Mindset: The New Psychology of Success | Carol Dweck | Solid concepts plus anecdotes and research...

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success | Carol Dweck | MUST READ

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	Mindset: The New Psychology of Success Carol Dweck Ballantine Books, 2007 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 54 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

World-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, in decades of research on achievement and success, has discovered a truly groundbreaking idea?the power of our mindset.

Dweck explains why it?s not just our abilities and talent that bring us success?but whether we approach them with a fixed or growth mindset. She makes clear why praising intelligence and ability doesn?t foster self-esteem and lead to accomplishment, but may actually jeopardize success. With the right mindset, we can motivate our kids and help them to raise their grades, as well as reach our own goals?personal and professional. Dweck reveals what all great parents, teachers, CEOs, and athletes already know: how a simple idea about the brain can create a love of learning and a resilience that is the basis of great accomplishment in every area.

?If you manage any people or if you are a parent (which is a form of managing people), drop everything and read Mindset.?
?Guy Kawasaki, author of The Art of the Start and the blog How to Change the World

"Highly recommended . . . an essential read for parents, teachers [and] coaches . . . as well as for those who would like to increase their own feelings of success and fulfillment.?
?Library Journal (starred review)

?A serious, practical book. Dweck?s overall assertion that rigid thinking benefits no one, least of all yourself, and that a change of mind is always possible, is welcome.?
?Publishers Weekly

?A good book is one whose advice you believe. A great book is one whose advice you follow. This is a book that can change your life.?
?Robert J. Sternberg, author of Teaching for Successful Intelligence

?A wonderfully elegant idea . . . It is a great book.?
?Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., author of Delivered from Distraction

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Solid concepts plus anecdotes and research to back up

I first read about Dweck and her research in a NYT article on child development. This is the dose of reality that we all need after years of "positive thinking" mantras. Without responsibility, action and growth-orientation, we block the positive path and fail to realize our potential. This book hammers the points home with detailed anecdotes from business, sports and general society.. plus the research that backs it up is solid.

MUST READ

THIS BOOK IS A MUST READ, IT CERTAINLY WILL BRING POSITIVE CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE AND GIVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE HUMAN MIND.

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MINDSET CREATES A NEW SKILLSET FOR SUCCEEDING

We've always used the phrases "open-minded" and "closed-minded," but after reading this book, you will use them more discriminantly...

The author (Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.) conducted extensive research which proves that the view we adoopt of ourselves profoundly affects the way that we lead our lives. It also reveals that your mindset can determine whether you become the person you want to be, and whether you accomplish what you are truly capable of.

Her conclusion is that we all have a fixed (or closed) mindset, which is characterized by the belief that your qualities are carved in stone; or a growth (open) mindset, which is based on the belief that your basic qualities are things that you can cultivate through your efforts and influenced by our early development.

After quickly establishing her premise, she uses the remainder of the book to illustrate how people with fixed mindsets view things that happen to them as a direct measure of their competence and worth, and those with a growth mindset don't take situations personally, but view them as a learning oppportunity to get better and grow as a result.

She also includes stories which illsutrate how athletes such as Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth, Jackie-Joyner Kersee, and Marshall Faulk, used a growth mindset to achieve their great athletic accomplishments, in addition to she delving deep into corporate culture to unveil the perils and pervasiveness of the fixed mindset which toppled companies such as Enron, IBM, and Chrysler.

It then moves into relationships, parenting, and general changes in life. Mindset is that rare kind of book you that you can read for a short period of time and instantly extract lessons from to immediately apply to use in your every endeavor. It will change the way you look at things, how people look at you, and change your life (for the better) in the process.

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