Review: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Marking as one of my favourite self help/personal development books!!!

I got so much from this book and it's permanently impacted my life. It was slightly repetitive but it was just really zoning in on the points.

This is definitely a re-read so that I can take notes and study it more.

Just off the top of my head here are some of my take aways:
- Be growth-minded not fixed-minded. Fixed minded is when you believe people were born with innate talents and skills and they can't develop/learn/grow. While the growth mind set is about becoming anything or anyone you want and learning and growing into the person you want to be.
- Every human is born into a set of genetic code from their parents and has experiences which can or need not define them. You can change how you act and the decisions you make if you want to, it will just take some effort and work
- Lots of great information on how to raise your children in this book. How certain praises actuakly do harm instead of your intended good praise. Like saying "Oh wow Billy you got 100% on your test? That means you made no mistakes that's great! You're so smart." This instill fear into Billy's mind that he should try his best not to make mistakes in the future or else he will not be "smart." And children feed off of the praise their parents give them so this is so crucial. It's better to talk about their effort instead of judging them. Instead say " Oh wow Billy you got 100% on your test? You must have worked really hard and studied, I'm so proud of your efforts."
- Shyness was also an interesting aspect of this book because if you are a shy person that basically means that you are more so fixed-minded because you find judgement of other people important to you. If you were growth minded then you would focus n working on your shyness and uncomfortableness to improve yourself instead of just defining yourself as shy and that's the end of it.
- When you are raised by judgemental family it can influence you to become fixed-minded.

Carol S. Dweck is a smart cookie, I look forward to her future publications ;)

"the courage to be open—to welcome change and new ideas regardless of their source. Real self-confidence is not reflected in a title, an expensive suit, a fancy car, or a series of acquisitions. It is reflected in your mindset: your readiness to grow.""

View all my reviews