Carol Dweck, Social Psychologist

By Adam Schwartz

Published October 28, 2019 at 12:52 PM EDT

Why do some people achieve their goals when others seem to fall short? That's the basis of a new book by social psychologist Carol Dweck. In it she also describes how a specific mindset nearly derailed the career of violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. WFIU's Adam Schwartz has this story