Book #14: Mindset by Dr. Carol S. Dweck
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This was a book that was recommended to me, and I was excited about reading it in full, having occasionally dipped into it.
So, here Dr. Carol S. Dweck sets out ways that you can change your way of thinking, identifying two different mindsets:
1) The "fixed mindset" revolves around a way of thinking that refuses to change, expecting the rest of the world to change for you.
2) The "growth mindset" embraces change, and shows a willingness to treat all mistakes as a learning experience.
This is written in quite some detail, and includes several examples from real life of how different mindsets have had a positive or negative result on businesses or relationships. Several of the chapters feel like they are aimed at employers to help them make their employees feel valued, or even to help parents raise children, or make sure people approach a romantic relationship in the correct way.
I'd have given this four or five stars, but when I mentioned this book to a friend, he replied: "Only two mindsets?".
I thought about it, and realised that he had a point; the book does seem to be largely aimed at getting a single point across: fixed mindset bad, growth mindset good. If the book is largely this assumption that there are only two mindsets, it felt almost fundamentally flawed, thus I dropped my rating to three stars.
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