Assignment 27- Reading Reflection 3

I chose to t do this report on Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Carol Dweck. I found that this book was extremely interesting and filled with a lot of information about the mind and behavior, that being a business major, I was never taught before.




1. The general theme of this book is to discuss the importance of beliefs in shaping our wants and success. Dweck attempts to explain the importance of an individual’s mindset and how to properly “make use of it in their lives.” There is a lot of discussion on how individuals deal with failures why individuals mindsets differ. Dweck dives deeper into the two types of mindsets- fixed and growth, to further explain these differences. The main point of Mindset- How You Can Fill Your Potential is to explain how labels affect mindsets as well as the mindset that goes into success and failure. There is a lot of discussion about relationships and business mindsets, as well as explaining the origin and changes that have to do with specific mindsets.

2. This book fit perfectly with assignment 26 from this week, dealing with failures that we have experienced over the semester. After reading the book, I learned a little bit more about why we think of failure the way that we do and what exactly failure is. Dweck gives several examples about how failure has motivated many legends in today’s society such as John McEnroe and Sergio Garcia. These examples, although much larger scale than the failure that I have experienced when having to revamp my business in ENT, were able to kind of relate me back to what I have gone through in the course and to reinforce the fact that failure is almost inevitable and everyone experiences it, even when creating a business.

3. If I had to design an exercise for my class to participate in based on the book, I would have everyone participate in the “Grow Your Mindset” questions to determine which mindset they are, either fixed, growth, or a mixture. I think this would be good for students to participate in because it is a quick exercise with only 4 questions, yet tells a lot of information to the students.

4. What was most interesting to me when reading this book, or my aha moment, was how much the two different mindsets varied in opinions on certain topics. When Dweck discussion negotiators being born or trained, as well as managers, it was interesting for me to see how different the two groups thoughts were. For example, those with the growth mindset believe that talent is just the starting point for managers to develop whereas one can infer from the book that fixed mindset managers believe that where they are is where they will stay in terms of talent and improvement.