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Having a “fixed mind-set” can prevent you (and your company) from reaching your potential

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Posted on July 6, 2008 - 10:27pm at RexBlog
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[Note: After posting this, I discovered (via Merlin Mann) the video I’ve embedded below. In it, Ira Glass describes the gap between our taste and our ability to execute at that level when we begin working in a new medium.

Having a “fixed mind-set” can prevent you (and your company) from reaching your potential

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Posted on July 6, 2008 - 10:27pm at RexBlog
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Why do some people with lots of smarts and talent seem to flame out and never quite make it?

Mindset Website

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Posted on August 19, 2007 - 8:04am at Dave Shearon
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Carol Dweck has a new website that promotes her book, Mindset.  The site offers the opportunity to take a simple mindset assessment, suggestions for change, and tips for teachers, coaches, parents, and business leaders to use the material.  She also has some commentary on various topics based on the mindset construct.  I particularly liked the one on "The Mindset of Athletes" that includes this:

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