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by gyepi 4516 days ago
I was introduced to the Dweck book some years ago and it made a big impact on me; I essentially had a fixed mindset and needed to "see" it in order to change it. Another really good book is Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's "Flow", which, for me, anyway, extends Dweck's growth mindset concept to an operational level. I have recommended both numerous times to good effect. I'm not so sanguine about the blossoming of talents; our system of education does not encourage the growth mindset, for the most part, until it's too late and learning it later in life is hard.