Book: The new Psychology of
Success
1) What was the general theme or
argument of the book?
The general theme of this book
was about the mindset of people. That
they are broken down into a fix or growth mindset. These two mindsets tie back to how they see
failure and allow it to affect their ability to either learn from their
failures and grow or allow it to stagnate their growth.
2) How did the book, in your
opinion, connect with and enhance what you are learning in ENT 3003?
Entrepreneurship is not for
people with the fixed mindset unless their business is very specific and
myopic. There are all types of ways to
fail and learn when building and/or running a business. I think it is extremely important to study a
failure and use it to learn what not to do.
3) If you had to design an
exercise for this class, based on the book you read, what would that exercise
involve?
Actually, I think we just did an
exercise that had us talk about a failure and what we learned. I think that one applies perfectly to this
book.
4) What was your biggest surprise
or 'aha' moment when reading the book? In other words, what did you learn that
differed most from your expectations?
It was interesting to read in the
book that this isn't just an issue for new or lower level managers. This was a problem all the way up to
CEO. In fact, they called it CEO disease. They lose touch and aren't able to continue
growing and changing and then the company does not either.
This sounds like a book that I would enjoy reading. I strive to continuously be growing in my mindset and to be open to new ideas. I think this is something that's really important for a happy life.
ReplyDeleteI think this would be a really interesting book to read through. I feel it is similar to what I read in that it relates significantly to failure and what causes it. My book, however, focuses on why it's ok to fail and what you can learn from it. So this book seems like a great one to read in conjunction with mine.
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