Mindset by Dr.Carol.S.Dweck
Learn and help learn.
Mindset by Dr.Carol.S.Dweck
The author is one of the famous and leading researchers in the fields of personality and psychology. This book mainly talks about how each and every individual perceives and reacts to different scenarios in life. The scenarios are more or less common, but they are seen in various shades by people according to their mindset. Basically the world is divided into two groups of people -People with growth mindset and people with fixed mindset.
Based on her vast experience, the author highlights the results of various real time researches and studies conducted across various groups of people.
Though we all know about most of the stuff written in the book, it serves as a reinforcement when told with statistical evidence.
Various fields like sports, education, parenting, teaching , and leadership is touched upon to explain how a growth mindset makes a huge difference versus a fixed mindset. What makes it more interesting is, the real life examples about famous personalities who fall under both these mindsets. It is thrilling to read how a simple change in mindset can make or break even mammoth businesses.
The case studies about multi-million dollar companies like Enron, Ford, General Electric and General Motors open up your eyes about the long term and sustainable success that growth minded gives versus the short term hype that fixed mindset provides. Also the tidbits about stars like Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth and Tiger woods gives an inspiration to the readers.
As rightly stated by Bill Gates, the value of this book does extend beyond the world of education.
Parents, teachers and coaches – Reading this book, might offer you the right solutions that you are looking for.
To conclude we have to remember that everyone of us has a journey to take.
Learn and help learn.
