Mindset - Updated Edition: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential

I feel so positive and energetic after reading this book. I like it.

good

It was easy to read and understand. The flow was smooth,and kept attracting my attention.

Half way through and about to give up reading the rest... it's too repetitive and is full of examples and anecdotes wanting to prove an over-simplified division of mankind into two mindsets, one fixed and the other not (growth)... without any correlation to pretty much anything else... It's like the book was made to prove itself, when in fact in my opinion it suffocates the theory rather than expands on it or explores it... I don't advise reading it unless you're a psychologist student wanting to add a thin layer to what you already know.

Most arguments presented as facts were merely supported by anecdotes. Totally overrated. It appeals to those who want to believe in it, but has little evidence it actually works.

Personally feel, the subject in the book could have been a chapter and the book drags on a bit too much from coaches to teachers without any substantial evidence or use case scenarios It's overall just a great reminder to maintain a growth Mindset in all areas of your life

Good book to read

The naked truth

Highly recommended reading, fundamental is so many spheres of life.

I love books, and this is a good one. You learn a bit about your mindset and how you can change your life by changing your mindset.

Book arrived dirty with black marks and stains

Currently, if I could recommend one book, it's this. This book has helped me highlight why I succeeded in some areas and not in others and how I can deliberately set myself up for success. Instead of talking about how great this book is like other 5 star reviews, I'd rather address some of the critisism found here: 1) It's too long/too repetative This is a very fair point and if there is one improvement to be made, it's this one. The book really is about only one thing: The growth mindset. And it repeats this during the entire book. I do not think it's too repetative, though, because it shows it in the different areas of life: from work and sports to teaching and raising kids to hobbies. To me, this helped me solidify that "yes, it also applies to this" and the different effects that it has on the different areas. Personally, I didn't get bored during reading it, but I can see how the repetition can do that to some people. That said: why did I still give 5 stars? Because even if you could've had the same effect in half the book (which I'm not sure you could), reading this book is still a good time investment. Just because there might be a way to get the same effect quicker, does not mean that the "slower" way is not also worth it – especially since I do not know any better way. 2) It has no practical tips Yes it has. It has many examples of how to apply the mindset in different example situations. What it doesn't have is a step-to-step guide or a list of things that you should do every day or something like that. And it doesn't have those things, because they don't exist. All you need to profit from the mindset is understanding it and understanding your own. Once you do that, the work is done. Once you truly understand, that the limiting factor is not your talent, but your skill, then you'll work on your skill instead of complaining about your talent. That's pretty much it. And the book tries it's best to hammer that into you. The actual steps to become better at something are ofter specific to the thing you want to become better at. And general tips can be found like sand at the beach. But that's not what this book is about – nor should it be. 3) It's wishful thinking When I read that, I think they didn't understand the book. Not, because what they call "wishful thinking" is not – it is – but because the book isn't about that. Dr. Carol Dweck does not promise that you'll be the next Mike Tyson, Bill Gates or whatever. All it tries to do is convey that: a) You're always limited by your skill, not your talent b) Hard work beats beats lazy talent Of cours hard work doesn't mean you'll get everything you want. But it tries to teach that if you'd like to be better at something, you can be. And although this seems obvious, the book makes it abundandly clear that everyone disagrees with this in some areas. That that limits us there.