The last book that I chose to read from the ENT3003 reading list was Mindset: The New Psychology of Success written by Carol Dweck.
1. The overall theme and summary of this book is the mindset of growth and success that successful people obtain and talks thoroughly about the adversities they encountered with and the overall improvement they were able to accomplish with the right mindset.
2. This book is very closely connected with ENT3003 and the merit of this class due to the adversities and conflicts that entrepreneurs deal with the ability to overcome those issues. As an entrepreneur, you see that you can fail at something numerous times but that doesn't ultimately decide your fate. Having the right mindset and a hard work ethic, you can achieve anything that you put your mind towards.
3. If I had to implement an assignment in class in regards to this book, I would have an exercise where students had to make a script and act as entrepreneurs and have them sell an idea or service but ultimately get rejected to show them failure and how it existed in every single day. The point of this exercise is to teach failure and overcome this adversity by being successful and a hard worker.
4. A surprising part of the novel that brought acknowledgment to me was that they talk about complimenting each other and that it is not suggested amongst peers. Usually you were raised in the world where you thought complimenting one another was good but in this case it is not. Motivating someone is a good push for someone's business mindset. Overall, this was a great novel with interesting lessons that can be utilized moving forward.
Alex,
ReplyDeleteI read the same book for my second reading reflection a few weeks ago. I agree the book is closely connected with this class and entrepreneurship in general. While I enjoyed the book, I found it a little repetitive and perhaps overloaded with confirmation bias. Nevertheless, I agree with Dweck’s thesis about the two types of mindsets and how a growth mindset is more conducive to success than a fixed mindset. For your post, I would suggest you go a little deeper in the author’s argument and how does she present it. I would also use title headings instead of numbers to give the reader better context. Last, I liked your idea for an experiment to teach failure, I think it would be very appropriate to counter the “participation medal” attitude that is so pervasive nowadays.
Alex,
ReplyDeleteI have not read this book, but based on your summary it is something that directly relates to this class. This course has taught us a lot about adversity and constantly trying to improve our ideas and products to put us in the best possible situations to succeed. Just as this book says, by continuously working and trying to improve on your plans, it will result in more success.
Alex,
ReplyDeleteThis book seems like an interesting read and you were able to bring some interesting insight to the conversation about Dweck's ideas. All entrepreneurs face adversity at times, but the great ones know how to face it and leverage it to their advantage. Learning how to deal with failure is something that is hardly taught now-a-days, but is something that could benefit many people in their future endeavors.