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Growth mindset Vs. Fixed mindset

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  “Do what you love, and don’t stop until you get what you love. Work as hard as you can, imagine immensities…”  Debbie Millman The above words are not words alone. These are words which shine as guiding light in the wilderness of distractions in the path towards the treasure house of successes. Modern psychology is rooted in the above golden lines. Paradoxical to the Pollyanna platitude, modern psychology has scientifically proven how our belief system about our abilities and potential reflect on our behaviour and is a predictor of our success. Much of the credit goes to the Stanford professor of Psychology, Dr.Carol Dweck for her extensive research and interpretation which motivated her to produce many publications. She has beautifully presented her thoughts in a book  Mindset: The New Psychology of Success -  a deliberation and investigation into the magical power of our beliefs, embedded in both conscious and unconscious mind, and how altering even the simplest of them can have an