Professor Carol Dweck and Mindsets

My comment on Guy Kawasaki's post : "More on Professor Carol Dweck and Mindsets". I think I should buy and read the book, it looks interesting..

I don't know if the categorization of "fixed" and "growth" mindsets is being biased in a way, as it seems like the "growth" side would always have to be the good guys. While I personally think, there's a (slight) generalization being made here, it's still important to notice those who belong to the "growth" side, would undoubtedly perform better than their "fixed" counterparts (based on most circumstances, of course). This has been proved over and over again (in my organization), as those willing to learn from past mistakes, would get better each time in dealing with a new project or task. Accepting challenges, I agree, is a way of improving yourself (and your mindset), notwithstanding other factors, such as experience, ambition and motivation, but how do you rationalize; is this something you're born with, or that can be developed over time? Not factoring out one from the other, I believe there's a level of flexibility in every individual, to bend one's mindset (to a certain extent) in order to fit in the other when the situation compels to do so.

Posted by: Guntur Harly | Apr 7, 2007 11:08:34 AM