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Please also refer to today's slides as an accompaniment to these notes.
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Louis King (Yale)
- Louis briefly discussed the book Mindset, The New Psychology of Success, by Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., 2006
- People tend to either hold themselves back or easily give up (fixed mindset) or try new things, take risks, and open up possibilities for success (growth mindset).
- A fixed mindset often leads to feeling “stuck” in life, work, or other endeavors.
- Sometimes the institutions, teams, and people around us contribute to keeping us in that “stuck” place.
- A fixed mindset isn’t necessarily something about which to make judgements of others, but rather an opportunity to think differently and try to steer discussions more toward a growth mindset.
- Think about the people you surround yourself with, the culture of your team or organization, etc.
- Perhaps the most important question is how can we apply growth mindset thinking to ourselves?
- Kirk Keller (Ellucian) mentioned the idea of zero sum games (situations where there is always a winner and a loser)
- The growth mindset doesn’t fit here, everyone can win.
- Are you operating in a win-win or win-lose mindset?
- Growth mindset doesn’t accept scarcity.
- Louis’ mother always attempted to look at people for their potential and trusted that they could grow an accomplish things, even when they had obvious gaps in experience.
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