A Book to Read - Mindset by Carol Dweck

If you read only one book this summer, let me suggest one - Mindset by Carol Dweck.

It is an easy to read, easy to understand book with a powerful message - your intelligence and abilities can be improved and are continuing developing.

I don't want to ruin your reading the book or over-simplify the concept, but in simple terms, people seem to believe in one of two manners about intelligence - fixed mindset or growth mindset.

In a fixed mindset, people believe their basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent are simply fixed traits (you were born with it or not). They spend their time documenting their intelligence or talent (or lack of) instead of developing them. They believe that talent alone creates success - without effort.

In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work -- brains and talent are just the starting point.

We have all heard it - "I was never any good at ___" You can fill in the blank. Somehow that is suppose to justify not trying or just giving up. Math is probably of those maligned school subjects There is this impression that some people just good at it and some are not. But the facts suggest that with effort and work, even math is possible to understand and all of those harder subjects also.

Mindset is something that might be helpful to you and your family. We influence our children in how they view themselves and the world. If our children believe they can develop themselves through effort and work rather than accepting the "I can't" way out, many options open before them.Check out a book at your neighborhood library.