Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Get Yourself Free - Manage your Mindset
Chapter 2: Your Mind is What You Make It
Chapter 3: Transformative Learning
Chapter 4: Gain Control of Your Learning
Chapter 5: The Biology of Flexibility
Chapter 6: Developing a Healthy Identity
Chapter 7: Predicting What Will Make You Happy
Chapter 8: Gross National Product Happiness
Chapter 9: Norms and Organizing
Chapter 10: Understanding Your Behaviors in the Group
Chapter 11: Keeping Healthy by being Open to Feedback
Chapter 12: Developing Your Connections
Chapter 13: Language in Communication
Chapter 14: How Culture Affects Your Worldview
Chapter 15: A Growth Mindset for a Healthy Individual
Chapter 16: Mindset Interventions
Chapter 17: Putting it All Together
Bibliography
About the Author

About the Author

Dr. Janet Hanson is currently an associate professor at Azusa Pacific University in the Department of Educational Leadership, and is a former school administrator in both public and private schools, instructor for high school mathematics and multiple subject K-12, earned her developmental specialist certification and developed individual education plans for students needing additional supports, spearheaded multiple school-wide programs implementing technology into the curriculum, has written approximately 80 articles on a variety of topics as a contract journalist, analyzed and performed audits for medium and large corporations, and worked in inorganic and organic chemical laboratory research for a major research corporation during her college years. She has presented her research on mindset, ethical leadership, and the use of technology and microlearning in the school and workplace at national and international conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals.

Reviews

This book helps people to interact to the world around them by giving the tools needed to identify how they perceive themselves and how people they interact with perceive them. Once they find perceptions that are inconsistent with how others view them, the book will guide people how to adjust their way of self-evaluation to help them achieve their highest level of success by giving them a proper framework that will help them interact with those in professional, social and academic environments.  These appropriate and proper interactions will result in higher self-esteem and successful outcomes that will help them achieve their life goals as well as leave a positive footprint of healthy thinking with all those they have interacted with in their professional, academic and social environments.
*Karen Lillie, Educator*

This book explains what is limiting your ability to make choices that will help you grow and about tearing down those things which limit your choices. It explains how biases, both conscience and unconscious, as well as a variety of predispositions, narrow your allowed choices; how allowed inputs/influences can limit your ability to make decisions that can help you grow. Growth includes anything, from mental and physical fitness, acceptance of others and new ideas, professional success, what you eat, etc. This book gives the reader situational examples that they might relate to and get that moment of revelation.
*David Gerhard, software engineer and entrepreneur*

This book discusses mindset and its effects on learning in terms of skill acquisition (curriculum) as well as learning in terms of emotional regulation, managing your own behavior, and achieving one’s own goals. This information will help us to plan and manage meaningful interventions based on mindset that will benefit our students, staff and community. I feel that this book would help teachers to better conceptualize their role within a child’s education and to better plan for student learning. I think that Dr. Hanson’s book would be a great book for our next book study and that there are many people within our district and community who would benefit from reading this book.
*Andrea James-Rocha, MS, BCBA; administrator of the Behavior Intervention Program (ABA program) supporting students who present challenging or maladaptive behaviors in the classroom*

Dr. Hanson’s book has a wonderful balance of conversational tone and research-based context that makes important academic material approachable to the general public.  The writing is an engaging style of "you can do this!" with "if you know and practice this new concept, you can take yourself to the next level."  Well done!  The balance of footnotes and diagrams exemplifies the niche she has found that is difficult for many of us. Truly good work!
*Anita Henck, PhD, Dean, School of Education, Azusa Pacific University*

“Mindset”, everyone has one, but is it necessary to develop multiple mindsets if you want to be effective as a leader, as an employee, as an educator, as a student, as a parent, etc.? According to Dr. Hanson you need to develop a learning mindset. In this book, Dr. Hanson details ways to improve yourself and the world around you. The challenges you face personally and professionally require a different mindset than yesterday. Your success in life will be determined by how well you manage your mindset. This book will give you the skills to do just that and more.
*Thomas D. Cairns, DBA, Associate Professor and Fulbright Scholar Azusa Pacific University School of Business and Management; retired Senior VP Human Resource Management NBC Universal*