21A Reading Reflection No.2


1.       The theme of the book Mindset: The new psychology of success by Carol Dweck was basically about changing your mindset to help yourself overcome challenges and achieve greater success.


2.       The book discussed two different mindsets, a fixed mindset and a growth mindset. People with a fixed mindset were more likely to give up or convince themselves they could not achieve what they were seeking after failing to reach a goal or simply failing a test while those with a growth mindset seen failure or challenges as learning experience. This connected with ENT 3003 because I feel that an entrepreneur must have a growth mindset because he/she may fail many times before reaching their goal.



3.       Based on the book I would have the students of ENT3003 to make a list of ten possible challenges or failures an entrepreneur may come across in his or her career ( five challenges and five failures). I’d have the students come up with a solution to overcome the challenges and list the lessons to be learned by the entrepreneur after failing. I feel that this would push those with a fixed mindset into thinking the way a growth mindset person would think and also prepare the student for what they may encounter in their career.


4.       What surprised me when reading the book was how we are able to group people from an early age, as young as five,  in either a growth mindset or a fixed mindset.

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  1. UnknownMarch 23, 2018 at 9:57 PM

    I also read Mindset for my second reading assignment and had a very similar takeaway. One thing I found very important about the book was that we are capable of changing our fixed mindsets to growth mindsets and that most people have a mix of the two. Although people as young as five can be grouped into a fixed (or growth) mindset, this book made me realize how important it was to have an adaptive/growth mindset.

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  2. UnknownMarch 25, 2018 at 12:04 PM

    It sounds to me like you understood the book very well! I think that you are right in that Entrepreneurs need to have growth mindsets, as failure will surely follow many attempts until one idea finally takes them to success. Also, I was reading your exercise idea and I think that it has the potential to actually become one of the assignments for another semester's students.

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  3. UnknownMarch 25, 2018 at 8:47 PM

    What a great book choice! And what a huge difference the mindset has on ones life. Your summary describes it pretty well and it is impressive that these behaviors and mindsets can be seen as early as 5 years old. Nice post, keep up the good work.

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