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GRIT The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Reading Pick of the day! GRIT - The Power of Passion and Perseverance - by Angela Duckworth.
Today’s reading pick:
GRIT- The Power of Passion and Perseverance
University of Pennsylvania professor of psychology and MacArthur Genius Angela Duckworth founded an award-winning summer school for low-income children and created “The Character Lab”, has advised the World Bank, NFL and NBA teams.
This book goes straight in the help yourself section. With Duckworth’s combination of advices and how to guidance this book is worth a read.
I love the simple and easy to read writing. Each chapter can be seen as a standalone reflection of ideas. There is no need to start from the beginning, you can start from each chapter and go forward. If you want to read the complete book from the beginning to the end, it might be a little bit tedious.
In the book its all about grit, Angela describes with the help of the “Grit-Scale” how she can predict someone’s success. On one example she forecasts who will drop out before the end of the first year at West Point. Quiet exactly…
Grit is made up of passion and perseverance. If you care about what you do, you’re more likely to keep on going. If you keep doing something you love, you’re likely to grow on loving it more and more. But if you lack either dedication or love, you’ll have difficulties getting things done. If you dislike what you do at work day after day, you won’t care about getting better at it.
Looking for personal growth and life hacks, this book gives you useful hints and tricks.
Have fun reading it!
Mindset The psychology of success
Reading Pick of the day! Mindset - The new psychology of success. How we can learn to fulfill our potential - by Carol S. Dweck.
Today’s reading pick:
Mindset - The New Psychology of Success
This book divides humanity into two groups - the one that are willing to keep on learning and those who are not. The author a psychologist professor Carol S. Dweck writes in her book, based on research about the pros and cons of the two mindsets. You will find several stories about famous business and sports persons that made it in this book. The deep dive has an eye on the impact of the very own mindset on people. She explains even the flexibility of mindsets in regard on topic and personal traits. This complexity of mindsets brings it down to the two points either your mindset is fixed and won’t move or you have a growth mindset willing to further develop.
KEY TAKE AWAYS:
Persons who have a strong believe in themselves and their qualities have an unchangeable mindset
Persons that believe in the continuous improvement of their own mind have a “growth mindset”
Persons with a “growth mindset” believe that the future has a lot of opportunities no matter if good or bad times
A persons mindset defines their view on the world
Athletes with a “growth mindset” never stop challenging themselves
C-Level executives with a fixed mindset of themselves do not build great teams
We hope to get some taste of the book! Have fun reading it and improving yourself.
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