21A – Reading Reflection No. 2


The book I chose to read was Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck. Her book mainly talks about how your life is determined by what sort of mindset you have on the world. The two main mindsets she talked about was a fixed mindset and a growth mindset. The fixed mindset is essentially things are set and can’t be changed. These can be things such as your intelligence or creativity in things. There is no way you can improve upon these traits through practice. The second is a growth mindset, which are traits and other things you can improve upon with time and experience.  

The book improved my experience in ENT3003 and the way I view the course in a couple of ways. One, it made me realize if you are not good at something it doesn’t mean you will fail at it. Nobody is perfect at anything their first go. You must work hard and improve upon your skills to succeed in what you believe in. The other thing I learned is that the only thing that is holding you back is yourself. A lot of times I tend to bring myself down when I compare myself to others who are doing better than me. We all take different roads to success. After reading this book I feel I have a much better mindset about life and my opportunities after college.

The exercise I would design would probably involve one’s mindset and the way the view others. I would have everyone talk about experience on when they failed at something. The I would have then go back and find the positives and see what they can learn from their mistakes, so they can improve in the future.

The biggest ‘aha’ moment was when I realized how much this book relates to me and how I see things. I always compare myself to others to see if I am doing well or not. This book in and out taught me that it doesn’t matter, and you must see things in different ways. You must take the negative and make them into positives.

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  1. Mitch ThiemannMarch 25, 2018 at 10:24 AM

    Nick,

    I found your post hit home with me. I am extremely competitive, and in the past I used to always compare myself with others to try to gauge my self worth. This clearly won't work because there will always be a bigger fish out there. My current mindset which you may want to consider adopting is to compare yourself with yourself. I look at what I have done in the past and I compare where I am now. I found that as long as I am doing better than before I am happy because I am growing.

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  2. UnknownMarch 25, 2018 at 1:42 PM

    Hey Nick, I really liked reading all about your reading reflection on the book your read. I liked what you wrote under how your related your reading to class experiences. Especially the one that talked about how if you aren't necessarily good at something means that you will fail at it. I also liked your aha moment when you talked about how much the book related to you and your life. Overall, great job!

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  3. UnknownMarch 25, 2018 at 8:12 PM

    I did not personally read this book, but based off of your summary it seems like something I might have to put some time into. I think you explained your points about the themes and aha moments very well, and I think your idea for an exercise would promote a lot of positive reinforcement to learn form a failure rather than being shamed by their mistakes!

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  4. UnknownMarch 25, 2018 at 11:25 PM

    Hey Nick,
    I enjoyed reading your post. I didnt choose to read this book but from your summary it sounds interesting. I am glad you were able to relate to the book and take something away from it. It is hard to think of failures and the positive things that have come from it. I think that would be a great classroom exercise. Good job with your summary.

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