Comments on: An Eye Opening Read: “Mindset” by Carol Dweck http://whatwoulddadsay.com/2007/07/an-eye-opening-read-mindset-by-carol-dweck/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-eye-opening-read-mindset-by-carol-dweck Just another Diggings site Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:42:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Geoff Dodd - mindset http://whatwoulddadsay.com/2007/07/an-eye-opening-read-mindset-by-carol-dweck/#comment-113931 Geoff Dodd - mindset Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:28:13 +0000 http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/2007/07/05/an-eye-opening-read-mindset-by-carol-dweck/#comment-113931 I get your point about the reinforcing mindset. You should reward or reinforce the actions or behaviors, not the inferred talents or intelligence. It is those persisting habits and behaviors that create good 'results.' I get your point about the reinforcing mindset. You should reward or reinforce the actions or behaviors, not the inferred talents or intelligence. It is those persisting habits and behaviors that create good ‘results.’

]]> By: Working Girl http://whatwoulddadsay.com/2007/07/an-eye-opening-read-mindset-by-carol-dweck/#comment-112453 Working Girl Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:24:10 +0000 http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/2007/07/05/an-eye-opening-read-mindset-by-carol-dweck/#comment-112453 This topic seems to be in the air. Jeffrey Zaslow had a piece in last Thursday's Wall St. Journal on this general topic. It's excerpted in my blogpost from Friday---you can get to his article from there. Hey, he disses Mr. Rogers! What's the world coming to?? This topic seems to be in the air. Jeffrey Zaslow had a piece in last Thursday’s Wall St. Journal on this general topic. It’s excerpted in my blogpost from Friday—you can get to his article from there. Hey, he disses Mr. Rogers! What’s the world coming to??

]]> By: Robyn McMaster http://whatwoulddadsay.com/2007/07/an-eye-opening-read-mindset-by-carol-dweck/#comment-112438 Robyn McMaster Sat, 07 Jul 2007 16:27:31 +0000 http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/2007/07/05/an-eye-opening-read-mindset-by-carol-dweck/#comment-112438 I do know that if kids feel they can't do it or encounter failure along the path they give up. We do need to see where their strengths lie so we can help them be all that they can be. I do know that if kids feel they can’t do it or encounter failure along the path they give up. We do need to see where their strengths lie so we can help them be all that they can be.

]]> By: wwds http://whatwoulddadsay.com/2007/07/an-eye-opening-read-mindset-by-carol-dweck/#comment-112432 wwds Fri, 06 Jul 2007 13:18:52 +0000 http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/2007/07/05/an-eye-opening-read-mindset-by-carol-dweck/#comment-112432 Certainly, it is results that matter -- i think her major point is how one teaches others to get there. Certainly, it is results that matter — i think her major point is how one teaches others to get there.

]]> By: Working Girl http://whatwoulddadsay.com/2007/07/an-eye-opening-read-mindset-by-carol-dweck/#comment-112430 Working Girl Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:18:04 +0000 http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/2007/07/05/an-eye-opening-read-mindset-by-carol-dweck/#comment-112430 So I am going to be difficult here. Is what counts really just time and effort? I am not sure we are doing our children favors by teaching that "trying really hard" is the be all and end all. It will be a big shock to them when they hit the working world and find out results matter! Somewhere we have to make a place for excellence. So I am going to be difficult here. Is what counts really just time and effort?

I am not sure we are doing our children favors by teaching that “trying really hard” is the be all and end all. It will be a big shock to them when they hit the working world and find out results matter!

Somewhere we have to make a place for excellence.

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