REVIEW - Book Mindset - Carol Dweck

Today we had a meeting on Maersk Book Club regarding book ''MINDSET'' from Carol Dweck and I remembered that I read this book in the past and our team gave us a lot of different perceptions and I really enjoyed all the insights and I'd like to share it here what were my moments ''A-HAAAA'' ><

The author starts with simple language and talks about what led her to research about people who had success or failure in life.

It started with children. She found that when children encounter a challenge, they feel motivated to learn. Contrary to what this one was thinking that everything would be written “on stone”, immutable.

And how does mindset influence your life?

If you believe that you are immutable, then you feel the need to always prove yourself.

However, if you have a Growth mindset, it can be differente and she gives us several examples of children who were average and then became stars in their professions, quoting: “The main mode of acquiring specialized knowledge is not some previous or fixed capacity, but dedication to the objective”

Knowledge about mindsets, you come to understand how all this works and one thing leads to another.

What about self-knowledge? When you have a development mindset, you recognize where you can improve, as you are improvement-oriented.

CEO disease: keep doing the same thing or look ahead and see what problems can be improved?

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Growth Mindset: Seek the Challenge!.

What about “Prodigies”?

Studies proving that the way in which the teacher identifies the potential of children was reflected in the way they learned, reaching extraordinary levels.

The current education system shows where the student is and not where he can get.

Researchers decided to measure the rates of teachers with a fixed and growth mindset. While those teachers thought it made no difference the student's performance level did not influence the students' grades (good were still good, bad were still bad), in those classes where the teacher had the growth mindset it didn't matter and all the students managed to do it. evolve.

Fixed mindset - limits achievements

Is drawing a gift? The author speaks of a study that did not. After training and techniques, people have improved a lot.

So will anyone be able to do anything? The author says don't, but you can do much more than you think, with the right mindset.

In one experiment, praising effort was much more positively influenced than praising fitness (you are good)

Mindset in sport ( The best part of the book for me)

Natural talent? If you don't have a champion mindset.. ???? especially if you don’t accepts failure, it will become a problem. Natural talent does not require effort, it does not analyze its flaws. The very idea of having a disability is devastating.

Mindset is more important than talent.

If we have improbable cases and prodigies that didn't succeed, we need to stop and think... Michael Jordan, Muhammad there

“Solidity of mind and heart are much stronger than some of the physical advantages one may have. I always said that and I always believed that.” (Michael Jordan)

Malcolm Gladwell: “people give more value to natural talent” For example: Messi (talent) and Cristiano Ronaldo (training hard)

Billie Jean King: “the hallmark of the champion and the ability to win when things are not going well, when you are not playing well and your emotions are not what they should be”

What is success? Success means doing the best you can, learning and improving

What is failure? They find setbacks motivating. They are informative. make us wake up

Character, heart and mentality of a champion. That's what great athletes do, with a focus on development, self-motivation and responsibility

Business Mindset: Jim Collins in “Goods to Great” says the leader had led all companies to success.

Characteristics: they didn't try to be better than anyone else, they didn't claim credit, they didn't harm others.

Praise for skill can be dangerous and incite the fixed mindset. They lead to the path of dependence, of the need to always be recognized. It would be better to praise the ability to develop

Good manager: enthusiasm to learn, openness to give and receive feedback, and ability to face and overcome obstacles.

For this:

Present skills as a thing to be learned; convey that the company values learning and perseverance; provide feedback that promotes learning and future success; present managers as a resource for learning.

“Bullies judge. Victims accept judgment. Sometimes this remains inside them and can lead to depression and suicide. Other times it explodes into violence” (Carol Dwerk)

Praising children's intelligence hurts motivation and performance

We are a mix of mindsets. It is important to check what triggers the fixed mindset, what are the events or situations that lead us to a state of judgment rather than development. How do we feel? What does this make us think and act?

Compliments: Lead to learning processes

Adversity: opportunity for development

Deep understanding: learning objective

Did you read this book? What was the most important insight? Tell me!! ;)

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