MINDSET
Carol Dweck
CONTENTS
Title Page
Introduction
1. THE MINDSETS
Why Do People Differ?
What Does All This Mean for You? The Two Mindsets
A View from the Two Mindsets
So, What’s New?
Self-Insight: Who Has Accurate Views of Their Assets and Limitations?
What’s in Store
2. INSIDE THE MINDSETS
Is Success About Learning—Or Proving You’re Smart?
Mindsets Change the Meaning of Failure
Mindsets Change the Meaning of Effort
Questions and Answers
3. THETRUTH ABOUT ABILITY AND ACCOMPLISHMENT
Mindset and School Achievement
Is Artistic Ability a Gift?
The Danger of Praise and Positive Labels
Negative Labels and How They Work
4. SPORTS: THE MINDSET OF A CHAMPION
The Idea of the Natural
“Character”
What Is Success?
What Is Failure?
Taking Charge of Success
What Does It Mean to Be a Star?
Hearing the Mindsets
5. BUSINESS: MINDSET AND LEADERSHIP
Enron and the Talent Mindset
Organizations That Grow
A Study of Mindset and Management Decisions
Leadership and the Fixed Mindset
Fixed-Mindset Leaders in Action
Growth-Mindset Leaders in Action
A Study of Group Processes
Groupthink Versus We Think
The Praised Generation Hits the Workforce
Are Negotiators Born or Made?
Corporate Training: Are Managers Born or Made?
Are Leaders Born or Made?
6. RELATIONSHIPS: MINDSETS IN LOVE ( OR NOT )
Relationships Are Different
Mindsets Falling in Love
The Partner as Enemy
Competition: Who’s the Greatest?
Developing in Relationships
Friendship
Shyness
Bullies and Victims: Revenge Revisited
7. PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND COACHES: WHERE DO MINDSETS COME FROM?
Parents (and Teachers): Messages About Success and Failure
Teachers (and Parents): What Makes a Great Teacher (or Parent)?
Coaches: Winning Through Mindset
Our Legacy
8. CHANGING MINDSETS
The Nature of Change
The Mindset Lectures
A Mindset Workshop
Brainology
More About Change
Taking the First Step
People Who Don’t Want to Change
Changing Your Child’s Mindset
Mindset and Willpower
Maintaining Change
The Road Ahead
Notes
Recommended Books
Index
About the Author
Copyright
INTRODUCTION
One day, my students sat me down and ordered me to write this book. They wanted people to be able to use our work to make their lives better. It was something I’d wanted to do for a long time, but it became my number one priority.
My work is part of a tradition in psychology that shows the power of people’s beliefs.
These may be beliefs we’re aware of or unaware of, but they strongly affect what we want and whether we succeed in getting it. This tradition also shows how changing people’s beliefs—even the simplest beliefs—can have profound effects.
In this book, you’ll learn how a simple belief about yourself—a belief we discovered in our research—guides a large part of your life. In fact, it permeates every part of your life. Much of what you think of as your personality actually grows out of this “mindset. ” Much of what may be preventing you from fulfilling your potential grows out of it.
No book has ever explained this mindset and shown people how to make use of it in their lives. You’ll suddenly understand the greats—in the sciences and arts, in sports, and in business—and the would-have-beens. You’ll understand your mate, your boss, your friends, your kids. You’ll see how to unleash your potential—and your children’s.
