Psychology

Carol Dweck

b. 1946

The disposition to remain a beginner in changing terrain — the tolerance the closing movement asks for.

Read alongside: Shape

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Mindset (2006)
Where they resist the book
Effect sizes in replication have been small. Useful as a description of stance, weak as a lever.

Works worth the time

Mindset · 2006

Read as a description of stance rather than as a lever; the replication record is mixed.

Where Dweck appears

V. The PracticePsychology

Expertise degrades without feedback that can wound.

Deliberate practice requires a task at the edge of capacity and feedback close enough to the act to be usable. Most senior roles supply neither, which is why experience and judgement diverge with seniority unless something is deliberately built to keep them together.