Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck (Summary)

The book in 50 words:

The fixed mindset believes people are born with a certain set of innate qualities and thus focuses on proving themselves and seeking confirmation of these innate talents. The growth mindset believes talents can be cultivated through effort and thus focuses on constantly learning and application to reach their full potential.

My top 3 takeaways:

1. Rather than a pure fixed mindset or a pure growth mindset, each of us has a mixture of fixed and growth mindsets, and that mixture continually evolves with experience. In each of us, the two mindsets co-exist alongside each other: we can have a fixed mindset towards certain aspects of our lives (e.g. intelligence, artistic ability) and yet hold a growth mindset towards other aspects in life (e.g. personality).
2. The consequence of a fixed mindset is that you become so afraid of judgement and appearing deficient, and so busy defending your ego that you would give up on a learning & development opportunity.
3. A growth mindset leadership style guides but does not judge.

What I will incorporate into my life:

1. My fixed mindset trigger 1 — When I get criticised in public, pause…