Amanda Penn, Author at Shortform Books

Fixed vs Growth Mindsets: Complete Explanation

What are fixed and growth mindsets? Which do you need to be resilient and successful? A fixed mindset is the belief that your intelligence and abilities are innate and unchangeable. A growth mindset is the belief that personal qualities like intelligence and ability can change and improve. The terms growth mindset and fixed mindset come from Carol Dweck’s research, notably in Mindset. We’ll cover fixed mindset characteristics, growth mindset characteristics, how they’re different, and how to adopt a growth mindset.

How You Define “Successful” Matters: Here’s Why

What is the meaning of success? Does your definition of success in life matter? How do you define “successful”? We’ll cover why how you define “successful” actually influences how successful you are in life. Learn how the world’s best athletes and CEOs define success, and why it makes them more successful than the rest of us.

4 Key Characteristics of a Good Leader (Good to Great)

What are the characteristics of a good leader? Further, what are the qualities of a great leader? In his book Good to Great, Jim Collins unearths the qualities of the greatest leaders of business. We’ll cover the defining characteristics of a good leader.

6 Fixed Mindset Examples: These Beliefs Are Holding You Back

What is a fixed mindset? What are fixed mindset examples in business, sports, and school? A fixed mindset is the belief that your intelligence and abilities are unchangeable. The term was popularized in Carol Dweck’s Mindset. We’ll cover 6 fixed mindset examples and discuss why fixed mindsets hold you back in sports, work, and your personal life.

What Is Your Mindset? Why Your Attitude Is Hurting You

You’ve heard about Carol Dweck’s fixed and growth mindsets. What is your mindset? We’ll cover the difference between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset so you can answer the question, What is your mindset?

Growth Mindset for Kids: Parenting the Right Way

Although you may not be conscious of them, you have powerful beliefs that affect what you want and whether you get it. In Mindset, psychologist and researcher Carol S. Dweck argues that one belief in particular can determine the course of much of your life, starting as early as your preschool years. It’s important that parents and teachers prioritize a growth mindset for kids. We’ll cover the characteristics of a growth mindset for kids, why it’s important, and how to cultivate it in this complete guide.

Leadership Mindset: How to Think Like Great CEOs

What is the leadership mindset that great leaders like Jack Welch of GE and Lou Gerstner of IBM have in common? How can you learn to make that leadership mindset your own? We’ll cover the leadership mindset that top CEOs share and look at examples of CEOs that lacked this leadership mindset…and failed miserably.

Sports Mindset: The Key to Achieving Your Athletic Potential

What’s the essential sports mindset to meet your athletic potential? What sports mindset do the greatest athletes have in common? We’ll cover the growth mindset as it pertains to sports and explore how your sports mindset is often just as important, if not more important, than talent when it comes to being an exceptional athlete.

What Makes a Business Successful? 6 Essential Factors

What makes a business successful? How can you turn a good business into a great one? In the process of analyzing and coding the various facets of the good-to-great companies and their comparisons, Jim Collins and his team were clued into key concepts by a number of surprising differences. Learn what makes a business successful, from Good to Great.

Praising Children, the Right Way (Most Do It the Wrong Way)

As parents, we want to praise our kids, but is praising children doing more harm than good? We’ll cover the negative consequences of praising children and discuss how to praise a child in a way that encourages a growth mindset rather than a fixed one.