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  Mind-set: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential About Author: Carol Susan Dweck (born October 17, 1946) is an American psychologist. She is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Dweck is known for her work on mind-set. She was on the faculty at Columbia University, Harvard University, and the University of Illinois before joining the Stanford University faculty in 2004. She is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science. Summary: Mind-set was written by Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck her decades of research on achievement and success led her to discover what great parents teachers CEOs and athletes already know that our mind-set is the basis of accomplishment. Here we will discuss six lessons we can learn from this book: Lesson #1 The two mind-sets: People with the fixed mind-set belief intelligence can't be changed this leads to a desire to look smart so they avoid challenges, they don't w