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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
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All the comments and stories posted to Hacker News that reference this book.A lot of students(i perceive - even now) were in rush to prove that they understood - many a times getting to the end of the book before understanding the basics.There is a whole book--which is very readable but should not be rushed through--about why learners think this way.
http://www.amazon.com/Mindset-Psychology-Success-Carol-Dweck...
Here is a shorter article about the underlying research on this kind of self-defeating thinking, and what to do about it:
http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2007/marapr/feat...
Everyone should read Mindset by Carol Dweck http://www.amazon.com/Mindset-Psychology-Success-Carol-Dweck/dp/1400062756I think that it is a very important book. It is like a self-help book -- without the fluff and with science behind it. It talks about "growth-oriented mindset" (who focus on learning) versus "fixed mindset" (who think that intelligence is a fixed thing). And most people have both mindsets in different areas. And main point is you can change your mindset and what a difference that makes: you aren't afraid of looking bad (for a fixed mindset person, looking bad will amount to "i'm stupid", "i don't have it"). But for a growth minded person, looking bad simply means that they haven't put in the necessary time/effort to get better.
This is why you should never praise a child's intelligence. Eventually the child will think that "I was born with this talent" and will stop putting in the effort, and will become stuck -- that is, they were prodigies while growing up. But now, as an adult, they haven't progressed any further.
A really great book!!