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Seabiscuit
Here was a horse who was so broken, he was supposed to be put to sleep. In fact,
here was a whole team of people—the jockey, the owner, the trainer—who were
damaged  in  one  way  or  another.  Yet  through  their  dogged  determination  and
against  all  odds,  they  transformed  themselves  into  winners.  A  down-and-out
nation  saw  this  horse  and  rider  as  a  symbol  of  what  could  be  accomplished
through grit and spirit.
Equally  moving  is  the  parallel  story  about  Seabiscuit’s  author,  Laura
Hillenbrand. Felled in her college years by severe, recurrent chronic fatigue that
never went away, she was often unable to function. Yet something in the story of
the “horse who could” gripped and inspired her, so that she was able to write a
heartfelt, magnificent story about the triumph of will. The book was a testament
to Seabiscuit’s triumph and her own, equally.
Seen  through  the  lens  of  the  growth  mindset,  these  are  stories  about  the
transformative power of effort—the power of effort to change your ability and to
change you as a person. But filtered through the fixed mindset, it’s a great story
about three men and a horse, all with deficiencies, who had to try very hard.