Mindset: Whistling Vivaldi, By Claude M. Steele

Mindset? mindset is simply the ideas and attitudes with which a person approaches a situation. But it tends to change based on our environment, our influence from our peers based on how one looks but not as an individual. According to Claude M. Steele, in his book Whistling Vivaldi, he explains to us that a Stereotype threat is a situational predicament in which people are or feel themselves to be at risk of conforming to stereotypes about their social group. Changing our mindset can also change how we handle stereotype threat.

According to Carol Dweck, one of the researchers at Stanford who is well known for the book Mindset, came up with this concept that people have either a “Fixed or Growth mindset”. It can’t be both, but sometimes certain

They spend their time documenting their intelligence or talent instead of developing them. They also believe that talent alone creates success—without effort. They also take the world as black and white, right and wrong, good and evil. They also believe that people either are or aren’t good at something, based on our inherent nature, because it’s just who we are. On the other hand, growth mindset people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting point. This view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment. Virtually all great people have had these qualities. They basically think anyone can be good at anything if they work hard

They used to go to places and preach the word of God but the big religious guys, the so called spiritual and very religious leaders found a way to put Peter and Paul in jail. If Peter had a fixed mindset, he would have probably cursed God out saying:” I’m doing your work and you let them put me in jail, you’re selfish bla, bla, bla… “but instead he had a growth mindset; him being in jail didn’t stop the work of God to keep going. He thought that if he couldn’t go and give the message himself how about he wrote it down instead in a form of letter. He took it as an opportunity to do something different which a lot of us benefit till these