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How we often stand in our own way. Elite athletes, violin virtuosos, top students, career-driven individuals – typically, we attribute success to a person's talents. However, this belief is not only incorrect, it also hinders our personal progress and limits our potential. Psychologist Carol Dweck demonstrates: what is crucial for a person's development is not talent, but their self-image. What this means, what your own self-image looks like, and how you can use these insights for your personal growth are explored in this book.

Why do some people continue to develop throughout their lives and become successful, while others stagnate in their growth? This question has occupied Carol Dweck, one of the world's leading experts in motivation and developmental psychology, for thirty years. She found the answer: few things are as fundamentally important to us as our self-image. It determines our development – how we learn, what goals we set for ourselves, how we approach challenges and problems. This book explains the fundamental self-images and shows how we can optimize them for ourselves. Carol Dweck highlights that two different self-images shape our lives: the fixed self-image robs us of opportunities for growth, while the growth-oriented self-image opens up such possibilities. With Carol Dweck's guidance, we can recognize what type of self-image we have and how we can change our self-image to develop successfully.