Mindset: the new psychology of success
2008 Ballantine Books Trade Paperback Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.
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Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
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Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Random House, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., in 2007.
Grateful acknowledgment is made to Jeremy P. Tarcher, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), for permission to reprint four illustrations from pp. 18–19 of The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook by Betty Edwards, copyright © 2003 by Betty Edwards. Reprinted by permission of Jeremy P. Tarcher, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA).
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Mindset: the new psychology of success / Carol S. Dweck
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CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
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. INSE 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. THE TRUTH 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
