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27: Final Book review

The book I chose to read was from the second half of the reading list, and it was actually a very interesting read. I chose Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck.

  1.       After reading this book, I really enjoyed Carol Dweck’s opinion on the two mindsets that may or may not lead to happiness. I was surprised the most by the stark contrast between the fixed versus the growth mindset. Especially when she referenced the brain activity of the two, it made it seem as though the fixed mindset group was collectively just sitting there staring at a wall, which I know isn’t the case. I do admire Dweck’s in-depth explanations about specifically the psychology of her research (which I always find so interesting), but what I least admired was actually her style of explanation, in that she was very roundabout and took a long time to make a point.
  2.        She was obviously very competent, not just in being a renowned professor but also her delivery made it easy to understand her argument about how impactful your mindset can be.
  3.       One thing that confused me was when she discussed mindset and growth in business. She made it seem like changing the entire working force of a company is a completely doable task, but getting adults to think a different way is way different than doing that with small kids.
  4.       If I had to ask Carol two questions, I’d ask her what made her start to seek the answer that inevitably led to all of this research and I would ask her if she thinks there are other effective ways to approach mindset without fixed or growth learning, but rather other types of learning.
  5.       I think her opinion of hard work is approaching everything you do knowing that YOU are in control of the outcome to a certain extent, and mindset will determine how successful you are, which is an opinion I definitely share with her.

Comments

  1. UnknownDecember 3, 2017 at 11:37 AM

    Hello,

    Great job with your blog posting this week. I can tell you really took a lot away from the third reading. I also learned a lot from the three books and it was really a great opportunity to expand my horizons. I really agree with your number 5. That you are in control of the outcome to a certain extent. Your mindset is everything, it can be the difference between being successful or crashing and burning. You have to look at the glass half full over half empty. Overall great job!

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