Carol S. Dweck
Your beliefs about your own abilities shape your entire life, but is the popular concept of a growth mindset truly a magic bullet for success?
Individuals with a fixed mindset believe talent is innate and tend to avoid challenges to protect their ego.
A growth mindset fosters a desire to learn, making people more resilient to setbacks and open to constructive feedback.
Falsely adopting a growth mindset occurs when people praise effort without also focusing on the learning process and actual progress.