The Growth Mindset

http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2008/07/the-growth-mind.html

by jmorin007 • 18 years ago

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erdos2• 18 years ago

The idea of a static mindset is itself limiting. One needs to have a mindsheaf, which could be a time-varying sheaf of mindsets. This would be a contravariant functor F from the real line, with its usual topology, to the category of sets. The value F(U) for an open set U of the real line would be one of the mindsets of the mindsheaf. Of course, other topological spaces are possible, and the functor could have values in other categories. I mention only one possibility to illustrate the primitive inadequacy of the notion of a static mindset.

icey• 18 years ago

Actual article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/business/06unbox.html

daveambrose• 18 years ago

My favorite quote: “People who believe in the power of talent tend not to fulfill their potential because they’re so concerned with looking smart and not making mistakes. But people who believe that talent can be developed are the ones who really push, stretch, confront their own mistakes and learn from them.”

However, I have one question/concern: Can the "innate ability and talent" truly be fostered in large corporations where companies have the ability to "push, stretch and confront" their employees' intellect?

I hope so and wish friends still in school read this article as well as PG's "Hiring is Obsolete".

mynameishere• 18 years ago

WHY do some people reach their creative potential in business while other equally talented peers don’t?

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In this case, nurture wins out over nature just about every time.

Yep, "nurture" tends to win when we're already dealing with "equally talented peers". Three decades of painstaking research to prove a roundabout tautology.

The Growth Mindset

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