piabo's Reviews (301)

I have learned about fixed and growth mindsets so often, so I knew it was important already. But I have never read one book only about this topic, and I am so glad I did.
It might exaggerate on some points, but I think that is normal for books like this. Yet it brings the point across great. Your life can seriously improve and just be lived happier with a growth mindset over a fixed mindset. Go consider, please, and read this book!

The book was recommended by a coach I know and it makes so much sense. Everyone who works with humans should know about this concept. Be it a coach, a teacher, a parent, or everyone who wants to help people succeed.

It started a bit slow but got better! This book does not really introduce any new concepts, but it puts everything together in such a nice and readable way. I am already inspired to go back and re-read a topic when I encounter a social situation and need a refresher on a certain topic. Highly recommend it to anyone who talks to people.

Was an easy read, and interesting at first, but got long at some point and the end was underwhelming. I guess that is what happens in romance novels. Not bad!
I also read this to understand rich people and the ridiculous inequality better, and it definitely helped. Plus lots of Singapore slang and knowledge in here!

I did not find this too interesting, to be honest. Had to read it for my computational neuroscience uni class and my professor hyped it up a lot. It is just a bunch of vehicles that are somehow wired to create seemingly complex things. It was not useless to read, but I think a summary would have been alright. For example, the podcast episode from my professors: https://unpopularneuroscience.podbean.com/e/weird-little-guys-vehicles-by-valentino-braitenberg/

I wasn't really impressed by this read. The beginning was more or less interesting but later didn't get much value out of it. Honestly found it quite boring to hear some old man ramble about people getting "too scared" by climate change or about how wmoir chances of dying are under dif erent circumstance. Where are the solutions and ideas? And who gave you the authority to judge many of these topics as if you are an expert in all of them. Yes, the perspective of a scientist is cool but I honestly feel like the author made it too easy for himself.
But also understandable. Don't want to hate with this review, after all it's an acceptable read. Just a bit annoyed how long it took me to finish and how little I remember.

+++ re-read in 2024 +++
A beautiful children’s book about time and being busy. 

Meine Großtante hat meiner Mutter dieses Buch zu, 14. Geburtstag geschenkt und darein geschrieben, dass sie es alle paar Jahre wieder lesen sollte, da man es jedes Mal anders versteht.
Ich habe das Buch nun zum zweiten Mal gelesen (und früher immer die Serie geguckt) und stimme dem voll und ganz zu. Auch als Erwachsene regt dieses Buch zum nachdenken an. Diese grauen Herren haben es irgendwie auch in mein Leben geschafft und ich will sie da gar nicht haben. Viel lieber möchte ich so sein wie Momo. Ich denke wir alle tragen in uns das Geschenk des Zuhörens und der Zeit. Lasst sie uns nutzen <3

A book about networks and complexity in various disciplines. I found the beginning slow but enjoyed the end! It has a lot of interesting case studies on where we can use network thinking and how it is important in our lives nowadays. 

I left to SF and did not take this book with me. I might pick it up again at some point (likely as an audiobook) but not interested for now. It has not convinced me with its rambling against poor people and "scientific" explanation for how the brain works.

I think a bit too technical for now and hits a little too close to home. Let me take a bit of a break from this topic for a while.
Still an interesting book and I would like to read it at some point.

Beautifully written and inspiring story.
I love the attention to detail and how the author tries not to judge people and their motives a lot and even mentions when memories might not be correct because other people imagine them differently. Or the note in the beginning that the book is not a reflection on Mormonism because one family can never represent an entire religious group.
The author is so reflected and I love it.

I read the book because it's a well-known and loved book, but also because it was mentioned as a book against homeschooling and I recently read a book pro that (or a book about "unschooling" more specifically). But I am glad that this book does not contradict my idea about young people wanting to learn out of an inert desire. Yes, homeschooling for Tara and her siblings was detrimental to their development, and I understand that people are against homeschooling because of experiences like this. But I do not think that forcing young students to school will solve that issue. Children can go to school and still have an abusive family and not get all the educational chances they deserve because of that. I believe more social workers, better access to educational materials, and higher social security for working class people can already help a lot. But I do not know.

It was inspiring to see how a young person, despite all the challenges and little access to formal education and knowledge, still manages to learn so much and move on to writing a beautiful book. Resilience is a fascinating thing.