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The True Meaning of Effort Mindset: The New Psychology of Success By Carol S. Dweck, PhD New York: Ballantine Books, 2008 Paperback, $16
In Mindset, Carol Dweck, a psychologist at Stanford University, juxtaposes "effort" and "endowment," suggesting that our often deeply embedded viewpoints control our behaviors and reflect our beliefs about these two words: We celebrate intelligence (endowment), making comments like, "She is so smart." The underlying belief seems to be that really smart people do not have to work...