“Becoming is better than being”
― Carol S. Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
This image found near the end of the book, is a great summary of what this book is all about. On the left hand side we have the fixed mind set who I like to call them the beings. This are the people who are who they are, they wont change because they were born that way. On the right hand side we have the becomers, who constantly want to improve and become better. Reading this book has been quite a lesson, I have learned that I can choose who I want to become. Something that really stood out for me from the book is where, Dweck studies 4 year old kids and how the puzzle experiment separated the fixed mindset who do not want to asume the chalenge of building a harder puzzle than those with a growth mindset that find easy puzzles boring and constantly look for the chalenges. Imagine with a simple experiment on 4 year olds, Dweck was able to identify the kids with a fixed mindset with the ones with a growth mindset. It made me think, If I were a kid this age would I go for the easier or the harder. The truth is that I would pick the easier one because sometimes I am afraid of chalenges. The cool thing of this book is that it had made me reflect of every moment I have criticize myself because of being what I am without noticing that I can change. It has also made me remember how happy I felt when I concluded a difficult chalenge that I never knew I could accomplish. Reading this book over the summer vacation has been a great way to start the year with a different mentality.
― Carol S. Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
This image found near the end of the book, is a great summary of what this book is all about. On the left hand side we have the fixed mind set who I like to call them the beings. This are the people who are who they are, they wont change because they were born that way. On the right hand side we have the becomers, who constantly want to improve and become better. Reading this book has been quite a lesson, I have learned that I can choose who I want to become. Something that really stood out for me from the book is where, Dweck studies 4 year old kids and how the puzzle experiment separated the fixed mindset who do not want to asume the chalenge of building a harder puzzle than those with a growth mindset that find easy puzzles boring and constantly look for the chalenges. Imagine with a simple experiment on 4 year olds, Dweck was able to identify the kids with a fixed mindset with the ones with a growth mindset. It made me think, If I were a kid this age would I go for the easier or the harder. The truth is that I would pick the easier one because sometimes I am afraid of chalenges. The cool thing of this book is that it had made me reflect of every moment I have criticize myself because of being what I am without noticing that I can change. It has also made me remember how happy I felt when I concluded a difficult chalenge that I never knew I could accomplish. Reading this book over the summer vacation has been a great way to start the year with a different mentality.