Mindset
Carol Dweck
Summary
Amazing book that actually explained a lot of my upbringing and who I used to be. A fantastic book that I think all business people, parents and teachers need to absolutely read that explains the attitude and mentality behind some of the most successful innovators in our time
Rating: 5/5
Notes
With practice and training, we can increase our attention, memory, judgement and become more intelligent than before
The view you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life
Why waste time proving how great you are when you could be better?
Exceptional individuals can identify their own strengths and weaknesses
Growth mindset is always about constant improvement and developing yourself
I don’t divide the world into the weak and strong, or success and failures. I divide the world into learners and non-learners. – Benjamin Barber
People in a growth mindset don’t just seek challenges, but thrive on it
This is hard. This is fun – change your mindset
Becoming is better than being
Failure can be painful but it doesn’t define you. It’s a pattern to be faced, dealt with and learned from
Always admire effort because that’s where intelligence lies
Effort is terrifying because ‘geniuses are not suppose to need it’ and you can always make excuses because you didn’t try
You have to work hardest at the things you love most
I gave my all for the things I valued and think about what you want to look back and say
Not all effort is created equal
Growth minded people value what they’re doing regardless of the outcome
Keep on going and picture your brain learning new challenges and strengthening
What almost any person can learn, almost all persons can learn if provided with the appropriate and prior conditions of learning
Just because some people can do something with little or no training, it doesn’t mean others can’t do it with training
When stereotypes are evoked, they fill people’s minds with disturbing thoughts and worries that confirm the stereotype
Women need all the growth mindset they can get to take their rightful places in the field
People prize mutual endowment over learned ability
Personal success is when you work your hardest to become your best
Setbacks should be informative and motivation
Somebodies are not determined by whether they won or lost. Somebodies are people that go for it with all they have
Always check from the people actually doing the work
Foster the development of people around you, because when they win, you win
Get people around you who disagree with your ideas and not develop groupthink
Create an organization that praises the development of ability
Withholding constructive criticism doesn’t help the children’s confidence, it harms their future
Don’t judge. Teach. It’s a learning process
Beware of success. It can knock you into a fixed mindset
Convey the process that leads to learning, treat setbacks as opportunities for learning and that the goal of learning is to deepen understanding
Beliefs are the key to happiness and misery
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Make Something Wonderful
Steve Jobs
Summary
The life of Steve Jobs in his own words
Rating: 5/5
Notes
Make something wonderful and put it out there
‘You appear, have a chance to blaze in the sky, then you disappear’
When you’re a stranger in a place, you notice thing you don’t otherwise (Jobs after India trip)
Whenever you start with nothing, always shoot for the moon. You have nothing to lose.
You never achieve what you want without falling on your face a few times
Never be afraid to fail. You never achieve what you want without falling flat on your face a few times
We are never taught to listen to our intuitions, to develop and nurture them. But if you do pay attention to these subtle insights, you can make them come true
Creativity equals connecting previously unrelated experiences and insights others don’t see
Believe that some of what you follow with your heart will come back and make your life richer. And it will. And you will gain even firmer trust on your instincts and intuitions
Make your avocation your vocation. Make what you love your work.
The journey is the reward. The reward isn’t in the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, it’s in crossing the rainbow
To find A+ talent, if experienced, look at their track record and results
The world we know is a human creation and we can push it forward
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do (read whole ad ‘here’s to the crazy ones)
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit - Aristotle
Hire people better than you are
You can’t plan to meet the people who will change your life
It’s impossible to connect the dots looking forward, but they make sense looking backwards so you have to trust the dots will somehow connect in your future
Everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you
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