Favorite - Book Flashcards
Describe a book that you enjoyed reading.
what the book was about
* non-fiction * personality and development and motivation * personal views regarding the ability * according to this author * born with it, you have a talent that you can’t change * divides the two types of people * fixed mindset * growth mindset * our traits are fixed * we can grow and develop our talents through hard work
I’m going to describe a book that I really enjoyed reading recently. The name of the book was ‘Self-theories’. It’s a non-fiction book and the author is called Angela Duckworth. I’m not sure how to pronounce her surname properly, but she’s a psychology professor and so the topic of this book was related to personality and development and motivation. In particular, she was writing about people’s own personal views regarding ability.
Some people, according to this author, believe that ability is innate- you’re born with it, you have a talent that you can’t change. Other people, on the other hand, believe that abilities can be improved through gradual hard work, and this is the area of personality that she’s looking at. So she divides the two types of people into people with a ‘fixed mindset’ and other people with a ‘growth mindset’. These two mindsets are about whether you believe that our traits are fixed or, on the other hand, you think that we can grow and develop our talents through hard work.
what sort of people enjoy it
* personal development * appeal to a busy person * dip in and out of
As to the kind of people who would enjoy it, I think anybody who is interested in personal development and enjoys learning lots of interesting facts would enjoy reading this book. It would also appeal to a busy person, as its a good book to dip in and out of, because you don’t have to follow a story, as you would with a novel. You can just take it chapter by chapter, or even page by page, as there is something to learn on every page.
how you found out about it
• a friend who’d read it, who recommended it
I found out about the book from a friend who’d read it, who recommended it, said it was really interesting.
why you chose to read it
• aims or goals in life
And I chose to read it because I thought, well, this could help me with my job, with my own aims or goals in life, and I’m interested in that kind of area, psychology, anyway.
and explain why you enjoyed reading this book.
* it did open my eyes to * informative, fascinating and even inspiring
And I really enjoyed reading the book because it did open my eyes to motivation and people’s growth and development. I found it really informative, fascinating and even inspiring to see how we can improve ourselves.
