Summary of Dolly Chugh & Laszlo Bock's The Person You Mean to Be

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Get the Summary of Dolly Chugh & Laszlo Bock's The Person You Mean to Be in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: An inspiring guide from Dolly Chugh, an award-winning social psychologist at the New York University Stern School of Business, on how to confront difficult issues including sexism, racism, inequality, and injustice so that you can make the world (and yourself) better.

Many of us believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion. But how do we stand up for those values in our turbulent world? The Person You Mean to Be is the smart, "semi-bold" person’s guide to fighting for what you believe in.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Nov 29, 2021
• ISBN: 9781638159186

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Insights on Dolly Chugh and Foreword Laszlo Bock's The Person You Mean to Be

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

In order to understand and empathize with others, we must first understand and accept ourselves.

#2

A growth mindset is where you believe that you can improve. With a fixed mindset, you believe that you are already good at something and there’s no room for improvement.

#3

Project Greenlight is a reality show that originally aired in 2001 and helped find the talent behind the camera as well as behind the microphone. In its revival in 2017, the show sought to discover new talent, but still followed the same structure of having mostly white men judge contestants.

#4

Project Greenlight would be revamped and made into a reality show, with the winner getting funding and a chance to make a movie.

#5

The first season of Project Greenlight featured a diverse group of contestants, but the show itself was criticized for how it portrayed diversity.

#6

The whole Leisure Class project became a controversy, as it seemed as though the intentions of the project were to support more diverse stories, but in reality, it was just a competition to see who could pick the whitest director.

#7

The Project Greenlight team had to deal with the racial and gender politics of