Succeeding Through Failures, Keeping the Growth Mindset

Avoiding an apparently tough challenge that carries an inherently high risk of failure may not always be the best strategy. Failures teach us valuable lessons that may then be applied to tackle the same challenge with a new approach or to address a whole new problem. In Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (New York: Random House, 2006), Carol Dweck, PhD, shares her credible research supporting this approach, referring to it as the “growth” mindset. People and organizations with such an attitude, she argues, are set for more success than those with the “fixed” mindset.

Source: Caring for the Ages - July 30, 2019 Category: Health Management Authors: Arif Nazir Tags: From the President ’s Desk Source Type: news