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The Power of Mindset — Lessons Learned from Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
Reality is inside the skull.
In the dialog towards the end of George Orwell’s 1984, O’Brien lectures Winston on how the Inner Party exercises control of the population through the manipulation of ‘reality’. He explains “…I tell you, Winston, that reality is not external. Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else… We [The Inner Party] control matter because we control the mind. Reality is inside the skull” (Orwell, Kindle Locations 3807–3808, 4070–4071).
Albeit through dark and traumatic circumstances, Orwell demonstrates the tremendous influence of an individual’s internal world on their external world. In the dystopian world of 1984, this realization is used for mass deception, confusion, and political control to subjugate a population under a dictatorial rule. Fortunately, this is not ‘reality’.
The New Psychology of Success
Free from oppressive policing by a central authority, individuals wield the power of their own thoughts, and Carol Dweck’s groundbreaking book, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, elaborates the empowering extent of this truth.
Although the circumstances may differ tremendously, the phenomenon discussed by…
