1) For this reading reflection, I chose Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. The main idea in the book is to develop a "growth mindset" rather than a "fixed mindset". In other words, people who have a fixed mindset only believe that their talents are fixed and are simply what they are, no better or no worse. Those who develop a growth mindset realize potential talent and know that these traits can be developed on.
2) In my opinion, this book connected with what I have learned in ENT 3003 because it stressed the importance of being able to develop yourself into a better person, which has been stressed in this course as well. Everyone has the chance to develop skills within themselves and can be successful as long as they have the right mindset and dedicate themselves to focusing on their growth. This class is centered around the growth of the individual and how we can be successful, which goes hand in hand with the book.
3) If I had to design an exercise for this class based on the book, I would make one that allows students to pinpoint certain characteristics of themselves that they believe are important to be an entrepreneur and that they can work on to be a better person. These skills can be anything that would allow them to be a successful business owner and gives the student the opportunity to recognize a skill that they could develop.
4) My biggest surprise in this book would be realizing that I have sort of had a "fixed mindset" about some of my abilities. I have always believed that there are skills that I have that are just there and cannot be helped or hurt, but after reading this book, I realized that with the right mindset, I can develop anything that I want to as long as I want it bad enough.
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