Book Notes

Self-Improvement books

2 books in this category.

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

Carol S. Dweck

Carol Dweck's argument that whether you believe ability is fixed or can grow shapes how you handle effort, failure, and challenge, and changing that belief changes outcomes.

7/10

Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life... And Maybe the World

Admiral William H. McRaven

A short book built from Admiral McRaven's viral 2014 commencement speech, laying out 10 lessons from Navy SEAL training that scale from making your bed each morning to getting through the hardest days without quitting.

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