Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

Carol S. Dweck

Random House Publishing Group, Dec 26, 2007 - Psychology - 320 pages

From the renowned psychologist who introduced the world to “growth mindset” comes this updated edition of the million-copy bestseller—featuring transformative insights into redefining success, building lifelong resilience, and supercharging self-improvement.

“Through clever research studies and engaging writing, Dweck illuminates how our beliefs about our capabilities exert tremendous influence on how we learn and which paths we take in life.”—Bill Gates, GatesNotes

“It’s not always the people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest.”

After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset—those who believe that abilities are fixed—are less likely to flourish than those with a growth mindset—those who believe that abilities can be developed. Mindset reveals how great parents, teachers, managers, and athletes can put this idea to use to foster outstanding accomplishment.

In this edition, Dweck offers new insights into her now famous and broadly embraced concept. She introduces a phenomenon she calls false growth mindset and guides people toward adopting a deeper, truer growth mindset. She also expands the mindset concept beyond the individual, applying it to the cultures of groups and organizations. With the right mindset, you can motivate those you lead, teach, and love—to transform their lives and your own.

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User Review  - Dilip-Kumar - LibraryThing

A realistic analysis of life's options for the average person, with very practical and learnable skills. The main accent is on developing a growth-mindset, but without blinding oneself to one's own ...

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User Review  - NanetteLS - LibraryThing

I'm really torn about this book. She has a good concept about the two different mindsets (fixed and growth) and explains them well. However, the book is very repetitive and she tries to attribute ...

Contents

• INSIDE THE MINDSETS I: 15
• THE TRUTH ABOUT ABILITY AND ACCOMPLISHMENT I: 55
• THE MINDSET OF A CHAMPION: 82
• The Idea of the Natural: 83
• Character: 91
• What Is Success?: 98
• What Is Failure?: 99
• IOI Taking Charge of Success: 101
• What Does It Mean to Be a Star?: 103
• Hearing the Mindsets: 105
• MINDSET AND LEADERSHIP I: 108
• Organizations That Grow: 109
• A Study of Mindset and Management Decisions: 111
• Leadership and the Fixed Mindset: 112
• FixedMindset Leaders in Action: 114
• GrowthMindset Leaders in Action: 124
• A Study of Group Processes: 133
• Groupthink Versus We Think: 134
• The Praised Generation Hits the Workforce: 136
• Are Negotiators Born or Made?: 137
• Are Managers Born or Made?: 139
• Are Leaders Born or Made?: 141
• Organizational Mindsets: 142
• MINDSETS IN LOVE OR NOT I: 147
• Relationships Are Different: 150
• Mindsets Falling in Love: 151
• The Partner as Enemy: 160
• Whos the Greatest?: 161
• Developing in Relationships: 162
• Friendship: 163
• Shyness: 166
• Revenge Revisited: 168
• WHERE DO MINDSETS COME FROM? I: 176
• Messages About Success and Failure: 177
• What Makes a Great Teacher or Parent?: 196
• Winning Through Mindset: 205
• False Growth Mindset: 214
• Our Legacy: 221
• CHANGING MINDSETS: 223
• The Mindset Lectures: 226
• A Mindset Workshop: 228
• Brainology: 231
• More About Change: 234
• Opening Yourself Up to Growth: 236
• People Who Dont Want to Change: 240
• Changing Your Childs Mindset: 244
• Mindset and Willpower: 249
• Maintaining Change: 252
• The Journey to a True Growth Mindset: 254
• Learn and Help Learn: 262
• The Road Abead: 264
• Notes: 265
• Recommended Books: 287
• Index: 289

About the author

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 is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences, and has won nine lifetime achievement awards for her research. She addressed the United Nations on the eve of their new global development plan and has advised governments on educational and economic policies. Her work has been featured in almost every major national publication, and she has appeared on Today, Good Morning America, and 20/20. She lives with her husband in Palo Alto, California.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success; A Ballantine books trade paperback
• Author: Carol S. Dweck
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group, 2007
• ISBN: 0345472322, 9780345472328
• Length: 320 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Personal Success; Psychology / Social Psychology; Self-Help / Personal Growth / Success