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How This Book Changed The Way I Look At The World
Although this is now a relatively old book, Mindset by Carol Dweck, published in 2006, it is an absolute game-changer in finance, wealth building, and success. This book is my single most recommended book and is one of the rare books that change how I look at the entire world. Big claims? Well, it is certainly worth reading.
Before reading this book, a lot of the books, I had read concentrated on a positive mindset, positive self-talk and developing positive thoughts. Although there was some truth to this positive thinking approach, a positive mindset and positive psychology were only part of the story.
Other thinkers concentrated on the goal-setting mindset and stated that successful people achieve greatness by clarifying their goals and adopting the right mindset.
Main Idea
Carol Dweck, an Educational Psychologist at Stanford, spent most of her career looking at what makes people learn and, in turn, what makes them successful. Her ideas have become very popular in education, sports psychology and business. Her main thesis is that there are two types of people, those with a fixed mindset and those with a growth mindset.
Those with a fixed mindset seek to prove their worth by seeking external validation, putting themselves in situations where they will…
