21A Reading Reflection 2

1)    What was the general theme or argument of the book?

a.    This book is about the importance of your mindset and how it becomes a vessel for our success in life or for our lack thereof.  It is important to have a growth mindset in order to develop and get better at something. Having a fixed mindset seeking validation will hinder you in many ways.

2) How did the book, in your opinion, connect with and enhance what you are learning in ENT 3003?

            The book connected with what I’m learning in this class because it really enhanced the type of mindset that is necessary to be an entrepreneur. Being an entrepreneur with a fixed mindset is somewhat impossible. An entrepreneur is a lot of growing, changing and improving.

3) If you had to design an exercise for this class, based on the book you read, what would that exercise involve?

            I would design an exercise where we would try to evaluate what time of mindset we have; a fixed one or a growth one. I would create a small experiment where we all try around 3 different things that we’ve never tried before and see if we manage to be able to keep practicing until we get better, until we get it right, or if we give up.

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?

            What I learned that surprised me was that those that have a mindset fit for growth allow themselves the room to grow without stressing over their superficial success. Their success is growth. That really stood out to me because I feel like I had always been a fixed individual and I have become more lenient with myself but at times can feel unaccomplished because my superficial success isn’t apparent even though I’m growing in some way. Reading made me realize that I am being successful, just because I’m growing.