach...
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book, using the mindset framework deepens our understanding of a lot of behavior, our own and that of other people. The book, however, falls short in fostering the growth mindset, the mindset it so positively describes. After finishing the book, I was left standing outside the candy store: I wanted to learn the growth mindset but I didn't get the tools. Yes, there were some suggestions in the book but most of it felt very superficial and not concrete enough to really use. For example, Dweck writes "enter the growth mindset and listen harder" (p. 232). Okay, I get that. But how do I do it? It almost feels like the book was written from a fixed mindset perspective: Dr. Dweck is such a great scientist and she did some wonderful, remarkable work and we all should be in awe. That is the judge-and-be-judged framework, not the learn-and-help-learn framework (p. 238). Most of the book is full of anecdotes showing the mindsets in action. They are fun to read since the retelling of the stories is well written. Some of them are inspiring. But, again, the book did not help me learn. It gave me a good taste of a more supportive frame of mind but it did not give me the tools to change my mind. That is especially disappointing since this is so contrary to the growth mindset it so vividly and convincingly portraits as a healthier approach...
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LibraryThing member KonradN
Certaily one of the most important books I'v read this year. Highly recommended.
LibraryThing member Dilip-Kumar
A realistic analysis of life's options for the average person, with very practical and learnable skills. The main accent is on developing a growth-mindset, but without blinding oneself to one's own limitations. Not everyone needs to be a multi-billionaire, but everyone can live a meaningful life
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LibraryThing member magnolia2
An explanation of growth and fixed mindset and how these mindsets create our lives.
LibraryThing member Meijhen
Well-written, excellently portrayed examples, clearly presented. Not really anything new here -- this is cognitive therapy reworded for the current generation (she even has a section in the book about cognitive therapy). But it is an easy read, and does get you thinking about your own patterns.
LibraryThing member ingrid98684
Highly recommended....influenced me to made changes to my life and parenting.
LibraryThing member NanetteLS
I'm really torn about this book. She has a good concept about the two different mindsets (fixed and growth) and explains them well. However, the book is very repetitive and she tries to attribute nearly any successful performer (business, sports, arts, education) to having a growth mindset. While
There is a lot of exposition and explanation of the mindsets but I was looking for more practical information such as: how do I help my employees develop a growth mindset? How can I be more aware of my mindset in different situations? What are some techniques for catching yourself if you start drifting into fixed attitudes in given situations? Yes there was some practical information toward the end of the book but it could have been much more valuable had there been more "how-to" information and less discussion of extreme examples.
It could have been a useful article. As a book it became tedious fast.
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that may be true, it got pretty boring. There is a lot of exposition and explanation of the mindsets but I was looking for more practical information such as: how do I help my employees develop a growth mindset? How can I be more aware of my mindset in different situations? What are some techniques for catching yourself if you start drifting into fixed attitudes in given situations? Yes there was some practical information toward the end of the book but it could have been much more valuable had there been more "how-to" information and less discussion of extreme examples.
It could have been a useful article. As a book it became tedious fast.
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LibraryThing member Daniel.Estes
Repetitive, but not in a bad way. It's like a sermon or a motivational talk in that it's beneficial to explore core ideas through stories. That's what Mindset is. Are you more of a Fixed Mindset, or more of a Growth Mindset? Recognizing where you fall into the Fixed Mindset trap and work to
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transition to a Growth Mindset is the goal. Obviously, it's easier said than done, but that's it. Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2006-02-28
Physical description
320 p.; 7.9 inches
ISBN
0345472322 / 9780345472328