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Book review: Mindset By Carol Dweck

“Talent isn’t passed down in the genes; it’s passed down in the mindset.”

CJ FADEROGAO
8 min readFeb 21, 2024

When do praise become counter-productive to our growth? This is a question I like to ask myself whenever I’m doing any type of work. For there are times when I notice that praise, especially those that pertains to one’s talents, seem to have the opposite effect. It makes one insecure, defensive, and reluctant to anything that may undermine the approval of others one’s abilities.

Failures are interpreted as a lack or a defect. It becomes a threat to one’s self-image that is formed by the constant praise and belief in one’s “specialness”.

In light of educating myself on this subject, I read this book. I have known about this book for years now but I was only able to read and finish it last month. It’s a Psychology classic, 264 pages long, and it’s been widely read since it’s inception in 2006. It still garners reception until today. It is a staple in the field of developmental psychology and is considered “one of the most influential book written about motivation”¹.

Its author, Carol Dweck, a Psychology professor at Stanford University, is regarded as a leading researcher in the fields of personality and Social psychology.

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CJ FADEROGAO
CJ FADEROGAO

Written by CJ FADEROGAO

Writer/reader on a self-education journey.

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