The Growth Mindset

A thorough, unhurried look at what a mindset actually is and how much of one you can change. It begins with how mindsets form out of experience, attitude and belief, compares several mindset pairs including abundance against scarcity and productive against defensive, and then settles into the fixed and growth distinction in detail. The second half is practical: what a fixed mindset costs you, what a growth mindset gives back, and the strategies and setback-handling that move you from one to the other. Eight chapters over 88 pages, each broken into short named sections.

What's inside

• What a mindset is, and how attitude, belief and habit build one out of both experience and temperament
• Mindset types compared: abundance against scarcity, and productive against defensive
• Why mindset matters more than belief alone, how life experience reinforces it, and what the research says
• Fixed against growth mindset, in theory and in everyday practice
• The dangers of a fixed mindset: wanting to be flawless, knowing yourself less, and needing constant validation
• What a growth mindset offers: fulfilment, resilience, perseverance and critical thinking
• Whether mindset can really change, why we resist it, and how to identify your counter mindsets and start small
• Eight strategies for growth, from continual learning and effective goals to managing your inner negative voice and taking feedback
• Dealing with setbacks: the role of failure, changing strategy, using failure as leverage, and not letting it define you

Details

• PDF, 88 pages
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• Read on any device, or print it
• For personal use