Psychology
Carol Dweck
b. 1946
The disposition to remain a beginner in changing terrain — the tolerance the closing movement asks for.
Read alongside: Shape
- Start with
- 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.
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- Stanford University: Carol Dweck profile ↗
Stanford University
- Wikipedia: Carol Dweck ↗
Wikipedia
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.