Mindset
ISBN: 9780345472328 | 0345472322
Edition: 1stFormat: Trade Paper
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pub. Date: 12/26/2007
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World-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, in decades of research on achievement and success, has discovered a truly groundbreaking ideathe power of our mindset. Dweck explains why it's not just our abilities and talent that bring us successbut 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 goalspersonal 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 ofThe Art of the Startand the blogHow 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 ofTeaching for Successful Intelligence "A wonderfully elegant idea . . . It is a great book." Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., author ofDelivered from Distraction
| Introduction | p. ix |
| The Mindsets | p. 3 |
| Why Do People Differ? | p. 4 |
| What Does All This Mean for You? The Two Mindsets | p. 6 |
| A View from the Two Mindsets | p. 7 |
| So, What's New? | p. 9 |
| Self-Insight: Who Has Accurate Views of Their Assets and Limitations? | p. 11 |
| What's in Store | p. 11 |
| Inside the Mindsets | p. 15 |
| Is Success A... MORE | p. 16 |
| Mindsets Change the Meaning of Failure | p. 32 |
| Mindsets Change the Meaning of Effort | p. 39 |
| Questions and Answers | p. 45 |
| The Truth About Ability and Accomplishment | p. 55 |
| Mindset and School Achievement | p. 57 |
| Is Artistic Ability a Gift? | p. 67 |
| The Danger of Praise and Positive Labels | p. 71 |
| Negative Labels and How They Work | p. 74 |
| Sports: The Mindset of a Champion | p. 82 |
| The Idea of the Natural | p. 83 |
| "Character" | p. 91 |
| What Is Success? | p. 98 |
| What Is Failure? | p. 99 |
| Taking Charge of Success | p. 101 |
| What Does It Mean to Be a Star? | p. 103 |
| Hearing the Mindsets | p. 105 |
| Business: Mindset and Leadership | p. 108 |
| Enron and the Talent Mindset | p. 108 |
| Organizations That Grow | p. 109 |
| A Study of Mindset and Management Decisions | p. 111 |
| Leadership and the Fixed Mindset | p. 112 |
| Fixed-Mindset Leaders in Action | p. 114 |
| Growth-Mindset Leaders in Action | p. 124 |
| A Study of Group Processes | p. 133 |
| Groupthink Versus We Think | p. 134 |
| The Praised Generation Hits the Workforce | p. 136 |
| Are Negotiators Born or Made? | p. 137 |
| Corporate Training: Are Managers Born or Made? | p. 139 |
| Are Leaders Born or Made? | p. 141 |
| Relationships: Mindsets in Love (Or Not) | p. 144 |
| Relationships Are Different | p. 147 |
| Mindsets Falling in Love | p. 148 |
| The Partner as Enemy | p. 157 |
| Competition: Who's the Greatest? | p. 158 |
| Developing in Relationships | p. 159 |
| Friendship | p. 160 |
| Shyness | p. 163 |
| Bullies and Victims: Revenge Revisited | p. 163 |
| Parents, Teachers, and Coaches: Where Do Mindsets Come From? | p. 173 |
| Parents (and Teachers): Messages About Success and Failure | p. 174 |
| Teachers (and Parents): What Makes a Great Teacher (or Parent)? | p. 193 |
| Coaches: Winning Through Mindset | p. 202 |
| Our Legacy | p. 211 |
| Changing Mindsets | p. 213 |
| The Nature of Change | p. 213 |
| The Mindset Lectures | p. 216 |
| A Mindset Workshop | p. 218 |
| Brainology | p. 221 |
| More About Change | p. 224 |
| Taking the First Step | p. 226 |
| People Who Don't Want to Change | p. 230 |
| Changing Your Child's Mindset | p. 234 |
| Mindset and Willpower | p. 239 |
| Maintaining Change | p. 242 |
| The Road Ahead | p. 246 |
| Notes | p. 247 |
| Recommended Books | p. 267 |
| Index | p. 269 |
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Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading researchers in the fields of personality, social psychology, and developmental psychology. She has been the William B. Ransford Professor of Psychology at Columbia University and is now the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her scholarly book Self-Theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development was named Book of the Year by the World Education Fellowship. Her work has been featured in such publications as The New Yorker, Time, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe, and she has appeared on Today and 20/20. She lives with her husband in Palo Alto, California.
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