Summary Of “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success” By Carol S. Dweck

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The Book in Three Sentences: –

In this book, you will learn about the two main types of mindsets.
Carol Dweck will draw a comparison between the fixed mindset and the growth mindset.
The book explains how these mindsets influence the various parts of people’s life.

The Few Big Ideas: –

Learn how to use the growth mindset to promote innovative practices in your business.
How sportspeople can embrace the growth mindset for easy success in track and field events.
Encouraging children’s ability to support their inborn abilities.
The importance of mindset on leaders and managers in the business world.
Why the right mindset is important to the society.

Summary Of the Book

The book says that there are two main types of mindsets. They are the fixed mindset (people who think that they can’t grow) and the growth mindset (people who believe that they can easily develop their abilities for consistent growth).
The author also explains that people who have a fixed mindset have a tendency to shun challenges easily. She also said that the people with growth mindset accept difficult tasks to get the desired outcome.
The author will use the book to explain how these mindsets influence the various parts of people’s life. The fixed and growth mindsets can affect impact people and their relationships, business, school, and approach to sports.
In business settings, entrepreneurs with a growth mindset promote innovative practices for continuous improvement. Companies that have a fixed mindset may be afraid of failure or losses.
Sportspeople who embrace the growth mindset, tend to easily achieve success. Also, athletes with a fixed mindset will avoid tasks that are difficult and will quit easily.
Mindsets play an important role when it comes to relationships as people with a growth mindset love their partners better. People who have fixed mindsets never see anything good coming out of the relationship.
The author when on to explain that people do not have fixed mindsets. Rather a mindset can be changed if they make a conscious effort to do so.
For children, this book emphasizes the importance of encouraging their ability to make effort instead of supporting their inborn abilities. Children will be motivated to work hard and improve if parents/teachers praise the initiative to make an effort.
The author will also explore the importance of mindset on leaders and managers. Leaders who are effective, know how important growth is for the entire company.
The author explained the importance of mindset on the society. This is because if a society encourages people to adopt the growth mindset, there will be innovation for consistent progress.
The book will go on to conclude with a practical life hack of how to best apply the principles of the growth mindset. Dweck will encourage that readers examine their mindset and look for areas where they can grow in their lives.