Mindset - Chapter 1

1. What do you think the titles “Mindsets” and “Inside the Mindsets” mean?
2. What are the author’s goals and motivations?
3. What opinions are expressed? Is the author objective or subjective? What is the tone of the text? Find examples in the text to show her attitude.
4. What intellectual and maybe emotional reactions does the author try to create within the reader?
5. Which statements best describe what the author probably thinks about fixed mindset and growth mindset? Explain it.
6. Which statements best describe what the author probably thinks about effort? Explain it.
7. Does the author want to inform, persuade, prove, discuss, call to action etc? Find examples in the text.
8. Is this a factual text or opinion based? How do you know?
9. Is the text written for professionals or is written for a general audience?
10. Are you convinced by the argumentation used in the text? If not, what is missing?
11. The author suggests some ways that people with fixed mindset could try to repair their self-esteem after a failure. What are they?
12. Explain what does the author mean when she writes:

        a) “I never thought anyone loved failure.”

        b) “When people believe their basic qualities can be developed, failure may still hurt, but failures don’t define them.“

        Why do you think the author has this particular opinion or point of view?

Can you think of a time you faced an important opportunity or challenge with a fixed mindset? What were your thoughts and worries--about your abilities? about other people's judgments? about the possibility of failure? Describe them vividly.