Fixed vs growth interests

Urging people to find their passion may lead them to put all their eggs in one basket but then to drop that basket when it becomes difficult to carry.

Source: Implicit Theories of Interest: Finding Your Passion or Developing It?

When I first pulled up the paper, I jumped right to the abstract. After reading the abstract, I looked back at the authors and saw Carol Dweck’s name! Carol Dweck wrote the book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success which describes the fixed vs growth mindset.

The paper Implicit Theories of Interest: Finding Your Passion or Developing It? investigates the idea that passions or interests can also be affected by a fixed or growth mindset.