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  Mindset: The New Psychology of Success  By Carol S. Dweck   Preview  Can our successes and failures be rooted in our minds? Carol Dweck helps us understand why what we believe in can make all the difference! How we respond to and cope with failure marks the difference between mediocre and extraordinary.   About the Author  Carol S. Dweck is one of the world's leading researchers in personality, social psychology, and developmental psychology. Her scholarly book Self-Theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development was named Book of the Year by World Education Fellowship. She is a Professor of Psychology at Stanford University.     The Big Idea: The right mindset can make all the difference  Do you believe that your intelligence is a fixed quantity? Do you think that no matter how much effort you make, you will never get better at something if you do not have the aptitude for it?  As it turns out, what you believe about yourself, can shape the way you respond to an

    Blue Ocean Strategy                                        By - W.C Kim and Renee Mouborgnee    Preview  Companies adopt conventional strategies which seek to blow other competitors out of the water. The result, however, is far from what is imagined, it is like flogging a dead horse! The book illustrates numerous ways through which an organization can rise above the pettiness of competition.  About the Authors  W. Chan Kim and Renee Mouborgnee are top-ranked management advisors and professors at INSEAD, France (the second-largest business school in the world). The Korea-born W.C Kim is a Fellow of the World Economic Forum and board member as well as an advisor to many multinational corporations in Europe, the U.S., and the Asia Pacific region. Ms. Mouborgnee is an American and completed her fellowship at INSEAD; she also served on former President Obama's Board of Advisors. Mouborgnee is also a Fellow of the World Economic Forum.     The Big idea: Search for, and create an unco