{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Book","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/mindset-the-new-psychology-of-success-carol-dweck/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/mindset-the-new-psychology-of-success-carol-dweck/","name":"Mindset: The New Psychology of Success","shortTitle":"Mindset","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Carol S. 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Fixed-mindset thinkers, given a difficult problem, monitor themselves more than the problem — am I smart enough, am I being judged — and that self-monitoring crowds out attention on the task.","datePublished":"2026-05-16T01:00:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T01:00:00Z"},{"@type":"Chapter","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/mindset-the-new-psychology-of-success-carol-dweck/chapter-3-the-truth-about-ability/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/mindset-the-new-psychology-of-success-carol-dweck/chapter-3-the-truth-about-ability/","name":"The Truth About Ability and Accomplishment","position":3,"wordCount":450,"timeRequired":"PT2M","abstract":"The book pushes back against the cultural story that elite performers are born with their gift. Dweck's evidence — across domains from math to music to athletics — is that the gap between talented and accomplished is mostly the gap between those who keep practicing…","datePublished":"2026-05-16T01:00:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T01:00:00Z"},{"@type":"Chapter","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/mindset-the-new-psychology-of-success-carol-dweck/chapter-4-the-mindset-of-a-champion/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/mindset-the-new-psychology-of-success-carol-dweck/chapter-4-the-mindset-of-a-champion/","name":"Sports: The Mindset of a Champion","position":4,"wordCount":450,"timeRequired":"PT2M","abstract":"Elite athletes Dweck profiles share a counterintuitive trait: they look at losses with curiosity, not shame. The question they ask after a missed shot, a lost set, or a blown season is what-did-I-miss, not what-does-this-say-about-me.","datePublished":"2026-05-16T01:00:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T01:00:00Z"},{"@type":"Chapter","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/mindset-the-new-psychology-of-success-carol-dweck/chapter-5-mindset-and-leadership/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/mindset-the-new-psychology-of-success-carol-dweck/chapter-5-mindset-and-leadership/","name":"Business","position":5,"wordCount":438,"timeRequired":"PT2M","abstract":"Organizations have mindsets too, set largely by their leaders. Fixed-mindset leaders favor visible top talent, treat the company's success as a reflection of their own brilliance, and respond to bad news by shooting the messenger.","datePublished":"2026-05-16T01:00:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T01:00:00Z"},{"@type":"Chapter","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/mindset-the-new-psychology-of-success-carol-dweck/chapter-6-mindsets-in-love/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/mindset-the-new-psychology-of-success-carol-dweck/chapter-6-mindsets-in-love/","name":"Relationships","position":6,"wordCount":438,"timeRequired":"PT2M","abstract":"Fixed mindset shows up in relationships as a belief that compatible people don't need to work at the relationship — if you and your partner are meant for each other, things just flow. The corollary is brutal: any friction is evidence that you weren't meant for each other.","datePublished":"2026-05-16T01:00:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T01:00:00Z"},{"@type":"Chapter","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/mindset-the-new-psychology-of-success-carol-dweck/chapter-7-parents-teachers-coaches/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/mindset-the-new-psychology-of-success-carol-dweck/chapter-7-parents-teachers-coaches/","name":"Parents, Teachers, and Coaches","position":7,"wordCount":467,"timeRequired":"PT2M","abstract":"The people who shape a young person's mindset most are the people who hand out the daily feedback. Parents, teachers, and coaches transmit mindset through what they reward, what they criticize, and how they respond when their kid fails.","datePublished":"2026-05-16T01:00:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T01:00:00Z"},{"@type":"Chapter","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/mindset-the-new-psychology-of-success-carol-dweck/chapter-8-changing-mindsets/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/mindset-the-new-psychology-of-success-carol-dweck/chapter-8-changing-mindsets/","name":"Changing Mindsets","position":8,"wordCount":443,"timeRequired":"PT2M","abstract":"The book closes with the practical answer to the question that's been building: how do you actually shift. The answer is concrete. First, recognize the fixed-mindset voice when it speaks — don't-try-this, you'll-be-exposed-as-not-talented. Naming the voice as a voice rather than as the truth is the first move.","datePublished":"2026-05-16T01:00:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T01:00:00Z"}]}