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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
This book is the one I'd recommend to anyone who can breathe. It is the one I'd name to have been "life-changing". It is the one that exposed me, completely, as I stand stripped of my ego, in front of it.
This book discusses the fixed and growth mindset in all contexts: career, relationships, sports.
When I skimmed through the questionnaire to assess if I had a fixed or growth mindset, I was tempted to brush it off by of course concluding I had the "growth" mindset, how could I not? It was the right thing to believe. But alas, when peered deeper, I did not practice it, not even a morsel.
I was a fragile fixed mindset precious child. Tightly clinging to the label of "intelligent" and "smart" to give me my shreds of self esteem, avoiding challenges, basking in my few glories, and never budging out of my comfort zone. Trying new things, asking for help, struggling at something gave me anxiety attacks. And failure? Failure felt permanent, it felt defining. It was a threat to my "intelligent" label, so I was terrible at picking myself back up.
I lost several years of my prime life to this horrid mindset, that I didn't know I had.
And now that I've read this book, I feel like new life has been breathed into me. I am viewing things with an entirely fresh perspective. Life suddenly has opened up to me.
This book, is for anyone who needs it.
Five stars!
This book discusses the fixed and growth mindset in all contexts: career, relationships, sports.
When I skimmed through the questionnaire to assess if I had a fixed or growth mindset, I was tempted to brush it off by of course concluding I had the "growth" mindset, how could I not? It was the right thing to believe. But alas, when peered deeper, I did not practice it, not even a morsel.
I was a fragile fixed mindset precious child. Tightly clinging to the label of "intelligent" and "smart" to give me my shreds of self esteem, avoiding challenges, basking in my few glories, and never budging out of my comfort zone. Trying new things, asking for help, struggling at something gave me anxiety attacks. And failure? Failure felt permanent, it felt defining. It was a threat to my "intelligent" label, so I was terrible at picking myself back up.
I lost several years of my prime life to this horrid mindset, that I didn't know I had.
And now that I've read this book, I feel like new life has been breathed into me. I am viewing things with an entirely fresh perspective. Life suddenly has opened up to me.
This book, is for anyone who needs it.
Five stars!
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
I gave this book 4 stars because I find the "fixed mindset" and "growth mindset" ideas to be extremely intriguing and I could see where I've made mistakes in my mindset in the past and I will use these ideas to transform areas of my life. The concept itself is quite radical and brilliant and I wholeheartedly see how it could be life changing.
That said, this could have been an article . The numerous examples were just too much. It become monotonous, whereas a few strong examples would have made the point just as well .
That said, this could have been an article . The numerous examples were just too much. It become monotonous, whereas a few strong examples would have made the point just as well .
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Honestly, there were really good things in this book, and really annoying and frustrating things. Growth Mindset is largely (in my understanding) a blanket statement. It encompasses things that we already understand. In education, many of its arguments are common place. However, the books treatment of education emphasizes not only the fixed mindset that the author started exists with the kids, but also the teachers. It simplifies what should be a more complex study of how people view and overcome challenges. That being said, the emphasis on focused praise (and criticism), encouragement towards student growth, and discussion on teacher and student growth were all important.
It was an interesting premise, but it got a little repetitive after the first 100 pages. I feel like the author leaned heavily on her growth mindset theory to explain any and all successes.
I thought the fixed mindset was rather like seeing the world in black and white. She does well illustrating how the growth mindset can be applied to one's own self or how it interact with others in a growth minded way.
TAKEAWAYS
TAKEAWAYS
- Don't praise someone's ability, praise their effort
- What makes us special is not innate, it is our potential
The concept of the fixed vs growth mindset is interesting and deserves deep exploration with lots of examples of the consequences of a fixed mindset and ways to invoke a growth mindset.
But yikes, is it out-of-date. I would love to read an updated version with new examples. Lee Iaccoca is of questionable relevance to people under 50 and Tiger Woods is no longer an unqualified success story, among others. Her teaching examples are particularly out-of-date. High academic performance by young children is no longer regarded as an unqualified good.
But yikes, is it out-of-date. I would love to read an updated version with new examples. Lee Iaccoca is of questionable relevance to people under 50 and Tiger Woods is no longer an unqualified success story, among others. Her teaching examples are particularly out-of-date. High academic performance by young children is no longer regarded as an unqualified good.
By halfway through you realize it's pretty much all getting at the same idea: fixed vs growth mindset. It can be fun to read through some of the examples, but there are a few reaches of this theory that seem conveniently projected onto subjects of interest to the author. LOVE the sly contempt she has for some of these subjects. Especially the CEOs and Athletes whose failures she seems to celebrate, and so do I. Worth picking up I'm feeling like a hater capable of growth.
informative
reflective
medium-paced