You may already have come across Carol Dweck and her book 'Mindset'; she and her colleagues have carried out a research study on performance amongst two groups of people. They found that the group that was taught that they had the power to change their way of thinking and improve their performance themselves, improved dramatically compared to the other group.
The bottom line? The primary takeaway from the study is that if we want to reach our full potential, we should never stop learning and the act of learning is every bit as important as what you learn. In this article, nine invaluable personal skills recommended by Dweck are also listed - with emotional intelligence featuring very high up on the list...
