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

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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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