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“Becoming is better than being” — Carol Dweck
After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, PhD, discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. Mindset takes a groundbreaking approach to personal achievement that until recently, was never addressed before. Meaning that 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. Infusing the Growth Mindset theory into your life can help you increase achievement through greater self-esteem.
MINDSET — Mindfulness, Identify Brain Basics, Not Yet is OK, Determination/Grit, Self-Talk, Everyone is Unique, Teach Others What You Know — reveals how great parents, teachers, managers, and athletes can put this idea to use to foster outstanding accomplishment.
THE MAIN POINTS
- Growth mindset means basically setting your attitude into that one who thinks about the unlimited opportunities he/she can get.
- This means that if you allow yourself to think that you can, then you will get better.
- Being out of our comfort zone indicates improvement, our brains actually work when we are facing challenges.
- When we teach children that we are facing frustrating challenges, we are actually building a stronger and more effective brain.
- To cope means to deal with our problems according to our judgement instead of saying no.
- Growth mindset can transform our life by making us less concerned with failure and more likely to take big risks.
- Parents and teachers should praise children wisely.
- By doing these things, parents can make their children more resilient and hardy, meaning they are more capable of enduring difficult decisions.
With the right mindset, you can motivate those you lead, teach, and love—to transform their lives and your own.
THE BOOK & VIDEO CORNER
Carol Dweck researches “growth mindset” — the idea that we can grow our brain’s capacity to learn and to solve problems. In this talk, she describes two ways to think about a problem that’s slightly too hard for you to solve. Are you not smart enough to solve it … or have you just not solved it yet? A great introduction to this influential field. Watch now.
Mindset The New Psychology of Success – A Complete Summary ! Mindset: The New Psychology of Success is a book by Carol S. Dweck about human thoughts, and how these thoughts can greatly influence the way we live our everyday lives. This book is written in the form of a self-help book, so readers will find many interesting and educational tidbits of advice on how to live the best life possible. What is really interesting and worth admiring about this book is that Dweck did a tremendous amount of work before she wrote her book.