Mindset Summary

Mindsets are just beliefs; powerful ones, but they’re just something in your mind, and you can change them.

Just by being aware of the two mindsets (fixed and growth), you can start thinking and reacting in different ways. It’s also important to realize that even if people have a fixed mindset, they’re not always in that mindset. Many people have elements of both.

• Having a fixed mindset means believing that your qualities are carved in stone. This creates an urgency to prove yourself all the time.
• People with a fixed mindset expect ability to show up on its own before any learning takes place.
• Some of us are formed in this mindset from childhood. As soon as children become able to assess themselves, some of them become afraid of challenges. They become afraid of not being smart.

Carol Dweck studies human motivation. She spends her days diving into why people succeed (or don’t) and what’s within our control to foster success. Her theory of the two mindsets- the fixed mindset and growth mindset and the difference they make in outcomes is incredibly powerful.

Your view of yourself can determine everything. If you believe that your qualities are unchangeable — the fixed mindset — you will want to prove yourself correct over and over rather than learning from your mistakes.

This growth mindset is based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts. Changing our beliefs can have a powerful impact. The growth mindset creates a powerful passion for learning. 

There are two main mindsets we can navigate life with: growth and fixed.

A. The Fixed Mindset

Our view of ourselves can determine everything. If we believe that our qualities are unchangeable — the fixed mindset — we will want to prove ourselves correct over and over rather than learning from our mistakes.

B. The Growth Mindset

The passion for stretching ourselves and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset. This is the mindset that allows people to thrive during some of the most challenging times in their lives.

In short, having a growth mindset is essential for success. The growth mindset creates a powerful passion for learning.

Intelligence is static. Leads to a desire, to look smart and therefore a tendency to...

• Challenges: avoid challenges
• Obstacles: give up easily
• Effort: see effort as fruitless or worse
• Criticism: ignore useful negative feedback
• Success of Others: feel threatened by the success of others

As a result, they may plateau early and achieve less than their full potential.

All this confirms as deterministic view of the world.

• Your mindset shapes your reality, and what you believe about yourself affects your success.
• A Fixed Mindset believes intelligence and talent are innate and unchangeable.
• A Growth Mindset believes abilities can be developed through effort and learning.

• Fixed Mindset: Avoids challenges, fears failure, and sees effort as pointless.
• Growth Mindset: Embraces challenges, learns from failure, and values persistence.
• Success is not about being smart but about getting smarter through continuous learning.

In fixed mindset athletes want to validate their talent . This means acting like a superstar , not just a team member .

When we adopt this mindset , we tend to be in comfortability , we think we know more but we never .

We always think we are ahead , but we only heal help ourselves with the only things we have , know .

This mindset works against the important victories we want to achieve.

Teamplay comes with growth mindset .

We tend to learn more , be more receptive when we adopt the teamplay hence the growth mindset .

This mindset teaches othere to know more of themselves and how to team spirit works , How they contribute more in team .

Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better?

Effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.

IF, like those with the growth mindset, you believe you can develop yourself, then you're open to accurate information about your current abilities, even it it's unflattering. What's more, if you're oriented toward learning, as they are, you need accurate information about your current abilities in order to learn effectively

Why some people achieve more & some achieve less than expected?

The key to answering this is mobilizing our resources for learning & not for protecting our egos...the low-effort syndrome. Working hard isn't something that makes us vulnerable (to possible failure & so...judgment), it makes you smarter.

Prodigies or not, we all have interests that can blossom into abilities. With the right mindset & right teaching, people are capable of a lot more than we think - the potential to develop.

How we interpret whatever we see or experience in the world around and within us is called our mindset. It's a very powerful influencer on what course our life takes.

And some of the factors that affect in a big way the kind of mindset (fixed or growth) we develop are -

• Being judged and labeled.
• How are friends, colleagues, and other people in our life usually react to situations or things.
• How the people we look up to for guidance speak of intelligence, talent, learning, success, & failure.

• When success means being smart and failure being dumb, it stunts potential & possibilities in life. Growth mindset helps you love challenges, learn from mistakes, enjoy effort, seek new strategies, and keep learning....basically the main ingredients for meaningful success.
• With a fixed mindset, the only goal of education becomes prove worth, competence, intelligence...about the label. But growth mindset is about believing people can develop their abilities. It's about setting high standards but offering a nurturing environment too where it's possible to learn, think, and make your own decisions.
• Focusing on the ability to learn rather than on intelligence and talent, encourages a growth mindset. Praising intelligence & talent makes confidence volatile...because it puts the source of motivation on external validation.

Insight: A growth mindset turns failure into a learning opportunity. Instead of saying "I can't do this," say "I can't do this yet." This simple shift encourages persistence and improvement.

Takeaway: Embrace challenges and see setbacks as stepping stones rather than obstacles.

Insight: People with a fixed mindset believe their abilities are static, while those with a growth mindset believe their abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work.

Takeaway: Adopt a growth mindset to unlock your full potential, recognizing that effort and learning lead to mastery.

Insight: Praising children or others for their talent reinforces a fixed mindset. Praising effort, strategy, and persistence fosters a growth mindset.

Takeaway: Shift your praise from innate qualities to effort and process to encourage continuous improvement.

The idea is that we expand our mind be find new approaches to teach itself to produce greater energy to produce great reasults .

1. Experiences, training & personal effort .
2. Physical differences ( bumps on skull , the size and shape of the skull
3. Genetics & Environment although the specific degree to which each one plays a part often depends on the specific personality trait in question.
4. Strong differences in people’s background.

• Either you become the person you want to be and whether you can accomplish the things you value .
• Certain amount of intelligence, a certain personality, a certain moral character- well then you’d better prove that you have a healthy dose of them .
• Challenge yourself to recognise the value of challenging themselves and the importance of effort.
• Your qualities are carved in stone leads to a host of thoughts and actions. Qualities are cultivated to different thoughts and Actions !

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success" explores the concept of mindset and its impact on personal growth and achievement. The book introduces two main types of mindsets: the fixed mindset and the growth mindset.

People with a fixed mindset believe that their abilities, intelligence, and talents are fixed traits that cannot be changed. They tend to avoid challenges, fear failure, and view effort as fruitless since they believe their abilities are predetermined. They often seek validation and are more concerned with looking smart than with learning.

In contrast, people with a growth mindset believe that their abilities can be developed and improved through dedication, effort, and learning. They embrace challenges, see failure as an opportunity to learn and grow, and believe that effort leads to mastery. They understand that intelligence and talent can be developed through perseverance and continuous learning.