21A – READING REFLECTION NO. 2

Book: "Mindset: The New Psychology of Success"
Author: Carol Dweck

1) The theme of the book?
The book talks about a lot of subjects but mainly the book conveys the idea that when people do something the results can come with different results which can be good or bad, that all depends on how we examine the different skills that lead to success. She mentions a lot of examples of success and failure throughout the book.

2) Connecting it to ENT3003?
The book mentions topics discussed in class, as of in the class we learn from our mistakes and in the book she argues of picking up this errors and fix them to better the future outcome. We must always pursue to correct any flaws we have previously made in order to get a more perfect scenario in the future. The other thing that I picked up and also Dr. Pryor emphasizes is how we need to seek flaws in our system or world in order to create a better world, seize the opportunity we see in other words.

3) Exercise for the class?
I believe that picking up from the previous topic, adding an exercise in which we go back and look at the mistakes we have done previously is a good idea. Sometimes people forget to correct this mistake or they simply don't take enough time to go back analyze the previous situation and later reflect and act upon the issues.

4) Aha moment of the book?
I personally felt extremely related and I reached that "Aha!" moment while reading when Dweck mentioned, that mindsets can represent certain groups of people. I thought it was an interesting approach and makes you think outside the box, in how our society is sometimes structured. I also find amusing how she mentioned people being able to completely change their mindsets. I think this is very tough almost unbelievable.

Comments

  1. Alexandra WinandiMarch 30, 2019 at 8:16 PM

    I think it's very interesting that one of your book's theme is, in way, the opposite of the book I read: How to Fail At Almost Everything and Still Win Big. My book does not encourage the reader to go back and correct mistakes, but it does suggest we learn from them. I agree with both points. We definitely should try to remove flaws, but at the same time, we need to learn to recognize when a venture fails and move on.

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