Mindset -- Carol Dweck -- Lukewarm
I think my disappointment with this book can be mostly explained by my high expectations. I heard rave things about it from a variety of people I admire and I was expecting some grand new ideas. But In the words of Jim Rohn, “You've got to be a little suspicious of someone who says, ‘I've got a new fundamental.’” The book is implicitly about nature vs. nurture. Dweck adds nuance to the conversation by sidestepping the question of “how much is nature and how much is nature” in favor of “how much do you believe isn’t nature?” She neatly demonstrates across a variety of settings that the more you believe you can change (growth mindset) the more successful you will be. It doesn’t matter how much is nature, believing that you can do it anyway seems to make a real difference. The basic idea is at least 2000 years old “If you can believe, all is possible” (Mark 9:23) and more recently “If you can dream it, you can become it” (Walt Disney). I think Dweck’s rise to prominence o