Fixed Mindset and Growth Mindset are two sets of dogmas / paradigms that Carol S Dweck found to make a big difference in their bearers. Fixed mindset basically describes the belief that people are fixed by their genes, their talent, their personality and their past, while growth mindset bearers believe that every aspect of them is changeable by learning and effort. She researched how people are impacted (very positively by the growth mindset and very negatively by the fixed mindset), and how to teach the growth mindset to people and especially children. 4 stars because the first half of the book is just shock full of examples from the sports world which was pretty straining to an anti-sports person like me. Overall: interesting and backed by science.