This means that instead of learning, growing, and moving the company forward, everyone starts worrying about being judged. "When bosses become controlling and abusive, they put everyone into a fixed mindset. Instead, they are constantly trying to improve" (110). "When you read about an athlete or team that wins over and over and over, remind yourself, 'More than ability, they have character'" (97, quoting Coach John Wooden). We don't like to think of them as relatively ordinary people who made themselves extraordinary" (90, credited to Malcolm Gladwell).
We like to think of our champions and idols as superheroes who were born different from us. "As much as our culture talks about individual effort and self-improvement, deep down. Just to let you sample, here is a set of quotes from each category:
How do I face a difficult task? Avoid or embrace?.Here are a few questions to help determine your current mindset: Whether we have a fixed or a growth mindset in any given situation impacts both how we approach the situation, how and whether we perserve through the situation, and how we evaluate the results. Every situation calls for a confirmation of intelligence, personality, or character" (6).īut the "growth mindset is based on the belief that your basic qualities are thing you can cultivate through your efforts" and that "everyone can change and grow through application and experience" (7). And this "creates an urgency to prove yourself over and over. Simply put, the fixed (or, performance) mindset wrongly assumes that a person's characteristics "are carved into stone," that they do not change. The two mindsets are these: fixed and growth. They're worth reading (as tempting as it may be to jump into the categorical chapter that most intrigues you). THE FIRST THREE CHAPTERSset the stage, defining and exploring the two fundamental mindsets. Thoroughly researched, well-organized, and communicated in a clear and compelling way, this book explains how something as basic as your mindset translates into true success in every major category of life - from sports to business, and from personal relationships to roles as parents, teachers, and coaches.
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