Sublime

INTRODUCTION

I

Studies by Peter Heslin, Don VandeWalle, and Gary Latham show that many managers do not believe in personal change. These fixed-mindset managers simply look for existing talent—they judge employees as competent or incompetent at the start and that’s that.

if you’re oriented toward learning, as they are, you need accurate information about your current abilities in order to learn effectively.

Proving You’re Special

But always—always—those next sentences mention other people.

Dark horses evaluate how well their personal pattern of micro-motives matches up with the features of an opportunity.

psychologist Carol Dweck, to grow. Dweck shows convincingly that the most reliable predictor for long-term success is having a “growth mindset.”

skills.