21A – Reading Reflection No. 2

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Carol Dweck

1)      What was the general theme or argument of the book?

The general theme of the book was about the effect of mindset has with our success. This book does this by define to two type of mindset that determine where one will succeed or fail. This are the Fixed mindset and Growth mindset one can develop involving one work and future. Those with fixed mindset develop belief that they cannot succeed due to not having talent or ability to succeed. At such are prone to not even try achieving goal due feeling their work will not be reward. Meanwhile those Growth mindsets has belief that one ability and talent is unidentifiable, at such one put a lot of work one could reach their goal. Luckily this book state that mindset is belief that can be internally change. An provide a very basic six step process to commit to daily to change your belief from a fixed mindset to a growth set

2)      How did the book, in your opinion, connect with and enhance what you are learning in ENT 3003?

This book enhances my experience due to it reinforcing the theme of this course of pursuing multiple opportunity regardless of chance of failure. This theme applied to many areas like the previous topic of building social capital. This is due to suggesting building capital one must try to contact many company and people who majority time will reject you. As if you don’t try you will get zero social capital, while if you put in the efforts to contact many companies you will get few. An this few can make all the difference, when it come successfully starting your enterprises venture.

3)      If you had to design an exercise for this class, based on the book you read, what would that exercise involve?

An exercise I will develop in this class will be something to do for an hour every day for a week in development of skill you want to have that you felt like you could not achieve. This could be something physical in which case you will submit a short 1-5-minute practice video of that activity or something mental at which case.

4)      What was your biggest surprise or 'aha' moment when reading the book? In other words, what did you learn that differed most from your expectations?

I was surprised to learn how one can have growth mindset in one area or skill, while possessing a fixed growth mindset in another area. This came as surprise, but I realized there are thing like that in myself. As while a possess growth mindset, when it come to most skill. I do have a few fixed mindsets when it come to my social ability in a non-professional setting. I have trouble believe I could learn to talk in a way to entertain other or find a way to have casual conversation that last hour with stranger. This is because the few occasions I have been able to do this involve my family, who I fully understand and few close friends that have enough hobbies similar enough. This also seem impossible due to me taking online classes, at such I am not longer in a setting with easy access to people to talk too. But after reading this book I realized those are excuses as when I applied growth mindset I felt that regardless how uncomfortable it make me I could have talk to people  who walk outside in my community or with close neighbor who live near me.