After reading the first three chapters of “Mindset The New
Psychology Of Success” by Carol S. Dweck, I like some parts of the book but
dislike others. The author discusses two main principles that he believes in
which are the “growth” mindset and the “fixed” mindset. Dweck claims that
people with a “fixed” mindset ultimately suffer from being narrow-minded and
don’t explore different possibilities in various situations. On the other hand,
the “growth” mindset is somewhat glorified in the text portraying an individual
who has little to no anxiety and has multiple avenues to accomplish a task.
I
am not a big fan of making one mindset look better than another. The reason I
don’t really like it is because you don’t know the person who may have one
mindset over another. You could have a person with a “growth” mindset who is
extremely privileged in life and can afford the time and resources to explore.
On the other hand, you could have a person with a more “fixed” mindset who may
not have the time or resources to necessarily explore. It is almost like saying
if you don’t have a “growth” mindset, then something went wrong along the road.
I don’t really think that is a great way to look at the topic because people
with a “fixed” mindset might read those first three chapters and be like, “who
is this guy making claims like this?” The author definitely takes has a bias
throughout the chapters towards conforming to a “growth” mindset.
I
think this article relates to the reading we did on the 10,000 hour theory to
becoming an expert in something. The reason I think it connects well is because
the author more or less connects an individual who is an expert in a field with
an individual that has a “growth” mindset. Even though I don’t think this is
necessarily true all the time.
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