• CHANGING MINDSETS
    Jul 5 2025

    Chapter 8

    CHANGING MINDSETS

    The growth mindset is based on the belief in change, and the most gratifying part

    of my work is watching people change. Nothing is better than seeing people find

    their way to things they value. This chapter is about kids and adults who found

    their way to using their abilities. And about how all of us can do that.

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    29 mins
  • PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND COACHES: WHERE DO
    Jul 5 2025

    Chapter 7

    PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND COACHES: WHERE DO

    MINDSETS COME FROM?

    No parent thinks, “I wonder what I can do today to undermine my children,

    subvert their effort, turn them off learning, and limit their achievement.” Of

    course not. They think, “I would do anything, give anything, to make my

    children successful.” Yet many of the things they do boomerang. Their helpful

    judgments, their lessons, their motivating techniques often send the wrong

    message.

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    24 mins
  • RELATIONSHIPS: MINDSETS IN LOVE (OR NOT)
    Jul 5 2025

    Chapter 6

    RELATIONSHIPS: MINDSETS IN LOVE (OR NOT)

    What was that about the course of true love never running smooth? Well,

    the

    course to true love isn’t so smooth, either. That path is often strewn with

    disappointments and heartbreaks. Some people let these experiences scar

    them

    and prevent them from forming satisfying relationships in the future.

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    26 mins
  • BUSINESS: MINDSET AND LEADERSHIP
    Jul 5 2025

    Chapter 5

    BUSINESS: MINDSET AND LEADERSHIP

    ENRON AND THE TALENT MINDSET

    In 2001 came the announcement that shocked the corporate world. Enron

    —the

    corporate poster child, the company of the future—had gone belly-up.

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    23 mins
  • SPORTS: THE MINDSET OF A CHAMPION
    Jul 1 2025

    Chapter 4

    SPORTS: THE MINDSET OF A CHAMPION

    In sports, everybody believes in talent. Even—or especially—the experts. In

    fact,

    sports is where the idea of “a natural” comes from—someone who looks

    like an

    athlete, moves like an athlete, and is an athlete, all without trying. So great

    is the

    belief in natural talent that many scouts and coaches search only for

    naturals, and

    teams will vie with each other to pay exorbitant amounts to recruit them.

    Billy Beane was a natural. Everyone agreed he was the next Babe Ruth.

    But Billy Beane lacked one thing. The mindset of a champion.

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    24 mins
  • THE TRUTH ABOUT ABILITY AND ACCOMPLISHMENT
    Jul 1 2025

    Chapter 3

    THE TRUTH ABOUT ABILITY AND ACCOMPLISHMENT

    Try to picture Thomas Edison as vividly as you can. Think about where he

    is and

    what he’s doing. Is he alone? I asked people, and they always said things

    like

    this:

    “He’s in his workshop surrounded by equipment. He’s working on the

    phonograph, trying things. He succeeds! [Is he alone?] Yes, he’s doing this

    stuff

    alone because he’s the only one who knows what he’s after.”

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    21 mins
  • INSIDE THE MINDSETS
    Jun 29 2025

    Chapter 2

    INSIDE THE MINDSETS

    When I was a young woman, I wanted a prince-like mate. Very handsome,

    very

    successful. A big cheese. I wanted a glamorous career, but nothing too hard

    or

    risky. And I wanted it all to come to me as validation of who I was.

    It would be many years before I was satisfied. I got a great guy, but he was

    a

    work in progress. I have a great career, but boy, is it a constant challenge.

    Nothing was easy. So why am I satisfied? I changed my mindset.

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    39 mins
  • THE MINDSETS
    Jun 29 2025

    Chapter 1

    THE MINDSETS

    When I was a young researcher, just starting out, something happened that

    changed my life. I was obsessed with understanding how people cope with

    failures, and I decided to study it by watching how students grapple with

    hard

    problems. So I brought children one at a time to a room in their school,

    made

    them comfortable, and then gave them a series of puzzles to solve. The first

    ones

    were fairly easy, but the next ones were hard. As the students grunted,

    perspired,

    and toiled, I watched their strategies and probed what they were thinking

    and

    feeling.

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    16 mins