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I’m really excited to have a full room, and I know we have a lot of people on the live stream and a lot of people still who can’t make either and looking forward to seeing this up on YouTube, which will be the case in the few days.
I’m really excited to introduce Professor Carol Dweck from Standford University. She’s the Lewis and Virginia Eaton professor of psychology. She’s best known for her work on mindsets that people use to guide their behavior.
I’m really excited to introduce Professor Carol Dweck from Standford University. She’s the Lewis and Virginia Eaton professor of psychology. She’s best known for her work on mindsets that people use to guide their behavior.
She earned a BA in psychology from Columbia University and then a Ph.D. In psychology from yale. She’s the author of the bestselling book “Mindset: The new psychology of success.” And despite traffic, a bunch of books arrived at the back of the room, which you can purchase afterward.
I certainly encourage you to do so. There’s my well-thumbed copy. It’s sold over a million copies, so there are many of your friends out there who have enjoyed this work. She’s a frequent speaker, has spoken on the TED stage multiple times at the United Nations, the White House, among other prestigious organizations.
Her work has won so many awards that if I named them all, that would be the entire talk.
Her work has won so many awards that if I named them all, that would be the entire talk.
And now that I’ve incredibly boosted her ego, I’d like to bring up Professor Dweck.
“You’re so talented!”, “You are gifted – a natural!”, “You’re doing so well in school, you must be really smart!” – children receive these messages (or their negative counterparts), along with many other messages on a daily basis from their peers, parents, and teachers. Are these just words or do they mean more? How are children affected by the words we use to praise, coach, and criticize them?
Meet Stanford University’s Professor Dr. Carol S. Dweck to learn more about her fascinating research into “self-conceptions (or mindsets) people use to structure the self and guide their behaviour”, and how you can apply a Growth Mindset at home, at school and in your career.
