Thursday, December 21, 2023

Fixed Mindset vs Growth Mindset

From the book Culture Renovation by Kevin Oaks, CEO and Cofounder of i4cp - page 33

Describing the culture renovation of Microsoft after Satya Nadella became the CEO of Microsoft in 2014.  Nadella attributes his success to the implementation of a growth mindset culture.  He had learned the facts about a growth mindset culture from a book written by Carol Dweck, a Stanford psychology professor. That book was Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, published in 2007.

Fixed vs Growth Mindset

A fixed mindset leads to a desire to look smart and therefore a tenancy to:

  • Give up easily
  • See failures as fruitless or worse
  • Ignore useful negative feedback
  • Feel threatened by the success of others
  • Avoid challenges

A growth mindset leads to a desire to learn and therefore a tendency to:
  • Persist in the face of setbacks
  • See failures as essential to mastery
  • Learn from criticism
  • Find lessons and inspiration in the success of others
  • Embrace challenges with agility


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