The Sweet Spot Podcasts

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

21 minutes, 16 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Dr. Carol S. Dweck, author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success published by Ballantine Books,

Dr. Carol S. Dweck

Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading researchers in the fields of personality, social psychology, and developmental psychology. She has been the William B. Ransford Professor of Psychology at Columbia University and is now the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her scholarly book Self-Theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development was named Book of the Year by the World Education Fellowship. Her work has been featured in such publications as The New Yorker, Time, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe, and she has appeared on Today and 20/20. She lives with her husband in Palo Alto, California.  Visit Dr. Dweck's website.

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The Body Has a Mind of Its Own: How Body Maps in Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better

Length-27 minutes, 16 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb interviews Ms. Sandra Blakeslee, co-author with her son, Matthew Blakeslee of The  Body Has A Mind Of Its Own: How Mind Maps  In Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better published by Random House.

Sandra Blakeslee  is a regular contributor to The New York Times who specializes in the brain sciences. She has co-written many books, On Intelligence with Jeff Hawkins, and Second Chances: Men, Women, and Children a Decade After Divorce with Judith S. Wallersein. She is the third generation in a family of science writers.

Matthew Blakeslee is a freelance science writer in Los Angeles. He represents the fourth generation of Blakeslee science writers. This is his first book.

Visit Sandra Blakeslee's website and Matthew Blakeslee's website.

Visit Dr. Lara Honos-Webb's website and blog.