Speaker 1 'Linda Rising' (http://web.lindarising.info/Fearless_Change.html)
AGILE Mindset - "i can do it, can make it better overtime", "i cant be as good as experts but im getting better as i do not give up and i practice"
Articles to Read:
How Not to Talk to Your Kids (Po Bronson)
Fixed vs Agile
| Item | Fixed | Agile |
| Ability | Static like Height, cant change | Can grow like muscles |
| Challenges | Avoid | Embrace |
| Failure | When faced, feels it defines self Identity | Provides Information |
| Effort | Feels its "For people with no talents" | Are path to Mastery |
| Goal | To look Good only | To Learn |
| Reaction to Challenges | Helplessness | Resilience |
What Makes a Person Fixed? (happens to little girls)
Giving such praises - "you are perfect, you are smart, you are good" Hence causes them to avoid difficult challenges.
Boys - used to be told to do work again, used to be told they are not as good. as tidy as their sisters, used to retry, redo and hence can embrace and take on Challenges, and not worry too much about failure.
Good Manager Mindset = "Keen to HELP"
Positive Comment "you did well you must have WORKED HARD" instead of "you must have been smart"
"Those Who fail fast grow strongest"
Recommended Books
97 things a programmer should know
https://leanpub.com/97-Things-Every-Programmer-Should-Know-Extended
Patterns of software
http://www.dreamsongs.com/Files/PatternsOfSoftware.pdf
http://www.ted.com/talks/john_maeda_on_the_simple_life
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