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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 is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences, and has won nine lifetime achievement awards for her research. She addressed the United Nations on the eve of their new global development plan and has advised governments on educational and economic policies. Her work has been featured in almost every major national publication, and she has appeared on Today, Good Morning America, and 20/20. She lives with her husband in Palo Alto, California.

Books

For the New Year: Top Personal Growth Titles

Personal growth is a constant and crucial individual journey that looks and feels different for everyone. Luckily, PRH has a wide variety of books in the category that continue to perform well and keep selling, including titles from category several leaders—such as Brené Brown, Jordan B. Peterson, Eckhart Tolle, Jen Sincero, Moorea Seal, and more.

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Working 9 to 5

It seems like hardly a week goes by without the introduction of a buzzy term to encapsulate our evolving relationship with working. Since 2020, we’ve been talking about essential workers, remote work, working parents, the great resignation, unionization, quiet quitting, the gig economy, and how, despite all this talk of work, supposedly no one wants

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Working 9 to 5